LMA - LMA Board Team

Elizabeth Wooliston

Underwriting Director

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Underwriting Director
Elizabeth leads the strategic direction of the Underwriting team at the LMA.

With thirty years’ experience in insurance, Elizabeth has held senior roles in underwriting, broking, reinsurance and insurtech, most recently as CEO of Nimbla. Prior to that she was Managing Director of Strategy at RFIB and for nearly two decades held various roles at Aon, culminating in Chief Broking Officer for EMEA.

Elizabeth sat on the Women’s FA board until December 2022, chaired the Risk and Capital Committee and served on Fidelis UK’s board. She also sat on Arthur J Gallagher’s UK Retail, Specialty and Holdings boards until August 2024. In 2017, she co-founded ‘Lift as you Climb’, a women’s network with 800+ members, offering free access to career-changing mentoring.

Email: elizabeth.wooliston@lmalloyds.com

Fiona Temple

People, Culture and Academy Director

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People, Culture and Academy Director
Fiona leads the strategic direction of People, Culture and the Academy at the LMA.

Fiona has over 25 years of experience in human resources. Before joining the LMA in 2019, Fiona was Global Head of Talent at Aspen and has held other HR roles in the insurance market, including Global Head of Talent at Catlin. Fiona is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Insurers, and is qualified in using several psychometric tools.

Fiona holds a LLB (Hons) in Law.

Email: fiona.temple@lmalloyds.com

Paul Davenport

Committee Secretary
Finance and Risk Director

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Paul Davenport joined the LMA as Finance Director in March 2019. Paul has previously held senior positions at The Navigators Group as International CFO and prior to that, Finance Director at Chubb Insurance Company of Europe and has more than 25 years’ experience in the insurance industry.

Email: paul.davenport@lmalloyds.com

Sheila Cameron

Chief Executive

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Sheila Cameron was appointed Chief Executive of the LMA in 2019, where she represents the voice of the managing agent community in the London market. She has been heavily involved in the Future at Lloyd’s strategy and the market’s cultural reform agenda. In addition, Sheila is a board member of the London Market Group (LMG), chairs the LMG’s Data Council and is a Vice President of the CII’s Insurance Institute of London.

Before becoming CEO at the LMA, Sheila led various international change and operational functions at The Hartford, Hiscox and Xchanging’s claims business. She began her career at Accenture in Dublin.

Email: sheila.cameron@lmalloyds.com

Andy Oakley

Head of LMA Academy

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Andrew manages the design, facilitation and evaluation of all LMA Academy programmes.

Before joining the LMA in 2020, Andrew worked in senior learning, development and talent roles in the insurance market, including Aspen, XL Catlin, Xchanging and QBE.

Andrew holds a BA (Hons) in Geography and a Diploma in Insurance (Dip CII).

Adam Beatty

Nephila Syndicate Management Chief Executive Officer

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Chief Executive Officer, Nephila Syndicate Management
LMA Board Member

Adam is the CEO of Nephila Syndicate Management, based in London. Since joining Nephila in 2013, Adam has been responsible for the Company’s Lloyd’s syndicate platform, where he was the Active Underwriter for Syndicate 2357 from 2014 to 2018.

Adam has over 25 years of experience working in the insurance industry. Prior to joining Nephila, Adam was a Managing Director with Willis Capital Markets & Advisory, the Willis Group’s investment banking unit, based in New York and London. From 2004 to 2006, Adam was the Chief Financial Officer for Willis’s global reinsurance business, Willis Re. Adam qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1994.

Andrew Brooks

Chairman of the LMA and Non-Executive Director of Ascot Group Limited

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Chairman of the LMA and Non Executive Director of Ascot Group Limited.

Andrew has 27 years of insurance experience within the Lloyd’s market. He is heavily involved in promoting Lloyd’s in the UK and overseas and currently sits on the Lloyd’s Claims Implementation Board.

Andrew is ACII qualified and was appointed to the Lloyd’s Market Association Board in May 2012.

Duncan Dale

Chief Executive Officer, Dale Underwriting Partners

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Duncan Dale is a highly experienced underwriter in the London/Lloyd’s market. He started his career in 1982 and entered Lloyd’s in 1989. Following a long career at the Amlin Syndicate, where his last position was the Managing Director of Amlin London, he left in order to establish Dale Underwriting Partners which commenced underwriting for the 2014 year of account.

