All Directors
Jeremy Adams
Chief Executive of Novae Syndicates Limited and Group Risk Officer
Jeremy Adams joined the Group in October 2001 and was appointed to the Board in April 2004. He has spent more than 25 years in the London insurance market, initially
Laurie Adams
Non-Executive Director
Laurie Adams was appointed to the Board in July 2008. He qualified as a solicitor at Allen & Overy and subsequently spent over 20 years in senior legal and compliance
Jonathan Boyns
Group Claims Director
Jonathan Boyns began his career in Lloyd’s in 1972 and joined Novae as Group Claims Director in May 2004. He was previously Claims Director at Professional Risk Insurance Ltd from
Jonathan Butcher
Group Underwriting Director
Jonathan Butcher began his career in Lloyd’s in 1982 and joined Novae Syndicate 1007 in September 1993 specialising in the Financial Institutions area. He was appointed the Lloyd’s Focal Person
Sir Brian Carsberg
Non-Executive Director
Sir Bryan Carsberg joined the Board in September 2003. He was both Director General of Telecommunications (1984 to 1992) and of the Office of Fair Trading (1992 to 1995). He
Oliver Corbett
Chief Financial Officer
Oliver Corbett joined the Group in October 2003 from Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, where he was Managing Director, Emerging Companies. He was a member of the SG Warburg corporate finance department
Matthew Fosh
Group Chief Executive
Matthew Fosh joined the Group in November 2002. In 1989, he co-founded Seagray Fosh Futures Limited, a company involved in the sale and execution of equity and interest rate derivatives.
John Hastings-Bass
Non-Executive Chairman
John Hastings-Bass was appointed to the Board in May 2007 and became Chairman in May 2008. He began his career with Jardine Matheson in Hong Kong and later Singapore and
Stephen Heming
Compliance Director
Steve Heming joined Novae as the Compliance Director in January 2006. He has over 15 years experience working in the London insurance market in a variety of senior compliance positions,
David Henderson
Non-Executive Director
David Henderson was appointed to the Board in September 2006. He began his career specialising in personal tax and UK trusts. From 1974 to 1984 he was a banker at
Peter Holland
Divisional Director - Specialty Claims
Peter Holland began his career at Barlow Lyde & Gilbert in 1990 and went on to specialise in professional indemnity, having qualified as a solicitor in 1995. From there, he
Mark Hudson
Director of Finance
Mark Hudson joined Novae Syndicates in April 1997 as Special Projects Coordinator to assist the Chief Executive Officer and Finance Director. In June 1999, he was appointed to the Board
Bob Lilley
Managing Director - CIFS
Bob Lilley began his career in insurance at Trade Indemnity (now Euler Hermes) in 1979, where he worked in a variety of roles for over 10 years. He subsequently held
Clive Murray
Operations Director
Clive Murray is the Operations Director for the Group. He manages the Operations, IT, Actuarial and Underwriting Information Departments. He is a Mathematics graduate and qualified as an Associate of
Allan Nichols
Chairman of Novae Syndicates Limited and Underwriting Review Director
Allan Nichols joined the Group in February 2000. Previously he was a founder director of LIMIT plc, and prior to that a research analyst with James Capel & Co, now
Gunther Saacke
CEO & CUO
As a founder of Novae Re Gunther Saacke has assembled a team with an exceptional variety of technical skill sets and outstanding underwriting expertise. As Chief Executive Officer and
Robert Forster
Joint Active Underwriter
Robert Forster has been with Novae since 1998. He is responsible for underwriting the marine account. In July 2011 he became Joint Active Underwriter of Syndicate 2007
Ian Burford
Joint Active Underwriter
Ian Burford joined Novae in 1998. He was appointed Deputy Underwriter of Syndicate 2007 in 2007 and in July 2011 he became Joint Active Underwriter of Syndicate 2007