Esther Dijkstra is the Managing Director, Intermediaries, for Lloyds Banking Group.

Previously she was the Director of Strategic Partnerships for LBG with responsibility for the National Account, Housing Development and Intermediary Experience teams as well as leading Mortgage Intermediary digital strategy.

Prior to that she was the head of Intermediary protection at Scottish Widows where she was instrumental in the launch of ‘Scottish Widows Protect’ into the Intermediary market, which went live in 2015.

Esther began her career in management consultancy with IBM in the Netherlands and moved to the UK in 2000.   She previously worked for Legal & General where she was Commercial and Marketing Director of the L&G Network and UK Mortgage Club.

Esther lives with her husband and two children in Guildford.

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