Lord sandy leitch biography

          Through sheer willpower and hard work, Leitch rose to become one of Britain's leading businessmen, a peer of the realm, a social and spiritual thinker.

        1. Through sheer willpower and hard work, Leitch rose to become one of Britain's leading businessmen, a peer of the realm, a social and spiritual thinker.
        2. Biography.
        3. Alexander Park Leitch, Baron Leitch was a British businessman who was Group Chairman of FNZ, a global wealth management technology platform.
        4. Lord Leitch, who has died from leukaemia aged 76, was a Scottish miner's son, brought up in poverty after the Second World War; he went on to become a grandee.
        5. During his long career, Leitch was also chair of Bupa, and founder and chair of Intrinsic Financial Services, now Quilter Financial Planning.

          6. Alexander Park Leitch, Baron Leitch was a British businessman who was Group Chairman of FNZ, a global wealth management technology platform.!

          Alexander Leitch, Baron Leitch

          British businessman and life peer (1947–2024)

          Alexander Park Leitch, Baron Leitch (20 October 1947 – 5 October 2024) was a British businessman who was Group Chairman of FNZ, a global wealth management technology platform.

          He was also a British Labourpeer, sitting in the House of Lords from 2004 until his death.

          Biography

          Leitch was born in Blairhall, Fife on 20 October 1947.[1][2] He was educated at Dunfermline High School and was offered a place to read chemistry at university at just 16 years of age.[2] However, he turned his place down and instead headed to London to work in the IT department of an insurance company.

          In 1965, Sandy started his career as a computer programmer, writing the first ever UK life assurance ‘search engine’ program in 1967. He remained in the insurance industry throughout his early career, rising to become Chief Executive of Allied Dunbar, Executive Chair of Eagle Star and Threadnee