Sandy Leitch

This article is part of the Revolving Door project of Spinwatch.

Alexander Leitch (Lord Leitch) is a Labour peer in the House of Lords, having joined on the 7 June 2004.

Leitch also holds senior positions at BUPA, Old Mutual Wealth and FNZ, having formerly been chairman of Scottish Widows Group, head of the UK branch of Zurich Financial Services and deputy chairman of the Bank of Scotland plc, Lloyds Banking Group plc and HBOS plc.

Labour links

Whilst he was in power, Tony Blair utilised Leitch and viewed him as one of his most trusted business advisers. When Gordon Brown replaced Blair, Leitch maintained his Labour links by donating £5,000 to the party in 2007.

Affiliations

From the House of Lords Register of Interests

Directorships

• Chairman and Non-executive Director, BUPA
• Chairman, Intrinsic Financial Services Ltd
• Non-executive Director, Intrinsic Financial Planning Limited
• Non-executive Chairman, FNZ (platform technology provider)
• Non-executive Director, Board of Old Mutual Wealth
• Independent Adviser to Guggenheim Investments

Significant shareholdings

• Investor in Intrinsic Financial Services Ltd

Office-holder in voluntary organisations

• Deputy Chairman of Commonwealth Education Fund
• Founding Vice President of 'CARES' (employee volunteering) - subdivision of Business in the Community
• Chairman of Leitch Review of Skills (unpaid) (independent review of skills in the UK - voluntary post)
• Chairman, National Employment Panel Ltd (unpaid)

Voluntary organisations

• Chairman of the National Employment Panel
• Director of Albert Court Management Committee (Residents' Association for my London residence)
• Member, Advisory Council of Acciptor (unpaid)

Former interests

• Deputy Chairman and Non-executive Director, Lloyds TSB Bank plc, deleted on the 6 June 2013
• Non-executive Director and Chairman, Scottish Widows Group Limited, deleted on the 6 June 2013
• Non-executive Director and Chairman, Scottish Widows plc, deleted on the 6 June 2013
• Non-executive Director and Chairman, Scottish Widows Annuities Limited, deleted on the 6 June 2013
• Deputy Chairman and Non-executive Director, HBOS plc, deleted on the 6 June 2013
• Deputy Chairman and Non-executive Director, Bank of Scotland plc, deleted on the 6 June 2013
• Deputy Chairman and Non-executive Director, Lloyds Banking Group plc, deleted on the 21 March 2012
• Non-executive Director, Paternoster UK Ltd, deleted on the 10 February 2011
• Non-executive Director, HBOS Financial Services Limited, deleted on the 6 June 2013
• Non-executive Director, HBOS Investment Fund Managers Limited, deleted on the 6 June 2013
• Non-executive Director, Clerical Medical Investment Group Limited, deleted on the 6 June 2013
• Non-executive Director, Clerical Medical Managed Funds Limited, deleted on the 6 June 2013
• Non-executive Director, Halifax Financial Services (Holdings) Limited, deleted on the 6 June 2013
• Non-executive Director, Halifax Life Limited, deleted on the 6 June 2013
• Non-executive Director, St Andrew's Life Assurance plc, deleted on the 6 June 2013
• Non-executive Director, Falcon Power Research Limited, deleted on the 2 April 2014