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)
Audit Committee
Christopher J Baker - Chairman
Steve W Broughton
Robert Newton
Robert Newton - Chairman
Christopher J Baker
Steve W Broughton
Robert Newton - Chairman
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.
Robert Newton
Bob joined Ai as a Non-Executive Director on 1 November 2008. He is a former Director of Norwich Union Insurance, CGU Insurance and General Accident (UK), all now part of Aviva plc, was deputy chief executive of NFU Mutual Insurance and a non-executive director of the Insurance Ombudsman’s Bureau and the General Insurance Standards Council. He is currently Non-Executive Director of Co-operative Financial Services Limited and UIA (Insurance) Limited and a member of the Financial Services Advisory Board of Accenture (UK) Limited along with other business and pro bono interests. 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 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
