The chief executive of government-backed financial services company National Savings and Investments (NS&I), Jane Platt, is to stand down this summer after ten years in the role.
She was appointed in September 2006, following a successful private sector career in financial services. Platt (pictured) has been a non-executive board member of the Financial Conduct Authority since April 2013 and chairs their External Risk and Strategy Committee. NS&I has 25 million customers to whom it provides saving products. In 2006, half of the organisation's sales came through the Post Office but under Platt's control it has become a 100% direct to customer business. The amount savers have invested through NS&I has increased from £73bn in 2006 to £134bn at the end of 2015 ...
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