as chief operating officer of Zurich Financial Services plc and a non- executive director of McKechnie plc. In addition, he was a member of the UK Accounting Standards Board for ten years. He is currently the Chairman of Arena Coventry Limited and a non-executive director of Costain Group plc, Intertek plc, My Travel Group plc and William Hill plc.
Sir David Cooksey
Non-executive director, aged 66.
Sir David Cooksey was previously a non-executive director of Resolution Life Group Limited. He chairs the Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Nominations Committee. He was appointed a non-executive director of the Establishment Investment Trust in 2002. In February 2005, he retired as a non-executive director of the Bank of England having served on the Court for eleven years and as Chairman of the committee of non-executive directors since 2001. He was Chairman of the Audit Commission from 1986 to 1995 and a Governor of the Wellcome Trust from 1995 to 1999. He retired as Chairman of Advent Venture Partners LLP in 2006, a firm that he founded in 1981. He was Chairman of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association in 2005/6 and remains on its board. In November 2006, he was appointed Chairman of London & Continental Railways Limited.
Paul SpencerBA, FCT, FCMA
Non-executive director, aged 57.
Paul Spencer was appointed to the Board of Britannic Group plc in August 2003 as a non-executive director. He is a member of the Remuneration Committee. He was associate director and treasurer of Hanson plc from 1986 to 1996 National Australia Group Europe
Limited and Signet Group plc and is a non-executive director of National Australia Bank Limited, Group 4 Securicor plc and JP Morgan Cazenove Holdings, and chairs the Advisory Board of Youth Business International. He is a member of the Board of Chairmen and a trustee of the Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum.
Sir Brian WilliamsonCBE
Non-executive director, aged 62.
Sir Brian Williamson was previously the Chairman of Resolution Life Group Limited until the merger with Britannic Group plc in September 2005. He chairs the Nominations Committee and is a member of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee. He is a member of the Supervisory board of Euronext NV, a senior adviser to Fleming Family and Partners, Chairman of Electra Private Equity plc and also a non- executive director of HSBC Holdings plc. He is a former Chairman of The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange and Gerrard Group plc and a former non- executive director of The Financial Services Authority and of the Court of the Bank of Ireland.
David AllveyFCA, ATII
Non-executive director, aged 62.
David Allvey was appointed to the Board of Britannic Group plc in March 2002 as a non-executive director. From October 2004 and until the merger with Resolution Life Group Limited, he was Deputy Chairman and senior independent director. He chairs the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee and is a member of the Nominations Committee. He was formerly Group Finance Director of Barclays Bank plc and BAT Industries plc as well
Clive Cowdery
Chairman, aged 43.
Clive Cowdery was previously the Chief Executive of Resolution Life Group Limited, a company that he founded in 2003. He was appointed Chairman of Resolution plc in September 2005 following the merger of Britannic Group plc and Resolution Life Group Limited. He started his career in insurance advising clients as a broker and was previously Chairman and Chief Executive of GE’s primary insurance operations in Europe (GE Insurance Holdings), with over $3 billion of premium income. The businesses he led included Europe’s largest credit insurer with operations in twelve countries and life and pensions companies in the UK and France. Before joining GE in 1998, he co-founded Scottish Amicable International/J. Rothschild International, a European cross- border insurance business based in Dublin and formed in 1992. He is currently Chairman of the charity the Resolution Foundation.
Malcolm Williamson
Deputy Chairman and senior independent director, aged 68.
Malcolm Williamson was appointed to the Board of Britannic Group plc in March 2002 as a non-executive director, Deputy Chairman and senior independent director. He succeeded to the position of Chairman of Britannic Group plc in October 2004, a post he held until the merger with Resolution Life Group Limited in September 2005. He is a member of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee and Remuneration Committee. He was formerly the President and Chief Executive of Visa International Inc, Group Chief Executive of Standard Chartered plc and a non-executive director of National Grid Group plc. He currently chairs CDC Group plc,
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eleven years at life insurer National Provident Institution in a variety of roles, latterly that of Deputy Actuary.
Brendan MeehanFCCA FCII
Group Chief Operating Officer, aged 49.
