Graduate, Trinity College, Dublin; MSc in Accounting and Finance, London School of Economics. Qualified as a Chartered Account, Arthur Anderson, Dublin.
Chairman of Old Mutual Board since January 2010. Also chairs the Nomination and Governance Committee
Vice Chairman of Zurich Financial Services (ZFS) from 2007 to 2009, where he had specific responsibility for its international businesses including those in South Africa. Prior to that, he had been CFO of the ZFS Group and CEO of Eagle Star Insurance Company. He held positions at Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Financial Guaranty Insurance Company and Barclays/BZW.
Chairman of Equity Syndicate Management at Lloyd’s and Executive Advisor to Aquiline Capital Partners LLC.
Previous non-executive roles included Chairman of the UK’s Shareholder Executive, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ireland, Senior Independent Director at MAN Group plc, Chair of the Audit Committee at Collins Stewart plc and Cofra Group AG.