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Role Purpose

The CSO serves as the CEOs primary strategic partner and transformation orchestrator ensuring that long-term strategic ambition is converted into near-term execution and sustainable value creation.

The role integrates strategy across capital risk technology distribution and operating model dimensions while maintaining alignment with Group strategy and shareholder expectations.

This position is particularly critical given the complexity of High Net Worth (HNW) client economics and Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance operating models.

Key Accountabilities

• Partner with the CEO and Executive Leadership Team to define and continuously refine the Wealth strategy.
• Translate strategic priorities into executable transformation roadmaps with clear ownership milestones and outcomes.
• Own the strategic initiative portfolio including prioritisation governance value tracking and benefits realisation.
• Ensure strategic decisions are capital-efficient regulator-ready and operationally feasible.
• Provide structured data-driven insights to support Executive Committee and Board-level decision making.

HNW & Bermuda Market Focus

The CSO is responsible for shaping and executing strategies tailored to Wealth business models.

This includes close partnership with Finance Risk Actuarial and Legal functions at Group & LBU level to balance growth capital efficiency and regulatory expectations.

• HNW and UHNW client propositions and economics
• Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance structures
• Capital optimisation reinsurance and risk transfer strategies
• International distribution and advisor-led business models
• Bermuda regulatory governance and tax considerations

Stakeholder & Cross-Functional Leadership

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior executives Group stakeholders and Board members.
• Influence effectively across a matrixed organisation with multiple functional and geographic stakeholders.
• Build strong partnerships with Technology Finance Risk Distribution Product and HR leaders.
• Drive alignment pace and accountability across complex change initiatives.

Success Measures

• Clarity and coherence of enterprise strategy
• Delivery of strategic initiatives on time and on value
• Measurable improvements in growth capital efficiency and operating effectiveness
• Strength of leadership alignment and execution discipline across the organisation

Candidate Profile

The successful candidate will bring deep experience in strategy and transformation within insurance reinsurance wealth or other capital-intensive financial services environments.

They will combine strong strategic thinking with hands-on execution capability and credibility at CEO and Board level.

• Senior leadership experience in enterprise strategy
• Track record of delivering change in regulated complex environments
• Experience working closely with CEOs Executive Committees and Boards
• Strong understanding of HNW / UHNW business models and/or Bermuda-based insurance structures
• Excellent commercial financial and strategic acumen

Leadership Attributes

• Strategic commercially minded and outcome-focused
• Comfortable operating under ambiguity and complexity
• Highly credible and influential with senior stakeholders
• Resilient adaptable and change-oriented
• Collaborative leadership style with strong enterprise mindset

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equality of opportunity of benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex race age ethnic origin educational social and cultural background marital status pregnancy and maternity religion or belief disability or part-time / fixed-term work or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage the same standards from our recruitment and third-party suppliers taking into account the context of grade job and location. We also allow for reasonable adjustments to support people with individual physical or mental health requirements.