People: Brit Insurance Holdings N.V. (BRE.L)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Barton, Robert 2008 Non-Executive Chairman of the Board
Douetil, Dane 49 2005 Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director
Scales, Matthew 55 1999 Finance Director, Executive Director
Lisson, Kathryn 57 2009 Chief Operating Officer
Goddard, Peter Company Secretary
Hazell, Peter 61 2004 Non-Executive Director
Smith, Michael 64 2004 Non-Executive Director
MacHale, Joseph 58 2005 Non-Executive Director
Stevens, Willem 71 2009 Non-Executive Director
Schrauwers, Cornelis 62 2006 Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
Culley, Kenneth 67 2007 Non-Executive Independent Director
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Biographies

Name Description
Barton, Robert Robert John Orr Barton is Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of BRIT Insurance Holdings Plc. He was appointed to the Board in 2007 as Deputy Chairman and succeeded Clive Coates as Chairman in May 2008 and joined the Nomination Committee in March 2009. He has a wealth of experience in insurance underwriting and broking as well as the property and consumer retail arena. John is currently chairman of Next plc and a non-executive director of WH Smith PLC. He was chief executive of JIB Group plc for 13 years, chairman of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc for five years and chairman of Wellington Underwriting PLC for five years.
Douetil, Dane Dane Jonathan Douetil is Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director of BRIT Insurance Holdings Plc. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2005 having been Deputy Chief Executive Officer since March 2004 and an Executive Director since 1999. In 1998 Dane joined Brit Insurance Limited (BIL) and was appointed as BIL’s Chief Executive Officer. In 2002 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Brit Syndicates Limited and Group Head of Underwriting. Dane joined the Willis Faber Group in 1982 and was appointed executive director of the Political & Financial Risk Division in 1988. He was a founder shareholder and director of Special Risk Services Limited from 1989–1994. Between 1994 and 1998 he was a consultant on the sale of a number of mortgage operations and a risk consultant to several financial institutions. He was appointed a full time consultant to The Benfield Group in 1997 prior to joining BIL. He joined the Board of the ABI in 2009, was on the Board of the Lloyd’s Market Association from 2004–2006, the last year of which was as chairman, chaired the Market Reform Group until the beginning of 2008 and chaired the industry’s Contract Certainty Steering Group from 2005–2007. Dane was made a CBE in 2007 for services to business.
Scales, Matthew Matthew Scales is Finance Director, Executive Director of BRIT Insurance Holdings Plc. Matthew joined the Board as Finance Director in 1999. He has been Finance Director of Brit Insurance Limited since 1993 and was appointed Finance Director of Brit Syndicates Limited in 2004. Matthew is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and joined the C T Bowring Group in 1979, transferring to English & American Group in 1982. He was finance director of English & American Group plc from 1991–1993 and Group Financial Controller of Benfield Group plc from 1996 –1999. He is a member of the Finance Committee of the Lloyd’s Market Association.
Lisson, Kathryn Kathryn Mary Lisson is Chief Operating Officer of Brit Insurance Holdings PLC. Kathy was appointed to the Board in 2006, having joined Brit Insurance as Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Group’s Executive Management Committee (EMC) in 2005. She is also a director of RI3K Limited, a reinsurance and insurance trading service. From 2002–2005, Kathy was operational transformation director at Barclays PLC where she handled strategic investment programmes and operations redesign. She was also a director of Intelligent Processing Solutions Limited from 2004–2005. Kathy was a senior vice president then executive vice president of the Bank of Montreal from 1997–2002. She was a senior financial services consulting partner in Price Waterhouse from 1985–1997 and was elected to the Price Waterhouse Policy Board that managed the Canadian practice in 1996. Kathy will retire from the Board at the 2009 Annual General Meeting.
