

Outside of work, Greg is married with 2 daughters. Harnessing helpful and relevant technology will help us revolutionise how we provide support and information to our customers.’ At our heart, we are a relationship business and key to that is providing the highest quality of service. IFGL CEO David Kneeshaw said: ‘I am delighted to welcome Greg to IFGL. Putting a CTO on the Executive team is a really progressive move and sends a clear signal that Technology is at the heart of the business.’ I believe Technology should be central to supporting an organisation achieve its aspirations. ‘I was attracted to the international nature of the IFGL business and the Group’s consistent and ambitious strategy to grow.

Greg is looking forward to new challenges at IFGL. Prior to that, he spent 24 years with Standard Life, including spells leading the Technology Architecture team in Standard Life’s Canadian operation in Montreal and as Chief Architect of SL’s German business.

In his previous role, Greg was the CTO at Sainsbury’s Bank, based in Edinburgh. Greg has 30 years’ IT experience within international financial services. Greg Watson has joined IFGL in the newly created role of Chief Technology Officer (CTO) – a role that will also have a seat on the IFGL Executive Committee.