John Fowle

Atrium Chief Executive

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Atrium appointed John as Chief Executive Officer in October 2023, having previously served as Chaucer’s Chief Underwriting Officer.

John’s main responsibilities include the general oversight, management, and strategic development of the business.

John was previously Active Underwriter for Syndicate 1084. Prior to that, he was Head of the Specialist Lines Division of Chaucer. John has experience in both the company and Lloyd’s markets.

Clare Constable

MS Amlin Chief Claims Officer

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Chief Claims Officer, MS Amlin
LMA Board Member

Clare joined MS Amlin in 2022 as Head of Claims – being promoted to Chief Claims Officer in 2024, and is currently a member of its executive committee.

Clare has over 25 years of experience in the London Market, covering a wide variety of first-party and third-party claims management and leadership roles.

She has been a representative (and chair) of various LMA and IUA claims committees during her years in the industry and has participated in several claims modernisation working groups.

Cécile Fresneau

Managing Director, QBE European Operations

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Cécile has 20 years of insurance industry experience and joined QBE in 2018 to manage its UK Insurance business. In April 2021 she was promoted to run QBE’s Insurance Division, which comprises of the UK, Europe and International Markets business units.

Prior to joining QBE, Cécile held a number of senior positions at Zurich, including Head of Personal Lines for Europe, Middle East and Africa and Chief Underwriting Officer for UK General Insurance and before that worked for Insurance Australia Group in Sydney.

Cécile was named Active Underwriter for syndicate 386 in 2020.

Theresa Froehlich

Chair, Aspen Insurance UK Limited & Non-executive Director, Aspen Managing Agency Limited

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Ms. Froehlich has been a director of the Company since June 11, 2020. She has over 25 years of management experience in the financial services industry. From 2010 to 2016, Ms. Froehlich held senior roles at the specialist Lloyd’s of London insurance and reinsurance marketplace, including interim director of performance management, where she was responsible for all commercial aspects of oversight of the marketplace and setting underwriting standards, and also head of underwriting performance. Before Lloyd’s, she worked in Zurich as a Managing Director for Swiss Re in various roles. Having started there in private equity, she later took on senior management roles which included portfolio management of structured reinsurance products, driving transformation and strategic initiatives and serving as the Head of Transactions UK at Admin Re.

She currently serves as a Non-executive Director and Chair of Remco for Aegon UK Limited and its subsidiaries, and as a Non-executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Managing Agency Partners Ltd since 2017, and served a Non-executive Director of Starr International Europe Limited and Starr Managing Agents Limited from 2017-2020 where she chaired the Remuneration Committee and was a member of the Audit and Risk Committees. In addition, Ms. Froehlich has served since 2019 as the Chair of Aspen Insurance U.K. Limited and as Chair of Aspen Managing Agency Limited, where she previously chaired the Risk Committee, since 2021. Ms. Froehlich started her career as a commercial solicitor in Scotland before moving into M&A and structured finance.

Bethany Greenwood

Beazley, Group Head of Specialty Risks

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Bethany joined Beazley in September of 2019 after 23 years in the brokerage industry focusing on client solutions in Management Liability, Errors & Omissions Liability, and Cyber insurance. She spent the 19 years prior to Beazley at Marsh with her last role leading the West Zone for Marsh’s FINPRO division based in San Francisco. Bethany has held many roles since joining Beazley first as the Head of Executive Risk and then moving into the Head of Cyber & Executive Risk (CyEx) role to her current role effective April 2022 as Head of Specialty Risks. She is focused on growing and diversifying our book of Specialty Lines products through innovation and working with our trading partners. Bethany is based in London.

Lorraine Harfitt

Asta, Chief Executive Officer

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Lorraine Harfitt is Chief Executive Officer at Asta.

Joining Asta in 2013 as Head of Risk Assurance, Lorraine was initially responsible for implementing the new Lloyd’s Minimum Standards within Asta. In 2014 she was appointed Chief Operating Officer and is responsible for the continued oversight and enhancement of Asta’s successful operating model. Lorraine was appointed Chief Executive Officer in August 2022.

