Prudential plc school students, in partnership with the NGO Plan Ghana; and a scheme to support actuarial science graduates. In September 2014, Prudential purchased Kenyan life insurer Shield Assurance and rebranded it as Prudential Kenya, further expanding the company’s presence in Africa. Prudential has since entered three other African countries – Uganda in 2015, Zambia in 2016 and Nigeria in 2017. On 10 March 2015, it was announced that the CEO, Tidjane Thiam, would leave Prudential to become the next CEO of Credit Suisse. On 1 May 2015, it was announced that Mike Wells, head of the company's US business, would succeed
CEO Sleepout UK events have been held at numerous locations including Wembley Stadium, The Oval, Old Trafford Cricket Ground and Cardiff Castle, raising nearly £800,000. More than 90 businesspeople took part in a Wembley event in October 2014, which helped to raise funds for the Cardinal Hume Centre and DePaul UK. DePaul UK is part of Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. At a second London event in 2015, £180,000 was raised in what represented the biggest CEO Sleepout event to date. Just before Christmas 2016 CEO Sleepout opened a not-for-profit restaurant in Middlesbrough, The Fork in the Road, which gave training and