"Lio's experience with digital platforms will help us deliver better, faster experiences to our customers and broker partners that they can use with ease."
- Mark Till, CEO of Unum UK
Prior to this appointment, Lio Lopez-Welsch worked as Chief Information Officer at Aegon, where he's led IT for the last five years. In the past, he’s also served as IT Director & Technical Director at Investec Wealth & Investment UK, Consulting Senior Manager & Services Director at Accenture, and IT Development, Implementation & Service Delivery at the London Stock Exchange.
During his time at Aegon, he worked as a Non-Executive Director for TISA Exchange Limited, a not-for-profit organisation working with the industry to facilitate electronic transfers between firms that hold assets on behalf of investors.
In his new role, Lio will support Unum’s ambitious growth plans, reinforcing its market position as a high quality, specialist provider of key employee benefits & wellbeing solutions - he will also sit on Unum’s Executive Committee.
“Lio is an innovative commercially astute technology leader […] his passion for leveraging technology to transform companies’ offerings will be crucial to Unum as we strive for sustainable growth,” explained Mark Till, CEO of Unum UK. He believes Lio’s “extensive experience of translating complex business requirements into tangible IT roadmaps, driving progress improvements and business-critical programmes” makes this an exciting appointment.
