Directors’ CVs
BOARD COMMITTEESBoard of Directors
Remuneration Committee Nominations Committee
Steve W Broughton (Non Executive) - Chairman
David B Sandhu – Chief Executive Officer
Peter J Harrison – Group Finance Director
Christopher J Baker (Non Executive)
Robert Newton (Non Executive)
Adrian Palmer (Non Executive)
Audit Committee
Christopher J Baker - Chairman
Adrian M Palmer
Steve W Broughton
Robert Newton
Robert Newton - Chairman
Christopher J Baker
Steve W Broughton
Robert Newton - Chairman
Steve W Broughton
Adrian M Palmer
Christopher J Baker
Directors’ Biographies
Non-Executive Directors
Steve Broughton – Chairman
Steve was appointed to the Board on 24 January 2005 bringing a wealth of experience across the whole of the insurance market. On 26 July 2007 Steve was appointed Deputy Chairman taking over from Adrian Palmer and, subsequently on 1 July 2008, as Chairman. 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 on the boards of Fortis UK, SSP Holdings Plc, Sun Alliance and London Pension Fund Limited.
Adrian Palmer
Adrian has 18 years experience at main board or Chief Executive Officer level, mainly with public companies, and became 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 of Direct Valeting Limited and, from July 2007, Non-Executive Director of Car Shop Limited, IOM.
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 is Chairman of the Aintree NHS Foundation Trust, Deputy Chairman of Jacques Vert Plc and 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 committee and is also a member of the Remuneration and Nominations Committees.
Robert Newton
Bob Newton joined Ai as a Non-Executive Director on 1 November 2008. Bob is a former Director of Norwich Union and Deputy Chief Executive of NFU Mutual Insurance. He is currently Non-Executive Director of Co-operative Financial Services and a member of the Insurance Advisory Board of Accenture (UK) Ltd amongst other roles. Bob chairs the Remuneration and Nominations Committees and is also a member of the Audit Committee.
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 as a Chartered Accountant 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. In 2007, Peter was voted "Industry Chartered Accountant of the Year" by the North West Society of Chartered Accountants.
