Directors’ CVs
BOARD COMMITTEESBoard of Directors
Steve W Broughton (Non Executive) - Chairman Christopher J Baker (Non Executive) Remuneration Committee
David B Sandhu – Chief Executive Officer
Peter J Harrison – Group Finance Director
Simon Pook - Chief Operating Officer
Audit Committee
Christopher J Baker - Chairman
Steve W Broughton
Christopher J Baker
Steve W Broughton
Nominations Committee
Steve W Broughton
Christopher J Baker
Directors’ Biographies
Non-Executive Directors
Steve Broughton – Chairman
Steve was appointed Chairman on 1 July 2008, having previously been Deputy Chairman and joined the Board in January 2005. He has held main board positions with Royal & Sun Alliance UK, Polaris UK Limited, Swinton Insurance Limited and Motor Insurers Bureau (MIB) and is currently a Non-Executive Director on the boards of Fortis UK, Direct Group Limited, Sun Alliance and London Pension Fund Limited. Steve is a member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nominations Committees.
Christopher Baker MBE
Chris is an experienced corporate strategist with more than 20 years experience at Director level with Hill Samuel, Coopers & Lybrand, Littlewoods and Business Liverpool. He joined the Board of Ai during October 2002. He is Chairman of the Aintree NHS Foundation Trust and the Training and Development Agency for Schools, Deputy Chairman of Jacques Vert plc and a Non-Executive Director of Park Group plc. Chris is the senior independent Director and chairs the Audit Committee and is a member of the Remuneration and Nominations 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 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
Simon joined Ai as Chief Operating Officer, reporting to David Sandhu, Chief Executive Officer. He will have overall responsibility for operations, supply chain, IT & change. Mr Pook was Claims Director at Homeserve for two years, and prior to that spent four years as Homeserve’s international business development director. He spent seven years in senior director roles at leading retailer the Game Group, and during his career has held a number of other roles in the retail sector.
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Simon Pook – Chief Operating Officer
