Maarten Ectors
business at that point , in September 2018 , “ was whether we could bring this approach to more areas of the business – the remit became ‘ let ’ s innovate all over the company ’.” The result of that remit was the development of the Future Ventures team , as Ectors sought to bring the brightest and most willing innovators on board .
This includes Future Ventures Director Peggy Loo . “ The problem with established businesses is that any innovation is preceded by long cycles of planning , developing business cases and then implementing ideas years in advance . You actually want to get into the mindset
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EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Maarten Ectors
Maarten Ectors is Chief Innovation Officer for Legal & General , the UK ’ s biggest investment manager , annuity , pension provider and life insurer . Maarten came from a software innovation background . His mission is to launch faster , cheaper and award-winning solutions to critical business problems the industry was not able to solve before , or Harry Potter problems . www . fintechmagazine . com