Meet The Board

Karen Graves

Chairman

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Karen has been working in the Lloyd’s and London market for over 25 years, starting her career in the compliance arena, moving on to a COO and then a CEO role within the Lloyd’s market for an established Lloyd’s Managing Agency. She is also the Senior Independent Director for the USAA Limited and a Director of a Multi-Academy Trust, along with being a founding member and Chair of Green Kite Associates. SCOR SE was her first Global Reinsurance role and within scope fall operational matters, oversight and coordination of EMEA satellite offices (Madrid, Milan, Stockholm, Dublin, Moscow, Amsterdam, South Africa and Brussels), Internal Controls, Operational Risk Management, Regulatory Relationships, Property Affairs, Hub Compliance and working with the business divisions on new projects from a strategic perspective. Karen is a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Insurers and Chair of the Independent Women in Insurance Committee (iWIN). A Founder Member of European Council for the Advancement of Women in Leadership and addition to this a supporter of the Lloyd’s Military Network for senior officers leaving the Armed Forces. As a supporter of educational diversity Karen is a Director of the Burnt Mill Academy Trust, and as a keen painter a member of Lloyd’s Art Group. Age and educational diversity are of particular interest and she often takes part in presentations and conferences on these topics, along with being an Ally to LGBTQ colleagues.

Rosemary Beaver

Master Worshipful Company of Insurers

Rosemary is currently Master of the Worshipful Company of Insurers, a City Livery Company and the first woman ever to hold this role. She is a non-executive director with international specialty insurer, the Newline Group, and former Head of International Regulatory Affairs for Lloyd’s of London. She is a member of the Actuarial Council at the Financial Reporting Council, a member of Lloyd’s Enforcement Tribunal Panel, a former member of the Board and Council of the Chartered Insurance Institute, a Vice President and former Council member of the Insurance Institute of London and an Associate of the Girls’ Day School Trust. Rosemary has a Master’s degree in Classics from Cambridge University and is a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute. She is married and lives in London with her husband and two daughters. Her main interests are scuba diving in British waters, open water swimming and visiting Italy.

Claire Bowler

Head of Insurance Sector, DWF LLP

Claire acts for numerous major UK and worldwide insurers in large loss and international cases. She set up and heads DWF’s International Claims Team and is regularly instructed in some of the largest and highest profile complex cross-border claims in the London Market, as well as for insurance companies and corporate clients all over the world. In 2011 Claire won the prestigious “Woman of Achievement Award” for the Insurance category in the Women in the City Awards, being named one of seven top female executives working in the City of London that year. She also features in the Women in the City book 'Project Diamond' as one of five selected women highlighted as a case study for success factors for women in business. Claire was made a Partner when she was 31 and a full Equity Partner at just 34. She has featured in The Financial Times and regularly appears in legal and insurance industry press. In 2016 Claire was elected to the Strategic Board of DWF, the first time a woman had been elected to DWF's main Board.

Sally Bramall FCII

Head Market Relations Governance, WTW

Sally is currently Head of the Market Relations Governance at Willis Towers Watson. Sally joined Willis in 1988 and served as Global Head of Market Security from 1998-2013. She additionally served as Chief Operating Officer of the GB Client & Business Development Group and Financial Institutions Group. Sally is a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute, holds a M.B.A. from the University of Hull, and is Vice President and Diversity Officer for the Insurance Institute of Ipswich, Suffolk & North Essex. She sits on the Lloyd’s of London steering committee for D&I (“Inclusion@Lloyd’s”), and the iWIN Committee, the women’s network of Worshipful Company of Insurers,.

Katherine Coates

Partner, Clifford Chance

Katherine Coates has over 30 years' experience of all aspects of corporate and commercial work, including mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures. She is head of the firm's Global Insurance Sector Group. She specialises in non-contentious insurance matters including UK and European insurance regulation and compliance, start-ups, mergers and acquisitions, reorganisations, demutualisations, capital raising, distribution arrangements, product development and the Lloyd's market. Katherine also advises on mergers and acquisitions and other corporate matters for banks, asset managers and other financial institutions.

Professor Paula Jarzabkowski

Professor of Strategic Management, Cass Business School

Professor Jarzabkowski is a world leader in the topic of how strategy implementation affects competitive dynamics. She has studied multinationals in critical infrastructure, telecommunications and, most recently, the global insurance and reinsurance industry. Her most recent research examines how governments and markets are addressing the protection gap for catastrophic risk. Paula has won prizes for her outstanding impact on business and her most recent work is published in Strategic Management Journal.

Brendan McCafferty

CEO, Brightside

Brendan McCafferty is the current CEO at Brightside Insurance, one of the UK’s largest insurance brokers. Previously, he worked as CEO of Flood Re where he launched and managed an industry-backed initiative to make flood insurance more affordable and accessible for those living in flood-prone areas.

