Directors’ CVs
BOARD COMMITTEES
Board of Directors
Steve W Broughton (Non Executive) - Chairman
David B Sandhu – Chief Executive Officer
Peter J Harrison – Group Finance Director
Christopher J Baker (Non Executive)
Adrian M Palmer (Non Executive)
Audit Committee
Christopher J Baker - Chairman
Adrian M Palmer
Steve W Broughton
Remuneration Committee
Christopher J Baker - Chairman
Steve W Broughton
Nominations Committee
Steve W Broughton - Chairman
Adrian M Palmer
Christopher J Baker
Directors’ Biographies
Non-Executive Directors
Steve Broughton – Chairman
Steve was appointed as Chairman from July 2008, and has served on Ai's Board since 24 January 2005. Steve brings a wealth of experience across the whole of the insurance market, and had been appointed Deputy Chairman in July 2007. He has held main board positions with Royal & Sun Alliance Plc, Polaris UK Limited, Swinton Insurance Limited and Motor Insurers Bureau (MIB) and is currently a Non-Executive Director of the board of Fortis UK andSun Alliance and London Pension Fund Limited. Steve is chairman of the nominations committee.
Adrian Palmer
Adrian has eighteen years experience at main board or Chief Executive Officer level mainly with public companies and became Non Executive Deputy Chairman of Ai in July 2005. Prior to this Adrian was Chief Executive Officer for 6 years. He has previously held numerous main board positions in the motor industry, including Chief Executive Officer of Group Lotus. Adrian is also Non-Executive Chairman at Direct Valeting Limited.
Christopher Baker
Chris is an experienced corporate financier with more than twenty years experience including working at director level with Hill Samuel, Coopers and Lybrand and Littlewoods. He is Chairman of Business Liverpool, Deputy Chairman of Jacques Vert Plc and Blooms of Bressingham Holdings Plc. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Park Group Plc and the Training and Development Agency for Schools. Chris is the senior independent director and chairs the audit and remuneration committees.
Executive Directors
David Sandhu – Chief Executive Officer
David became CEO in July 2006 having previously been Group Managing Director (from July 2005) and Director of Claims and Operations. Prior to joining Ai in October 2000 he spent twelve years working in the claims teams of various insurers including Bishopsgate, GRE, AGF and Fortis – specifically dealing with complex claims. In the two years prior to joining Ai he was responsible for Fortis policy on Credit Hire. A statistician by background, David has a particular interest in Operational Research. He is also an executive member of NACHO, a member of the ABI GTA Technical Committee and is a regular speaker at industry events.
Peter Harrison FCA – Group Finance Director
Peter joined Ai as Group Finance Director in September 2005. He is a chartered accountant and MBA from Manchester Business School. He qualified with Touche Ross & Co and as a senior manager had a broad portfolio of plc clients. He has extensive financial services and general insurance expertise gained with Aviva, where as a Director of Finance he was responsible for the financial management and control of the UK Insurance business, playing a leading role in the integration of the Norwich Union and CGU businesses and the acquisition of London & Edinburgh Insurance. Peter also led the commercial finance team in the UK Life business prior to joining Royal Sun Alliance as UK Financial Control and Reporting Director.
