Mary Hall
About Mary Hall
Mary Hall is a Programme Manager at Legal & General, where she has worked since 2015. She has extensive experience in managing large-scale transformation programmes and has held various roles within the company and other organizations.
Work at Legal & General
Mary Hall has been employed at Legal & General since 2015, currently serving as Programme Manager - Group. In this role, she engages with all fifteen divisions and staff teams within the organization, operating at Board level and below. Her responsibilities include overseeing a strategic transformation programme that involves significant Union consultation and negotiation elements. Prior to her current position, she held the role of Portfolio Manager - Digital for eight months in 2014 and served as Programme Manager - Marketing, Brand, Experience Transformation for three months in 2015.
Education and Expertise
Mary Hall holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Accountancy Studies from Huddersfield Polytechnic, where she studied from 1984 to 1988. She furthered her education by obtaining a Master of Science in Distribution Technology and Management from Cranfield Institute of Technology in 1989. Additionally, she earned another Master of Science in Computer Based Information Systems from the University of Sunderland, completing her studies in 1995. This educational background supports her expertise in programme management and strategic transformation.
Background
Before joining Legal & General, Mary Hall worked as a Director at Bishall Ltd from 2003 to 2014. Her experience spans over a decade in leadership roles, contributing to her comprehensive understanding of programme management and organizational transformation. At Legal & General, she has managed significant projects, including the orderly exit of the company's main operating site, which involved redeploying 1,550 employees to alternative locations.
Achievements
In her role at Legal & General, Mary Hall has overseen a programme with a mandate to maximize the Group's property footprint, which includes eleven main and 25 sub-workstreams. She has extensive experience in risk and dependency management across programmes valued at approximately £100 million, managing over 30 concurrent workstreams. Her strategic initiatives and leadership have contributed to the organization's operational efficiency and transformation.