Joanna Nayler

Just Group

Just Group group general counsel Joanna Nayler can take a great deal of the credit not only for modernising the company’s legal function but also for championing new ideas around how to improve people’s career paths.

On a purely transactional basis, Nayler has also had her hands full in 2019, leading on an equity raise and two debt raises, deals that provided her – at the senior end of the legal team – with the opportunity to give the more junior end exposure to top-quality work. Last year, Nayler led the introduction of a new method of prioritising work that is more closely aligned with the strategic goals of Just Group. This legal method of prioritisation has since been adopted and utilised more widely across the company.

In 2020, Nayler will be taking her expertise to IG Group where she will be assuming the newly created role of chief legal and governance officer covering legal, company secretary and internal audit. It is a wide-ranging remit, but Nayler is just the person for it.