Appointed to the Board in January 2001, Bob Scott is an Australian national. He is the senior independent director. Bob Scott has many years experience in the international insurance business and played a leading role in the consolidation of the UK insurance industry. He is a former group chief executive of CGNU plc (now Aviva plc) and chairman of the board of the Association of British Insurers. He is chairman of Yell Group plc and a non-executive director of Swiss Reinsurance Company (Zurich) and Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc. He is also a trustee of the Crimestoppers Trust and an adviser to Duke Street Capital Private Equity and a board member of Pension Insurance Corporation Holdings LLP. |