Legal & General

London, United Kingdom

Legal & General is a London headquartered financial services group founded in 1836, operating as one of the largest institutional asset managers in the United Kingdom with assets under management of roughly 1.2 trillion pounds. The group provides investment management, pensions, annuities, lifetime mortgages, and life insurance, and is a significant investor in real assets including real estate and infrastructure through its asset management arm. António Simões became group chief executive officer on January 1, 2024, succeeding Nigel Wilson after a career that included serving as chief executive of Banco Santander Spain, regional head of Europe for Santander, and thirteen years in senior executive roles at HSBC. The group reported roughly twelve thousand employees in its most recently disclosed annual headcount.