SABRE INSURANCE GROUP - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chartered Accountant
- Chief Financial Officer
- Cheif Financial Officer
Adam Westwood was appointed Director and Chief Financial Officer of Sabre Insurance Group plc in September 2017 (when the company was incorporated) and has been a Director of Sabre Insurance Company Limited since September 2016. Adam joined as Financial Controller in February 2014 and became Chief Financial Officer in August 2016.
Adam is a qualified chartered accountant. Having joined Ernst & Young LLP's insurance audit team in 2006 and qualified as a chartered accountant in 2009, Adam has over 10 years' experience of the insurance sector. He joined the Group as Financial Controller in February 2014 and has been Chief Financial Officer of the Group since August 2016. Adam holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Physics and Business Studies from the University of Warwick.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Audit Committee
- Chartered Accountant
- Independent Non - Executive Director
- Non - Executive Director
Alison Morris was appointed as Non-executive Director of Sabre Insurance Group plc in May 2022. Alison is Chair of the Audit Committee and, is a member of the Risk Committee and the Nomination and Governance Committee.
Alison is a chartered accountant and brings extensive recent and relevant experience of the financial services sector as well as a detailed and specialist knowledge of accounting and auditing practice and the audit market. Alison was a partner in PwC's financial services audit practice from 1994 until the end of 2019. She has led external audits and internal audit projects across the financial services sector in the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 and held a number of leadership roles within PwC including sitting on the executive management team which led their audit practice.
She is a Non-executive Director and Audit Committee Chair of Paragon Banking Group PLC and of M&G Group Limited, part of the M&G plc group. Until recently she was Non-executive Director and Audit Committee Chair of Vanquis Bank Limited, part of the Provident Financial Group PLC.
Alison holds a MA in Economics with International Studies from the University of St Andrews.
Anneka Kingan - Chief Risk Officer, Secretary
Job Titles:
- Chief Risk Officer
- Company Secretary
- Company Secretary to Both
Anneka Kingan was appointed Company Secretary to both Sabre Insurance Group plc and Sabre Insurance Company Limited when she joined the Group in May 2018, and became Chief Risk Officer in October 2019. Anneka is a qualified Chartered Secretary, with fifteen years' experience in corporate governance.
Prior to joining Sabre, she was employed as the Group Company Secretary at ITE Group plc (now Hyve Group plc), as Deputy Company Secretary at ASOS plc, and in corporate governance roles at the Bank of America and Prudential plc. Anneka holds a BA (Hons) degree in Geography from the University of Liverpool, an MSc in Risk Analysis from Kings College, London and an Executive MBA from the University of Nottingham.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Risk Committee
- Independent Non - Executive Director
- Non - Executive Director
Bryan Joseph was appointed a Non-Executive Director of Sabre Insurance Group plc in June 2023. Bryan is Chair of the Risk Committee and is a member of the Audit Committee and Nomination and Governance Committee.
Bryan brings more than forty years of industry experience to Sabre's Board and has worked in a number of senior actuarial roles throughout his career, spanning the insurance and reinsurance industry internationally. Bryan is currently a partner with Vario Partners LLP, where he is a Co-Founder of the business. Prior to this, Bryan led the PwC actuarial practice in both the UK and globally.
Bryan was Chairman of the Board of XL Insurance Company SE and was an Independent Non-executive Director of XL Re Europe SE and of AXA XL Insurance Company UK Limited and AXA Underwriting Agencies Limited, chairing the audit committee of the UK entities. Bryan has most recently been appointed to the Board of Lancashire Holdings Limited as a Non-executive Director.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Director
Geoff Carter was appointed Director and Chief Executive Officer of Sabre Insurance Group plc in September 2017 (when the company was incorporated) and has been a Director of Sabre Insurance Company Limited since December 2015. Geoff joined as Chief Operating Officer in November 2015 and became Chief Executive Officer in May 2017.
Prior to joining the Group, Geoff was Chief Executive Officer of Tesco Underwriting Limited and has over 20 years' experience in managing insurance operations. Prior to that, Geoff was employed by Ageas Insurance UK as Managing Director of Ageas Insurance Solutions Limited. He also spent seven years at Churchill Insurance, both prior to and following its acquisition by Royal Bank of Scotland plc ("RBS"), and was subsequently seconded to TescoCompare.com to launch a joint venture between Tesco plc and RBS. He is a Chartered Insurer and holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Sheffield Business School and a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
Ian Clark was appointed a Non-executive Director of Sabre Insurance Group plc in September 2017 (when the company was incorporated) and has been a Non-executive Director of Sabre Insurance Company Limited since May 2014.
A chartered accountant, Ian has a strong finance background and significant recent and relevant accounting experience as well as extensive knowledge of the UK insurance market. Ian was a partner in Deloitte and its predecessor firms between 1990 and 2014, where he led the Strategy and Corporate Finance practice for the insurance sector. Ian is a Non-executive Director of Aviva PLC and Chairman of Aviva Insurance Limited, its general insurance subsidiary and is Chair of Mighty Quin Consulting Limited, a company through which he provides strategic advice within the insurance industry. Ian is also the Honorary Treasurer of the Worshipful Company of Insurers and a Trustee of its charitable funds and a Trustee of the African Revival charity.
Job Titles:
- Independent Non - Executive Director
- Interim Chair of the Remuneration Committee
Karen was appointed as Independent Non-executive Director in December 2020. Karen is interim Chair of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Risk Committee and Nomination and Governance Committee.
Karen brings over 20 years of executive leadership experience across start-up and listed blue-chip organisations, as well as international HR and business transformation experience across a variety of industries, particularly in Europe and the US. In addition to her role at Sabre, Karen also holds external appointments as a Non-executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee of National Express Group plc and as a Non-executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee of PageGroup plc. Karen is a former FTSE100 HR director with an extensive track record in the technology industry. Between 1998 and 2013, Karen was with The Sage Group plc, where she built and led the HR function as Group HR Director and from 2004 was a member of the Executive Committee. Subsequent to this Karen held senior positions with a US based software business, followed by a FTSE 100 software company which she originally joined as Non-executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee. Since 2019 Karen has pursued a non-executive portfolio career.
Mr. Wright joined Sabre in March 2014 and was promoted to Chief Actuary in April 2021.
Job Titles:
- Acting Chair
- Non - Executive Director
Rebecca Shelley was appointed a Non-executive Director of Sabre Insurance Group plc in October 2017 and is acting Chair from November 2023.
Rebecca brings extensive commercial and financial services experience to the Board, as well as her background of market-facing roles at listed companies. Having been Investor Relations and Corporate Communications Director at Norwich Union plc from 1998-2000, Rebecca moved to Prudential plc in 2000, starting as Investor Relations Director, and then became Group Communications Director with a seat on their Group Executive Committee.
From 2012 to 2016, Rebecca was the Group Communications Director of Tesco plc and a member of their Executive Committee. During this time she held positions on the board of the British Retail Consortium and was a trustee of the Institute of Grocery Distribution. Most recently Rebecca spent three years at TP ICAP plc as Group Corporate Affairs Director, and was a member of the Global Executive Committee.
She holds a BA (Hons) in Philosophy and Literature from the University of Warwick, and has an MBA in International Business and Marketing from Cass Business School. Rebecca is also a Non-executive Director at Conduit Holdings Limited, Hilton Food Group and Liontrust Asset Management.
Mr. Webb was appointed as the Claims Director of Sabre Insurance in March 2010. Prior to joining the Group, he was the claims director and underwriting director at Principal Insurance Company Limited.
He has over 25 years' experience in claims management and has held positions at Zenith Insurance plc, Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society and Lloyds.