Bright Grey's Roger Edwards leaves today to teach yoga

Laura Miller
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Today is Bright Grey and Scottish Provident managing director Roger Edwards' last day in his role as he leaves to focus on marketing, social media, speaking - and yoga teaching.

Edwards (pictured) announced his would be leaving the Royal London group - which owns Bright Grey and Scottish Provident - after 12 years in May. He made the decision not to be considered for a role in the group as it undergoes a restructure. In an email today he said he would now be going on gardening leave before moving on to "future opportunities and dreams" - including teaching yoga. "It's over 12 years since six of us started building Bright Grey -with six chairs and six mobile phones -, and it has been an amazing adventure and experience," he said. "I have met and worked w...

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