Brendan Meehan joined Resolution Life Group Limited in April 2004 as Chief Operating Officer and was appointed Managing Director of Resolution Management Services Limited in 2005 following completion of the merger between Britannic Group plc and Resolution Life Group Limited. He was appointed to the Resolution plc Board in July 2006 and to the position of Group Chief Operating Officer in March 2007. He began his career in the insurance industry as a broker consultant with Eagle Star before training as an accountant with Royal Insurance. Subsequently he held both financial and operational posts with Royal Life before moving to Holland in 1991 to take up the role of Operations Director of Royal Nederland Levensverzekeringen NV, Royal’s newly established life assurance operation. He returned to the UK in 1996 to join KPMG in its Insurance Consulting practice advising clients in the UK Life Industry on financial, operational and strategic issues. In 2001 he became Finance Director of AMP’s UK Financial Services business where he led the closing and de-risking of the life funds, implementing revised investment strategies and managing a capital recovery programme which culminated in the successful flotation of AMP’s UK assets as HHG plc.
promoted to Group Finance Director in 2001, a position he held until he chose to leave Aviva, the renamed CGNU business, at the end of 2003.
Jim NewmanBSc ACA
Group Finance Director, aged 42.
Jim Newman was appointed to the Board of Resolution plc upon the promotion of Mike Biggs to Group Chief Executive in March 2007. He was previously Group Financial Controller of Resolution plc, having joined the Company in 2005 from Aviva plc. He held a number of different senior management positions at Aviva, culminating in that of Finance Director of Norwich Union Life Assurance, Aviva’s UK life business. Prior to that appointment, he was responsible for managing the worldwide integration of CGU and Norwich Union businesses, following their merger in 2000.
Ian MaidensBSc FIA FSAI ASA
Group Chief Actuary & Head of Corporate Development, aged 42.
Ian Maidens joined Resolution Life Group Limited as Group Chief Actuary in early 2005 and took up his current role as Group Chief Actuary & Head of Corporate Development following completion of the merger between Britannic Group plc and Resolution Life Group Limited. He was appointed to the Resolution plc Board in July 2006. He was previously a Principal in the UK life consulting practice of Tillinghast, the global provider of actuarial and management consulting services where he specialised in advising companies on mergers, acquisitions and financial reconstructions, and on the financial management of with- profit funds generally. Prior to joining Tillinghast in 1997, he spent investment industries both in the
UK and abroad. He is currently Chairman of Royal Liver Assurance Limited, the second largest friendly society in the UK. He was Managing Director of The Scottish Provident Group from 1988 until 2002. He is also a director of Kiln plc, Edinburgh Small Companies Trust plc and The Moller Centre for Continuing Education. He is a trustee of the Xansa Group and Scottish Provident Pension Schemes and a member of the Court of Heriot Watt University.
Mike BiggsMA (Oxon), ACA
Group Chief Executive, aged 54.
Mike Biggs was previously Chief Financial Officer of Resolution Life Group Limited and became Group Finance Director of the enlarged Group upon the merger with Britannic Group plc. In March 2007 he was promoted to the position of Group Chief Executive. He began his career at Williams & Glyns Bank before joining Arthur Andersen where he advanced to become a manager within the Financial Services part of the practice. In 1984, he took up a role as manager of finance at Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation in the UK. After three years he left to become Group Financial Controller of Morgan Grenfell, leaving the bank in 1991 to join Norwich Union as Group Financial Controller. In 1995, he became General Manager of Norwich Union’s international operations and was a member of the team that demutualised and floated the Society in 1997. He was appointed Group Finance Director of Norwich Union in that year and following the merger with CGU in 2000 that created CGNU, he was made Group Executive Director responsible for CGNU’s UK general insurance business. He was and Group Finance Director and
subsequently Chief Executive UK of Royal and Sun Alliance plc from 1996 to 2002. He is currently the Chairman of National Savings and Investments, State Street Managed Pension Funds and Sovereign Reversions plc and a non-executive director of WPP Group plc. He is a past President of the Association of Corporate Treasurers and currently Chairman of their advisory board and a Governor of the Motability charity.
Aram ShishmanianBA, MSc
Non-executive director, aged 55.
Aram Shishmanian was appointed to the Board of Britannic Group plc in November 2004 as a non- executive director. He is a member of the Remuneration and Nominations Committees. He has considerable financial services experience and has led the financial markets practice of Accenture. He joined the firm in 1976, becoming a senior partner in 1998 until 2003. He is currently an independent member of the International Executive Committee of the law firm Lovells LLP and an adviser to a number of companies. He is a member of the International Advisory Board of the Cass Business School and City University. He is also a trustee of Marie Curie Cancer Care.
David WoodsMA (Cantab), MSc, FIA
Non-executive director, aged 59.
David Woods was previously a non-executive director of Resolution Life Group Limited. He is a member of the Remuneration Committee and Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee. He qualified as a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries in 1973 and has spent more than thirty seven years working in the life insurance and