Our Board

Appointed: March 2020

Background and experience

Andy’s career in financial services spans more than 40 years, and he has a wealth of experience in board leadership, executing change, delivering profitable growth and increasing shareholder value. He has held several non-executive roles serving as a chairman, deputy chair, board committee chair and senior independent director at a range of high-profile and regulated organisations. Andy is currently chair at Canopius Group Limited and chair at RiskPoint Group A-S.

Prior appointments

Andy served as the senior independent deputy chairman of Lloyd’s of London where he chaired its remuneration committee, technology and transformation committee and capacity transfer panel. He was also a member of Lloyd’s nominations and governance committee. He was a member of the board of the Association of British Insurers from 2003 to 2011 and a Visiting Fellow at the Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation between 2008 and 2019. Andy’s previous roles include chairman of Wonga Group, senior independent director of ITV plc, Group chief executive officer of RSA Insurance Group plc, chief executive officer of AXA Sun Life PLC and executive director AXA UK Plc.

Appointed: July 2019

Background and experience

During his career, David has been responsible for leading different businesses through start-up, high growth, restructuring and turnaround phases. He holds a BA in Finance and Computer Science from Heriot-Watt University, an executive MBA from the University of Chicago and is a Fellow of the Institute of Management Accountants.

Prior appointments

Prior to joining esure, David was group chief operating officer of QBE, one of the world’s top 20 insurance and reinsurance companies and was responsible for strategy, transformation, digital, technology and operations. Before QBE, he was chief executive officer, Europe and India and chairman of global health insurance for Aviva plc. Earlier in his career at Aviva, David was chief executive officer of UK general insurance & group transformation officer. He joined Aviva in 2002 following almost ten years with the management consulting arm of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Until March 2023, David was a non executive director of Scottish Rugby Ltd. David chairs the Group Executive.

Appointed: March 2020

Background and experience

Peter joined the business in January 2020 and was appointed Chief Financial Officer in March 2020. He is accountable for the leadership of the finance function, ensuring the effective delivery of all aspects of financial management of the business. Peter graduated with a 1st Class Honours degree from the University of Aberdeen and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. He has over 25 years’ experience in finance leadership roles across several strong consumer businesses within the banking and insurance sectors. Peter is currently an independent non-executive director at Yorkshire Building Society.

Prior appointments

Prior to joining esure, Peter was chief financial officer of Virgin Money having moved there from Tesco Bank where he was also the chief financial officer. Earlier in his career Peter held senior financial roles at Direct Line Group, Standard Life and Deloitte. Peter is a member of the Group Executive.

Appointed: May 2022

Background and experience

Elisabeth is a product management and data science leader with over 25 years’ experience and expertise in developing digital products and leading teams in start-ups, scale-ups and global companies. She advises chief executive officers of digital ventures on their product and scaling strategies. She is currently a Venture Partner at Conduit Connect. She holds an Applied Mathematics MSc from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ParisTech) and an MA Marketing from ESSEC Business School.

Prior appointments

In her most recent executive position, Elisabeth led product management and data teams at Elsevier where she was responsible for developing new digital commercial offerings for Researcher products. Elisabeth was a board member and remains a product advisor to the chief executive officer of Ometria, a marketing and customer data platform. Prior to that she held senior product roles at Talk Talk, eBay, and PayPal. She is a noted expert in the field of artificial intelligence, was a member of the European Commission’s High Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence & Ethics in 2019 - 2020, and a member of the AI ethics steering committee at Digital Catapult.

Appointed: March 2017

Background and experience

Peter has a wide range of experience in both risk and business roles throughout a career of over 30 years in financial services.

Prior appointments

Peter spent the majority of his career at Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest, having joined as a graduate, progressing through a number of business roles before spending his last eight years in the risk function, latterly as chief risk officer for the Retail, Wealth and Ulster Bank businesses. He formerly also held the roles of non-executive director Aldermore Bank plc, Willis Ltd and at Bank of Ireland (UK) plc.

Appointed: May 2024

Background and experience

Annette Andrews is an experienced HR leader and Remuneration Committee Chair who brings a significant track record across the financial services sector. She has an MBA from Henley Business School, is a qualified Executive Coach and Mediator, and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Prior appointments

Annette was Chief People officer at Lloyd’s of London, the world’s leading insurance and reinsurance marketplaces, where she led organisation and people transformation. Prior to this she had senior roles at Ford Motor Company, Catlin, and Lloyds Banking Group. She is currently also an independent Non-Executive Director and Remuneration Committee Chair at Foxtons Group plc and FNZ Uk Ltd.