Lorraine has over 30 years’ Lloyd’s market experience working in a number of client management, regulatory and operational roles. Prior to joining Asta, she worked at Lloyd’s itself where she held a number of senior positions and was responsible for leading the implementation of Solvency II across the Lloyd’s market.

Lorraine is ACII qualified and completed the Lloyd’s leadership course at London Business School in 2010.

In May 2021 she was appointed to the board of the Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA).

Kate Markham

Chief Executive Officer, Hiscox London Market

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Kate Markham is Chief Executive Officer of Hiscox London Market and a member of the Hiscox Group Executive Committee, a Board director of Hiscox Syndicates Limited and Chair of the Hiscox MGA Limited. She is also the Executive Sponsor for Diversity and Inclusion and has been a member of the LMG Board since 2018.

Prior to being appointed to the Hiscox London Market role in 2017, Kate led the UK Direct business for Hiscox. She started her career at Accenture and spent 12 years working at Vodafone.

Richard Milner

Chaucer, Chief Executive Officer

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Chaucer appointed Richard as Chief Executive Officer in April 2024. Richard’s main responsibilities include the business’s general oversight, management, and strategic development. Richard has over 25 years of (re)insurance experience, including senior leadership roles at Aspen and Axis Re. He has extensive global (re)insurance expertise across Lloyd’s and international markets, driving transformation and delivering growth and performance goals.

Sean McGovern

AXA XL, Chief Executive Officer

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Sean McGovern is Chief Executive Officer of the AXA XL Lloyd’s/London Market business and was previously General Counsel.

Prior to joining XL Group, Sean held various senior positions at Lloyd’s of London, having joined in 1996 from private practice at Clifford Chance. In 2002, he was appointed a Director and Lloyd’s General Counsel, with global responsibility for Lloyd’s legal, regulatory and Government affairs globally. In 2014, he also became Lloyd’s first Chief Risk Officer and a member of the Franchise Board.

Sean is a non-executive board member of The City UK, which promotes the UK financial services sector, and is also Chairman of its International Trade & Investment Group. He has also been appointed by the US Treasury to serve as a member of the US Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance, which advises the US Treasury on insurance issues.

Mark Newman

Canopius, Chief Executive Officer

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Mark Newman, Chief Executive Officer of Canopius UK and Canopius Managing Agents, joined in 2016 as the CEO for APAC and MENA region. He relocated to London to assume his current role in the second quarter of 2024. Previously, he served as the CEO of Catlin Asia Pacific, and has 24 years of experience living in Asia, both in Singapore and Japan. Mark’s career began in property and casualty broking with both J&H, Marsh and Guy Carpenter, covering regions including London, Latin America and APAC.

John Owen

Head of Specialty, Global Markets, and AXIS Managing Agency CEO

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John has been Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AXIS Managing Agency since Q1 2024. He also leads the Specialty Underwriting team within AXIS Global Markets. He began his insurance career in 1991 at Commercial Union, before moving to Lloyd’s in 1996 at DP Mann and then Novae in 1999.

John specialised in underwriting Credit & Political Risks for the first 20 years of his career but took on increasingly broader management roles from 2011 when he became Novae’s Deputy Active Underwriter. John joined AXIS when it acquired Novae in 2017, initially as Head of Marine & Political Risks.

He is an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute, and previously served on the Management Committee of ICISA (International Credit Insurance and Surety Association) and as a member of the LMA Political Risks & Financial Contingencies Committee.

Alex Powell

AEGIS London, Chief Executive Officer

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Alex is Chief Executive Officer at AEGIS London, taking up the position in July 2022.

Alex joined AEGIS London in 2000, underwriting property business before taking responsibility for the Property and Terrorism accounts. He became Chief Underwriting Officer in 2015, delivering the underwriting business plan and playing an integral part in achieving and maintaining the Syndicate’s top quartile performance in the Lloyd’s market.

Alex began his insurance career more than 25 years ago, when after four years in broking, he became an underwriter.

He has been a member and past chair of the Lloyd’s Market Association Worldwide Property Panel and is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Insurance.