Goddard, Peter
Hazell, Peter Peter Frank Hazell is Non-Executive Director of BRIT Insurance Holdings Plc. He joined the Board in 2004 and is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees. He was previously UK managing partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers. He spent his early career at Deloitte Haskins & Sells in their Management Consultancy Division, later advising on competition policy, investment appraisal and strategic planning. He was also involved in founding the Corporate Finance Practice, specialising in privatisation, regulation and mergers and acquisitions. Peter is chairman of Argent Group PLC, a non-executive director of UK Coal PLC and of Smith & Williamson Holdings Limited. He is a member of the Competition Commission and the Natural Environment Research Council and a trustee of The Oval Cricket Relief Trust.
Smith, Michael Michael Gordon Smith is Non-Executive Director of BRIT Insurance Holdings Plc. Michael joined the Board in 2004 and is Chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees. He is a former senior partner of Titmuss Sainer & Webb (now Dechert LLP), where he was a specialist corporate lawyer. From the early 1990s he concentrated on the Lloyd’s insurance market and built a team of lawyers focused solely on this area. He is a non-executive director of Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings plc, Cavell Managing Agency Limited and CFC Underwriting Limited, and a trustee of The Foyle Foundation, The Batty Charitable Trust, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery Development Foundation, and The Oval Cricket Relief Trust.
MacHale, Joseph Joseph Patrick MacHale is Non-Executive Director of BRIT Insurance Holdings Plc. He was appointed to the Board in 2005 and is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. He held a number of senior positions with JP Morgan between 1979 and 2001 and was most recently chief executive of JP Morgan Europe, Middle East and Africa Region. He is currently a non-executive director of Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, chairman of the Prytania Group and a Trustee of Macmillan Cancer Support.
Stevens, Willem Mr. Willem F. C. Stevens has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Brit Insurance Holdings Plc on 22 December 2009. Mr. Stevens is a member of the supervisory board of Schiphol Group, TBI Holdings, AZL, Holland Casino and Nederlandse Staatsloterij, and a member of the advisory board of NIVRA (Netherlands Association of Certified Public Auditors). He is a guest lecturer on corporate governance for executive management programs at Erasmus University (Rotterdam) and Nyenrode Business University (Breukelen).
Schrauwers, Cornelis Cornelis Antonius Carolus Maria Schrauwers is Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of BRIT Insurance Holdings Plc. He joined the Board in 2005 and became Senior Independent Director in 2006. He is a member of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees. Cees was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Brit Insurance Limited and Brit Syndicates Limited in 2007. He has some 30 years’ industry experience, most recently as managing director of Aviva International and managing director of CGU Insurance. He previously held a number of senior positions in Commercial Union. Prior to this Cees was a partner with Coopers & Lybrand in charge of insurance consultancy. He is chairman of Drive Assist Holdings Limited, senior independent director of Record plc, and a commissioner of the Guernsey Financial Services Commission.
Culley, Kenneth Kenneth Culley was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of BRIT Insurance Holdings Plc in February 2007 and is a member of the Audit and Nomination Committees. He has been a Non-Executive Director of Brit Insurance Limited since 2000 and was Chairman of that company from 2003–2007. He has been a Non-Executive Director of Brit Syndicates Limited since 2004. Ken was formerly chief executive of the Portman Building Society, is a past chairman of the Building Societies Association and was a member of the Council of Mortgage Lenders. He was also deputy president of the International Union for Housing Finance Institutions until 1999, a director of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme from 2000–2005, a non-executive director of JP Morgan Fleming Managed Income plc from 2000–2002 and a non-executive director, then chairman of JP Morgan Elect plc from 1999–2007. He was appointed a CBE in 1998 for services to the Building Society movement. He is currently chairman of Marks & Spencer Financial Services plc and 1st Credit (Funding) Limited.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total
Barton, Robert 132,000
Douetil, Dane 920,000
Scales, Matthew 616,000
Lisson, Kathryn 440,000
Goddard, Peter --
Hazell, Peter --
Smith, Michael --
MacHale, Joseph --
Stevens, Willem --
Schrauwers, Cornelis --
Culley, Kenneth --
As Of 30 Dec 2008

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