Philippa Herz

Chief Risk Officer, Risk and Governance at OneFamily

Philippa has been Chief Risk Officer of OneFamily since July 2016. She is responsible for the Risk and Compliance functions and also leads broader governance functions including Company Secretarial and Legal. Philippa is a member of the Executive team of the mutual society and a Board Director of its subsidiary companies. She is also Executive Sponsor for the gender diversity pillar of OneFamily’s D&I programme and a mentor to several colleagues within the organisation.

Prior to joining OneFamily, she was Enterprise Risk Director at Bupa, working to implement risk management frameworks across the global group and deliver reporting to the Group Board covering both insurance and healthcare provision businesses. She has also previously worked at Friends Life as Group Head of Risk Governance and Solvency II Pillar 2 lead; Legal & General as Compliance Policy Director and Product Director, Retail Savings; and in the Actuarial and Regulatory consultancy practices of PwC, advising on both prudential and conduct risks.

Philippa is a qualified actuary and has degree in Economics & Statistics from UCL. Outside of work she volunteers as a mentor for sixth form students from disadvantaged backgrounds and serves as Safeguarding Governor of her local primary school