Our Board of Directors

Chair of the Nomination Committee
Member of the Remuneration Commitee

Baroness Manzoor was appointed to the House of Lords in 2013, where she served as House of Lords Government Whip and Minister between March 2018 and May 2019. Before joining the Lords, Baroness Manzoor spent over 20 years at board level within large, complex organisations. She currently  serves as an Independent Director on the England and Wales Cricket Board. She also served as The Legal Services Ombudsman for England and Wales and The Legal Services Complaints Commissioner. 

While a member of the NHS’ policy board, Baroness Manzoor was one of eight Regional Chairs overseeing the NHS’ operations and was involved in leading significant transformation programmes.

Member of the Nomination Committee
Member of the Audit Risk and Compliance Committee

Bill is a chartered accountant and is Group Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Board at Gamma Communications plc. He is also on the Board of Governor’s at Whitgift School and sits on its finance committee.

Bill started his career in the British Army before holding senior cross-functional roles in finance and operations. Bill has worked across a variety of sectors, ranging from finance and the media to energy. Before Gamma, Bill was Group Chief Financial Officer at OVO Energy and a member of the board. Bill’s previous roles include Chief Financial Officer positions at Barclays Bank and Virgin Media.

Member of the Nomination Committee
Member of the Remuneration Committee

Sarah is currently a Senior Consultant at Slaughter and May where she has spent the majority of her career. Sarah was previously a partner with overall responsibility for graduate recruitment and partner with overall responsibility for diversity and inclusion. Prior to this Sarah worked as the Head of their Disputes and Investigations Group and Practice Stream and as an elected member of the Partnership Board.

Sarah is Solicitor Commissioner of the Judicial Appointments Commission and a Non-Executive Director at both the Independent Press Standards Organisation, and NED Rare Recruitment. She is also a Governor at Cripplegate Foundation, Chair at Islington Giving and a Trustee at Otto Giesen Trust.

Member of the Nomination Committee
Member of the Audit Risk and Compliance Committee
Chair of the Transformation Committee

Jacob is a non-executive Director for the Government’s Department for Transport – DVSA and non-executive Director for the UK Statistics Authority. Jacob also runs his own consultancy firm, Petraenovus Consulting, which provides advice and services to Financial Services organisations on IT and business transformation. He is also a Trustee at the Workforce Development Trust.  During his career Jacob has been a non-executive Director for the Motor Insurance Bureau where he chaired the Digital Transformation Board sub-Committee and co-chaired its Nomination Committee.  He was also a non-executive Director for Premierline Broking firm.

In his executive career, Jacob was formally a Chief Information Officer – most recently for Axa (interim) and before that, Allianz, and prior to that Legal & General. Before that he held a variety of roles in banking (retail & investment) and e-Commerce/digital start-ups. Jacob was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in Computer-Aided Engineering from Bath University.  He is also a member of Camelot Network, an independent consultancy network specialising in key areas of the Insurance and Financial Services Industry and a Chartered member of the BCS and the CII.

Member of the Nomination Committee
Chair of the Audit Risk and Compliance Committee
Member of the Transformation Committee

Shrinivas is a non-executive director and audit committee chair for Corps Security Limited and a non-executive director for the Civil Service Pensions Board and Nuclear Waste Services. He is also the Director of SaiAum Accounting Limited and a Lay member of both the Pensions Regulator’s Determination Panel and House of Commons Commission, where he is also the Audit and Risk Committee Chair.  

Shrinivas was previously a non-executive director and chair for the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and also held non-executive and sub-committee chair roles for the British Transport Police Authority, South Staffordshire NHS, Office of the Legal Ombudsman, Office of the Public Guardian,  UK Atomic Energy Authority and UK Space Agency. Shrinivas is a Chartered accountant by profession and served with Capita, Vodafone and Egg during his executive career.

Member of the Nomination Committee
Chair of the Remuneration Committee
Senior Independent Director

Nigel has spent his entire career in Financial Services working across retail, commercial and wholesale businesses in Banking, Asset Management and Re/Insurance. In his last executive role, Nigel was the Chief Human Resources Officer of Swiss Re where he was also a member of the Group Executive Committee and chaired the Global Human Resources Executive Committee.

Before Swiss Re, Nigel worked for HSBC in a number of senior global Head of HR roles including the Global Head of HR, Retail Banking and Wealth Management (RBWM) where he chaired the Global RBWM People Committee and was a member of the Global RBWM Executive Committee, Global RBWM Risk Management Committee and Global HR Executive Committee. Nigel started his career at Barclays Plc, where he held various management roles including Group Employee Relations Director.