Laura Mason

Chief Executive Officer, Legal & General Capital

Legal & General Capital

Laura Mason
Laura is Chief Executive Officer of Legal & General Capital, is the chair of Legal & General’s (L&G) Global Diversity and Inclusion council and a member of L&G’s Executive Committee.

Laura is responsible for leading L&G Capital, the Groups alternative asset business, creating assets for both the L&G Retirement business and third-party clients in order to achieve improved risk-adjusted returns for our shareholders.

Laura has group-wide experience with in-depth knowledge of the workings of the Group’s business divisions from her roles as CEO of the L&G Retirement business division from 2018 to 2021, as part of the senior management team responsible for setting up L&G Capital, where she served as Director of Direct Investment and in her initial role in the Annuity business, responsible for the Asset and Liability Management and Investment strategy.

Laura is a qualified actuary and prior to joining L&G, spent eight years at Towers Watson as a consultant to major UK life insurers. Laura has a First Class Honours Degree in Engineering Science from University of Oxford, and a PhD in Engineering Science (Neural Networks and Signal Processing) also from the University of Oxford.