Sarah Stanford

Aspen, Chief Executive Officer

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Sarah Stanford was appointed CEO Aspen UK in March 2024, previously holding the role of Active Underwriter of Syndicate 4711. She joined Aspen in December 2007 within the newly formed financial lines team. Sarah has more than 20 years’ experience within the industry and has previously worked in underwriting positions at Limit MJ Harrington Syndicate 2000/QBE.

Emma Woolley

Talbot Underwriting, Chief Executive Officer

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Emma Woolley is Chief Executive Officer of Talbot Underwriting. She was previously AIG’s Global Head of Marine, overseeing the largest Marine portfolio in the world, responsible for all of AIG’s international Marine business and underwriting activity.

Emma joined in 2022 from Lancashire Group, a FTSE 250 Insurer, where she served as CEO of its Lloyd’s business and as a member of the Group Executive Committee.

Clare Traxler

Company Secretary

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In her role, Clare provides company secretarial support and is responsible for the LMA’s Co Sec forum, reporting directly to the Legal Director and working closely with the CEO of the LMA.

Sheel Sawhney

Brit, Group Head of Claims and Operations

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Sheel Sawhney is Group Head of Claims and Operations, with responsibility for delivery of Brit’s global claim services, operational performance and resilience. Sheel has led many of the market-leading claims and operational innovations at Brit and is the Executive Sponsor for the Future of Lloyd’s Claims transformation programme.

Sheel is also a member of the Lloyd’s Market Association Claims Committee (LMACC) and has over 25 years of experience in the sector having worked at AIG, Travelers and Alea Group.

Vivek Syal

Tokio Marine Kiln, Chief Underwriting Officer

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Vivek Syal is Chief Underwriting Officer of Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK). Prior to this he was Group Chief Risk Officer at TMK, where he has been a member of TMK’s Board of Directors and holds various senior roles with Tokio Marine Group.

A proven leader with a wealth of market knowledge, strong relationships, and technical expertise, he has played an instrumental role in developing and leading TMK’s vision and strategic direction. Vivek’s forward-thinking approach, in-depth understanding of TMK’s global business and strong market relationships will bring a different perspective to the Chief Underwriting Officer role to enable TMK to fulfil its ambitions.

Prior to TMK, he has held various senior positions at ProSight, Bank of England and PwC, amongst others. He is an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute, Council member at ClimateWise and has been a chair/member of various industry committees.

Vivek graduated in Actuarial Science from Cass Business School.

Jane Warren

Liberty, Active Underwriter, Liberty Specialty Markets

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Jane was appointed Active Underwriter in April 2021 and is also UK Legal Entities Managing Director, a role she has held since March 2019. She is responsible for strategic and operational leadership relating to Lloyd’s Syndicate 4472. She is Chief Underwriting Officer for Liberty Managing Agency Limited and supports the management of Liberty’s underwriting platform at Lloyd’s. Jane is also the UK Branch Manager for LSM’s European company platform, Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe SE, and the Executive Sponsor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for LSM.

Jane has been elected as one of the Corporate External Members of the Council of Lloyd’s, and takes up her three-year term of office from 1st February 2025. Jane is a Director of the Liberty Managing Agency Limited Board and was appointed to the Board of the Lloyd’s Market Association in October 2022. She is also a Member of the ESG Advisory Group of the Council of Lloyd’s.

Jane joined Liberty in 2019 from Axis Specialty Europe, where she was Chief Operating Officer (COO). She was responsible for Axis’ international insurance operations in Singapore, Bermuda, Dublin, and London Market, including Syndicate 1686, and maintaining regulatory relationships. The role included supporting the strategic development of key countries and their leadership teams. Jane held a number of senior roles within Axis prior to her appointment as COO.

Jane has over 25 years’ experience in the insurance industry in senior management, Operations, Re/Insurance Underwriting, Risk Management, Broking, and Regulatory roles.

Henry Withinshaw

Newline, Chief Operating Officer

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Henry Withinshaw is Chief Operating Officer for the London Market Division of OdysseyRe and Newline Group and on the board of a number of EU subsidiaries. He joined the company in January 2016 with more than 25 years of insurance and reinsurance underwriting and management experience. Previously he was with Markel where he was COO of Markel Europe and had primary responsibility for Markel’s Latin American operations. Prior to that he worked at Miller Insurance and Sirius International. He started his insurance career as an underwriter in the Lloyd’s market. Henry is ACII qualified.