Philip Broadley

St Edmund Fellow

Philip Broadley studied PPE at St Edmund Hall, graduating in 1983. He then trained as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Anderson becoming a partner in 1993. His career changed direction in 2000 when he became Group Finance Director of Prudential plc, the international insurance and asset management group. He subsequently took up the same role at Old Mutual plc. During this time he was Chairman of the 100 Group of Finance Directors and a member of The Takeover Panel.

In 2014 he returned to university and took a Master of Science degree in Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics.

He now serves as a non-executive director and charity trustee. He is Chair of Lancashire Holdings Limited, a specialty insurer, Senior Independent Director of AstraZeneca plc and a director of Legal & General Group plc.

He has chaired the governing body of Eastbourne College where he was a pupil. He has also been Treasurer of the London Library, a member of the Hall’s investment committee, and a member of the University’s audit and scrutiny committee.

Philip and his wife, Gillian, have two adult children and two grandchildren. He was elected a St Edmund Hall Fellow in November 2018.