Our Board and Management

Current appointments
Non-Executive Director of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc

Non-Executive Director of Foxtons plc

Non-Executive Director of Workshare

Chairman of The Dining Club

Background and experience
Annette has served on the Admiral Group Board since 2012 before taking over as Chairman in 2017.

Between 2007 and 2010 Annette was CEO of Europe General Insurance for Zurich Financial Services and a member of the Group Executive Committee.

Annette is former CEO of the Direct Line Group. In this role Annette was also a member of the RBS Group Executive Management Committee.
Annette has previously served as a member on the Board of the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

Current appointments
Trustee of the Waterloo Foundation

Background and experience
David is a founder Director of Admiral and was recruited in 1991 to set up the Admiral business.

Prior to joining Admiral David worked at McKinsey & Company, in the Financial Interest Group, and Cadbury Schweppes in the UK and the USA.

David has an MBA from INSEAD and he was awarded a CBE in 2010 for services to business and the community in Wales.

Background and experience

Geraint is responsible for finance, actuarial, compliance and investments. He joined Admiral in 2002 and held a number of senior finance positions including Head of Finance, before being promoted to Deputy Chief Financial Officer in January 2012 and Chief Financial Officer in August 2014.

A Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Geraint spent the early part of his career as an external auditor at Ernst & Young and KPMG.

Colin Holmes (50)
Senior Independent Director and Audit Committee Chair, appointed in 2010

Current appointments
Chairman of GO Outdoors Ltd

Chairman of the British Heart Foundation Retail Committee

Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants Advisory Panel.

Background and experience
Colin was previously a member of the Executive Committee of Tesco plc and during his 22 year career at Tesco held a wide range of positions, including UK Finance Director and CEO of Tesco Express. Until 2014 Colin was a Non-Executive Director at Bovis Homes Group plc where he chaired the Remuneration Committee

Colin is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

Current appointments
Non-Executive Director of Murray Income Trust plc
Non-Executive Director of the National House Building Council

Background and experience
Jean was Group Chief Risk Officer at the Phoenix Group from 2009 until June 2013. Previously, she was Risk Management Director of the Insurance and Investments division of Lloyds TSB and, before that, Head of Compliance and Audit at Scottish Widows.

Jean is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.

Current appointments

CEO & Founder, Mumsnet.com & Gransnet.com

Tesco Independent Supply Chain Advisory Panel

British Board of Film Classification (BBFC)

Background and experience

Justine founded Mumsnet in 2000 and is responsible for creation, strategic direction and overall management. In that time the organisation has grown into one of the biggest UK internet brands with 8m unique visitors, 70 million pages views per month and annual revenues of £6m. In May 2011 Roberts founded Gransnet, a sister site to Mumsnet, for the over-50s.

Before that Justine was a freelance football and cricket journalist for the Times and Daily Telegraph, after working for Deutsche Bank, managing the South African equity operation in US. Previously to that, Justine joined SG Warburg as a graduate trainee Equity Trader before joining the global economics and market strategy team.

Current appointments
Managing Director of White Mountains Capital Inc., White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. since March 2009.

Background and experience
Manning joined White Mountains in 2004 and is the former President of WM Advisors.

Prior to joining White Mountains, Manning spent two years with Putnam Investments and three years with McKinsey & Company.

Current appointments

Chief Investment Officer of Equistone Partners Europe (formerly Barclays Private Equity, 'BPE').

Background and experience

Previous Director of Admiral (1999-2004). Led BPE's participation in the management buy out.

Current appointments

Non-executive director of Vitality Health & Life

Background and experience

Andy has 31 years’ experience within the financial services sector, most recently as Chief Financial Officer at Domestic & General Group from 2014 to 2017. He spent 14 years at Prudential Plc from 2000 as Director, Group Finance; Group Chief Risk Officer; and CFO and Deputy Chief Executive of Prudential UK. He previously held senior manager roles at Legal & General Group Plc, where he was Group Financial Controller, and Lloyds Bank Plc. Andy is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Background and experience

Mike has 35 years’ experience in Chief Financial Officer (CFO) roles within the financial services industry.  Most recently Mike was CFO of Metro Bank PLC between 2009 and 2018, helping lead the business from start-up to a profitable FTSE250 bank.   He has been a director of Barclaycard responsible for business risk and, between 1999 and 2006, held a variety of roles with Capital One Bank (Europe) PLC including CFO Europe, CFO UK and Managing Vice President and Chief Enterprise Risk Officer Europe. Mike is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (FCA).