Appointed:
1 July 2017
Committee:
Chair of the Sustainability Committee, Nomination Committee, Remuneration Committee, Risk Committee
Career and experience:
Karen has over 30 years of financial services experience. She has held a number of senior executive roles including Chief Executive Officer of Aspen UK (comprising the principal insurance and reinsurance companies of the Aspen Insurance Holdings, a NYSE listed specialty re-insurer), Principal of MMC Capital Limited (now Stonepoint Capital LLC) and Director of Corporate Development of GE Capital Europe Limited. Karen has significant Non-Executive Director (‘NED’) experience, including Chair of the Remuneration Committee at Admiral Group plc, a former Council member and Chair of the Investment Committee at Lloyd’s of London, and NED and SID Designate1 at Great Portland Estates plc.
Key skills and competencies:
Current external appointments:
NED and Chair of the Remuneration Committee at Admiral Group plc, Board member and Chair of the Audit Committee of Tucano Holdings Jersey Ltd (the TMF Group), SID and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committees at Miller Insurance Services LLP and Ben Nevis Cleanco Ltd (the Miller broking group), NED and SID Designate1 at Great Portland Estates plc, Adviser at Cytora Limited and Trustee of Wellbeing of Women.
1With effect from 4 April 2025.