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Allianz confirms appointment of UK chief information officer
Allianz has announced the appointment of Benjamin Turner as chief information officer (CIO) for Allianz Holdings in the UK. Reporting to chief operations officer Ashish Patel, Ben will have responsibility for overseeing IT for all of Allianz UK and will also serve as a member of the Operations IT executive committee.
Ben joined Allianz in 2020 through the Legal & General (L&G GI) acquisition retaining his role as chief technology officer (CTO) for L&G GI where he had responsibility for IT, information security and data protection. He was appointed as IT delivery director for Allianz Personal in 2021 whilst maintaining his CTO role. In January 2022 Ben was appointed to Chief Information Officer for Allianz Personal and for the last six months has served as interim CIO working across Allianz Holdings.
Previous roles at L&G included head of enterprise architecture where he had responsibility for driving the IT strategy, transformation and the innovation agenda. Prior to Joining L&G GI he worked at a leading consultancy firm based in Europe, working with enterprise clients, helping to shape cloud, innovation and application strategies
Ashish Patel, chief operating officer, Allianz UK commented: “Ben has done a terrific job over the last six months as our interim CIO and I’m happy to announce that he is now stepping into the role on a permanent basis. With his insurance industry background and experience in transformation and innovation he brings a lot to my team, and I look forward to working with him as we drive forward Allianz’s ambitious operations and IT agenda.”
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Allianz Holdings plc is the non-regulated holding company which owns the principal insurance operations of Allianz SE in Great Britain including Allianz Insurance
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