Mike Wells
Group Chief Executive
Prudential plc
Mike Wells has been Group Chief Executive of the international financial services group Prudential plc since June 2015.
Founded in London in 1848, Prudential provides health & life insurance, long-term savings, retirement income solutions and asset management through its businesses – Prudential Corporation Asia and Eastspring Investments in Asia, Jackson in the US, and Prudential Africa. Prudential’s purpose is to help people get more out of life by making healthcare affordable and accessible, by protecting wealth and growing assets, and by empowering customers to save for their goals.
In 1995, Mike joined Jackson, Prudential’s Lansing-headquartered North American unit and became Jackson’s Chief Operating Officer and Vice-Chairman in 2003. In 2011 he was appointed President and CEO of Jackson and joined the board of Prudential. He has more than three decades’ experience in insurance and retirement services, having started his career at the US brokerage house Dean Witter before becoming a managing director at Smith Barney Shearson.
Mike was born in Ontario, Canada, and earned a Bachelor of Sciences in Economics from San Diego State University.