Claire McDonald

Managing Director HDI Global SE - UK

Claire has worked in insurance for over 30 years with Allianz in a mixture of underwriting and operations leadership roles, both on a local basis in UK and France and in more recent years in Global roles as Global Head of Operations (800 staff across the world – insurance operations, real estate, procurement and Business Continuity Management) and Global Practice Leader, Allianz Multinational (Allianz’s global program product). Earlier this year she changed to HDI Global where she now heads up the UK and Ireland branches. Claire is a Liveryman in the Worshipful Company of Insurers and on the Board of iWin as well as an Ambassador for the Insurance Supper Club. Claire’s passion for working for a more gender equal world comes from her core values around fairness, meritocracy and wastefulness – gender should never be a reason why someone is overlooked and what are the societal “norms” that mean that the playing ground is not even and how can we work to change them. Claire is an active mentor and supporter of young women.

Suneeta Padda

Founding Director, Padda Consulting

Padda Consulting was founded by Suneeta. She has extensive experience in assisting firms meet their regulatory requirements is grounded in her time at the Financial Services Authority (now the Financial Conduct Authority) Her experience is borne out roles within the FCA covering Supervision, Risk and Regulatory strategic planning. Additionally Suneeta has been engaged in providing risk and operational support to a number of FCA-wide projects. Suneeta's recent experience has included roles as Head of Group Compliance and Risk at Howden Broking Group, head of Compliance for Amlin in the UK, and various lead Compliance roles at Ernst and Young, HSBC Insurance Brokers, Willis and Marsh both in the UK and Internationally. Padda Consulting was established to help both domestic UK and global insurance intermediaries and insurers achieve evidence and maintain compliance with the FCA's principle-based regulatory framework, Lloyd's Minimum Standards and the PRA- PSM's, SIMR, Corporate Governance and Solvency

Vivine Cameron BA (Hons) Assoc CIPD

Education Partnerships Manager, CII

Vivine was appointed in January 2018 as Education Partnerships Manager for the Chartered Insurance Institute. Her role and remit is the creation and management of CII partnerships within Higher Education to expand the range of education options available to insurance and personal finance professionals – both existing and future professionals. 2008 American Express Regent’s Club Award Winner - recognizing outstanding top performing 3% of employees globally for their goal achievements and leadership behaviours. A highly skilled Project Manager with a real passion for individual personal and professional Learning and Development. Skilled in interpersonal relationships with a wide range of internal and external clients and stakeholders. Management of Projects, Programmes, Learning & Development (Training) interventions for Private, Not for Profit, Education and Legal professions.

Elisha St Hilaire

Project Manager, Aon Retirement Solutions

n May 2017 I moved into the Aon Hewitt Global Retirement and Investment Practice PMO where I am currently project coordinating the General Data Privacy Regulation Project for Ireland, Netherlands, Switzerland and UK alongside a Senior Project Manager. I am also supporting the Global PMO Leader and EMEA Investment Chief of Staff in defining the operational governance and efficiency of our department. Aside of my current role I also Chair the Women’s International Network (WIN) Committee and have done so since 2013. I got involved in Diversity organically and quickly became a staunch ambassador as I am driven to make change. Not only am I a driver of Gender Diversity, I am also committed to the D&I agenda in general and working across multiple business resource groups (BRGs) to support them in their formation and how to raise awareness for their respective BRG. As an highly experienced Executive Assistant who has worked in a variety of different industries including legal, engineering, architecture, public sector and financial services, I bring a wealth of knowledge together with my extensive network to my new team. Besides the above, It has been a very exciting journey and was pleased that I was able to further empower our female colleagues at Aon back in 2014 to realise their true potential by implementing a signature event in celebration of International Women’s Day at Manchester United's stadium – an idea that was born in the small confines of the WIN Committee and in which I played an integral part. I had to approach various business leaders and stakeholders to get their support and assistance. The WIN – Empower your Career conference welcomed 90 colleagues from all over the UK to Old Trafford, where our CEO and business leaders shared their career journeys and answered guests’ questions on the day. The conference was a huge success and so proud of what we achieved.

Paula Jarzabkowski

Professor Strategic Management, Cass Business School

Professor Paula Jarzabkowski is an expert in insurance and reinsurance markets, having lead international teams in studying different aspects of the global industry for many years. She has released a range of industry reports, Masterclasses, academic papers, and a widely acclaimed book on “Making a Market for Acts of God” with Oxford University Press in 2015. Her current research examines how Governments and Markets around the world are working together to address the growing threat of natural and manmade disaster. She is Co-Chair of the Expert Advisory Group for the UK government’s Centre for Disaster Protection, and on the OECD High-Level Advisory Board for the Financial Management of Catastrophic Risks. Professor Jarzabkowski’s research frequently features in industry and business media, and is used to inform policy. Results from her most recent research may be accessed in her reports: Between State and Market: Protection Gap Entities and Catastrophic Risk; and Insurance for Climate Adaptation: Challenges and Opportunities.