Wendy Redshaw has been appointed as the first ever Group Chief Digital & Technology Officer at Standard Life as the company accelerates its ambition to become the UK’s leading retirement and savings and income business.

The role will bring together Standard Life's technology, digital, data, security and AI capabilities to help deliver better outcomes for customers, make it easier for people to engage with their financial futures and support the company's growth ambitions.

Wendy brings extensive experience leading digital and technology transformation across global banks, most recently as NatWest Group’s Chief Digital Information Officer for Retail, where she built an impressive career leading large-scale technology, digital and transformation teams. She brings deep knowledge and will use her experience to drive innovation and deliver business growth.

Wendy will lead the Enterprise Technology function, helping Standard Life strengthen the capabilities that support millions of customers, enable greater innovation and deliver the scale needed to achieve its ambition of becoming the UK's leading retirement savings and income business. In the role, which reports to Group CEO Andy Briggs, Wendy will sit on the Group’s Executive Committee and will play a fundamental role in delivering the strategy and building an even stronger business for the years ahead, as this area is increasingly central to how Standard Life serves customers, manages risk and drives long-term growth. Wendy will join Standard Life in the coming months.

Andy Briggs

Technology, data and AI are increasingly important in helping us support customers throughout their journey to and through retirement. Wendy's experience in leading large-scale digital transformation programmes will help us build on the strong foundations we've put in place and continue improving the ways we serve customers and deliver better outcomes.

- Standard Life CEO

Wendy Redshaw

I'm really excited to join Standard Life at such an important moment in its journey. What really stands out to me is the combination of a clear purpose, a strong sense of ambition and a genuine focus on customers. I'm looking forward to building on the strong foundations already in place. There's a huge opportunity ahead, and I'm excited to be part of a business that is actively supporting their customers on the journey to and through retirement.

- incoming Group Chief Digital & Technology Officer, Standard Life

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About Standard Life

Standard Life is a retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement saving and income. 
We are proud to manage around c£317bn in assets on behalf of our 12 million customers, and we champion the belief that everyone's journey to and through retirement can be better.  
With our focus entirely on retirement savings and income we want to be the business that people trust to guide their retirement journey, helping our customers achieve better outcomes and greater financial security in later life. 

As a FTSE 100-listed group we are using our size, expertise and influence to shape the world our customers will retire into, and are committed to helping three million more customers by 2035, take action towards a better retirement. 

Standard Life is a responsible investor with a clear commitment to supporting a more sustainable future. The Group has achieved its net zero goal across its emissions for 2025 and is working towards net zero investment portfolios by 2050 or sooner.

Standard Life is recognised as a leading employer, with long-standing accreditation as a Living Wage Employer, Living Pension Employer and Carer Positive Exemplary Employer and in 2025 became one of Britain’s Most Admired Companies in 2025.