Partners Life applauds Klap appointment

New life company Partners Life has announced the appointment of Boyd Klap as chairman of the board.

Partners Life said Klap has a long and distinguished career in the life assurance and pensions industries, having previously held the roles of chief executive at both Prudential New Zealand and the Life Offices Association.

Klap will join managing director Naomi Ballantyne, director of sales Pauline Prescott and fellow founding executives Richard Coon (finance director) and Chris Coon (actuary).

Prescott started her financial career in the UK with American Express before joingn Private Patients Plan. She has worked in Belguim and Asia before moving to the United States.