The Board

Andrew Horton (aged 50) was appointed chief executive on 1 September 2008. Andrew joined Beazley in June 2003 as finance director. Prior to that he held various financial positions within ING, NatWest and Lloyds Bank and was the chief financial officer for the UK wholesale banking division of ING immediately prior to joining Beazley. He qualified as a chartered accountant with Coopers and Lybrand in 1987.

Clive Washbourn (aged 52) is the head of the group’s marine division. Clive has over 30 years’ experience in the marine insurance industry and actively underwrites marine hull, marine liability and marine war risks. He is a member of the LMA Marine Committee and chairman of the Joint War Committee.

Jonathan Gray (aged 59) served as head of the group’s property division from 1992 to 2012. He continues to lead the group’s open market property underwriting team. Jonathan has 35 years of experience at Lloyd’s.

Martin Bride (aged 49) is group finance director, having joined Beazley in 2009. Martin began his career in insurance in 1985 and took up his first role as a finance director in 1996. He trained as a general insurance actuary, before pursuing a career in the composite insurance sector with Aviva and Zurich Financial Services. His experience spans personal and commercial lines general insurance, the London market, life insurance and asset management in both the UK and France.

Neil Maidment (aged 50) is the chief underwriting officer of the group. Neil has 28 years of Lloyd’s experience. He joined Beazley in 1990 and was appointed to the board in 1993. In 2011 he was elected to the board of the Lloyd’s Market Association.

Adrian Cox (aged 41) was appointed to the board on 6 December 2010 and heads up the specialty lines division. Prior to joining Beazley in June 2001, Adrian was at General Re for eight years, writing both treaty and facultative business. Since 2001 his responsibilities have included the casualty treaty portfolio, the SME and large risks portfolios, before being promoted to head of specialty lines in 2008.

Dennis Holt (aged 64) was appointed chairman on 27 March 2012. He has more than 40 years experience in financial services markets. He was formerly a main board executive director at LloydsTSB (2000-2001), chief executive of AXA UK and a member of AXA’s Global executive committee (2001- 2006). He has been a vice chairman of the Association of British Insurers and deputy chairman of Bank of Ireland. He is currently chairman of Liverpool Victoria.

Vincent Sheridan (aged 64) is currently a non-executive director of FBD Holdings plc, Mercer (Ireland) Limited, Canada Life Assurance Ireland Limited and a number of other companies. He retired as chief executive of Vhi Healthcare in 2008 and, prior to that, was group chief executive of the Norwich Union Insurance Group in Ireland for ten years from 1991 to 2001. He is a past president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and a former director of the Irish Stock Exchange.

Padraic O’Connor (aged 63) is chairman of the Irish Stock Exchange and a non-executive director of Rabobank, JP Morgan Bank Dublin Ltd and a number of other companies. He was managing director of NCB Group between 1991 and 1999, prior to which he was chief economist at the firm. Before joining NCB, Mr O’Connor worked at the Department of Finance and the Central Bank of Ireland. He holds primary and postgraduate degrees in economics from University College Dublin.

George Blunden (aged 60) was appointed on 1 January 2010. He is the senior independent director. He is currently chairman of Charity Bank and chairman of Raglan HA. He retired as senior vice president and director from AllianceBernstein Ltd in December 2009. He had previously been chief executive of Union plc, and a director of SG Warburg Securities, Seccombe, Marshall and Campion plc and Meridian Investment Performance Services.

Ken Sroka (aged 60) was appointed to the board on 12 November 2010. He was formerly head of product development at Zurich Financial Services, retiring in 2008. During his 15 years at Zurich Financial Services, he created and directed Zurich’s financial lines business in North America and, more recently, he focused on the development of specialist products in North America as president and CEO of Zurich North American Specialties Division (products included environmental, excess liability, professional liability, financial lines, healthcare, political risk and accident & health). Prior to joining Zurich in 1993, Mr Sroka’s career included roles at Chubb, AIG and USF&G.

Rolf Tolle (aged 65) was appointed to the board on 6 December 2010. He joined the board of Beazley Furlonge Limited in June 2010. He retired as franchise performance director at Lloyd’s in December 2009 after nearly seven years in the role, during which time he was widely credited for establishing a new and successful partnership between the Corporation of Lloyd’s and the market. Prior to that, he served as chief underwriting officer of Faraday Group, General Re’s Lloyd’s insurance and reinsurance operation.

Ms Crawford-Ingle is a chartered accountant with almost 35 years of audit experience of multinational and listed companies. She was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) specialising in financial services for 20 years, during which time she led the insurance and investment management division. She retired from PwC in 2008. She is currently a Partner in Ambre Partners, a firm providing strategic, financial and operational advice to private equity firms and entrepreneurial companies.