• RISE TO INFLUENCE AT STANDARD LIFE
• TENURE AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE
• LEADERSHIP STYLE
• SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Former chief executive officer, Standard Life Assurance Company

Nationality: British.

Born: June 6, 1946, in Kirkcaldy, Scotland.

Education: Oxford University, BA, 1967.

Family: Son of John Alexander Lumsden (insurance broker) and Helen (maiden name unknown); married Rosemary Hoey, 1970; children: two.

Career: Standard Life Assurance Company, 1967–2004, began as assistant actuary, became actuarial general manager (1984), group finance director (1990); 2002–2004, CEO.

Awards: Chief Executive of the Year, Financial Advisor, 2003.

■ Iain Lumsden joined the British insurance...