Appointed: December 2019

Background and experience

Andrew is an independent non-executive director of Enstar Group (Bermuda), Lifetri Groep BV (Netherlands), Clara Pensions (UK), Sanlam Group (SA), Sanlam Life (SA), Sanlam Allianz Africa (SA) and Assupol Life (SA), the latter 3 companies being subsidiaries of Sanlam Group. He also chairs IDM Group in South Africa.

Andrew has spent his career in financial services, general, life and health insurance, investment management and banking, primarily as chief financial officer of fast growing, entrepreneurial insurance businesses. He is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, the Actuarial Society of South Africa and a Chartered Enterprise Risk Actuary.

Prior appointments

Previously, Andrew held independent NED roles at Sun Life of Canada (UK), and Ascot Underwriting Limited and Investec Life Limited. Until 30 April 2025 he was a Senior Advisor to Sixth Street Partners on their global insurance strategy. Prior to 2016, he held executive roles as chief financial officer of Guardian Financial Services Ltd, group chief risk officer and group chief actuary of Old Mutual Plc, chief operating officer and chief financial officer at Investec Securities Ltd, South Africa and chief financial officer of Capital Alliance Holdings, South Africa. He was a founder of Universal Partners Limited, and was an executive director until April 2022.

Appointed: December 2018

Background and experience

Robin Marshall joined Bain Capital in 2009. He is a Partner and Co-Head of Global Private Equity. Since joining the Bain, Robin has been a key member of the European leadership team and instrumental in the continued expansion of Bain's platform in the region. He has led or been a key contributor to several transactions over his tenure and has actively served on the Boards of Directors of numerous companies Bain Capital has invested in including WorldPay, MKM Building Supplies, Valeo Foods, Bio Products Laboratory (BPL), Bugaboo, Concardis, Mercury / Nexi, Nets, Securitas Direct, esure, and Zellis.

Prior appointments

Prior to joining Bain Capital, he was a Partner at 3i and the founding partner of 3i’s US Private Equity business. Prior to that, Robin was a Managing Director of 3i’s UK business. Previously, he was with McKinsey & Company and Procter & Gamble. Robin also serves the U.K. Ministry of Defence as the Lead Non-Executive Director for the Nuclear Defence Board and as a Non-Executive Director of the Defence Board.

Robin received his Master’s Degree from the University of Glasgow. He was also a post-graduate Thouron Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania.

Appointed: December 2018

Background and experience

Philip joined Bain Capital Private Equity in 1996. He is a Partner and serves as the Global Head of the Financial Services / Financial Technology Vertical and co-leads the Consumer/Retail Vertical. Philip received an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar. He graduated cum laude with an AB from Dartmouth College.

Prior appointments

Prior to joining Bain Capital Private Equity, Philip was a consultant at Bain & Company. He also served in operating roles at Eagle Snacks, Inc. and Norton Company.

Appointed: December 2018

Background and experience

Luca joined Bain Capital Private Equity in 2003. He is a Partner and Co-Head of the Technology, Financial and Business Services Vertical and a member of the European Private Equity team. Luca focuses on investments in the financial technology and services sector as well as on the coverage of Southern Europe (Italy and Spain). Luca received an MBA from Columbia Business School. He graduated magna cum laude with a BS in Economics from Bocconi University.

Prior appointments

Prior to joining Bain Capital, Luca worked for Goldman Sachs in the Investment Banking Division in London where he advised Italian and international companies on cross-border M&A transactions. Previously, he worked as a strategy consultant at Bain & Company in Milan where he focused on the financial services sectors.

Appointed: April 2020

Background and experience

James joined Bain Capital Private Equity in 2014. He spends the majority of his time focused on technology and financial services investments in Europe. He is a Partner on the Bain Capital Tech Opportunities Fund. Previously he was with Bain Capital Private Equity for eight years.

He has an LLB, 1^st Class Honours and a B. Com (Finance) from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Prior appointments

Prior to joining Bain Capital Private Equity, James worked as a consultant at Bain & Company in London and Sydney across a number of sectors including Private Equity, consumer products and mining. Prior to this he worked in renewable energy across Asia.