Board Members

Dennis Holt was appointed as a non-executive director on 20 September 2006 and as chairman of the board on 1 July 2007.

Dennis is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and worked for Lloyds TSB plc for over 30 years, latterly as the main board executive director accountable for the UK Retail Bank. In 2001 he became group chief executive of AXA UK plc and a member of the global AXA Executive Committee and performed these roles until his retirement in 2006.

Dennis is chairman of the Bank of Ireland UK plc and chairman designate of Beazley PLC. He was formerly the vice-chairman of the Association of British Insurers and chairman of its General Insurance Council.

Mike Rogers joined LV= and was appointed as a director and as group chief executive on 5 June 2006.

Mike worked for Barclays Bank for 20 years, holding a variety of roles in business banking, wealth management and retail banking. Latterly he was managing director of Barclays UK Retail Banking.

Richard Rowney joined LV= in February 2007 as chief operating officer and was appointed as a director on 15 August 2007.

Richard worked for Barclays Bank for 14 years and was small business risk director, chief operating officer of premier banking and integration director for the Woolwich and Barclays' retail bank. On 1 March 2010 Richard became managing director of our life business.

Philip Moore joined LV= in October 2010 as group finance director and was appointed as a director on 10 November 2010.

Philip has around 30 years industry experience and joined LV= from the Pensions Corporation where he was group finance partner and chief risk officer.  Prior to this he was group finance director and latterly group chief executive at Friends Provident, where he was a non executive director of F&C Asset Management. He has previously held roles at AMP, NPI and PricewaterhouseCoopers both in London and Hong Kong. Philip is a non executive director of RAB Capital plc and Towergate Partnershipco Limited.

John O'Roarke joined LV= in September 2006 and was appointed as a director on 23 November 2011.

John is a chartered accountant and has 25 years experience in the insurance industry including spells at AIG, Churchill Insurance, where he was managing director, and RBS Insurance where he was chief operating officer. John was a founder of ABC Insurance which was acquired by LV= in 2006.

Mark Austen was appointed as a non-executive director on 20 September 2006.

Mark is a chartered management accountant and worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers for over 25 years, during which time he became managing partner of the Global Financial Services Consulting Practice. Subsequently he spent three years as senior executive for the financial services consulting practice of IBM. Mark is a non-executive director of Standard Bank plc and Mott McDonald Group Ltd.

Mark chaired the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee between September 2007 and December 2010 and has chaired the Risk Committee since January 2011.

Ian Reynolds is an actuary and chartered director and was appointed as a non-executive director on 3 January 2008.

Ian has had many years' experience in the insurance industry, including directorships with HSBC Life, Marks & Spencer Life Assurance and Equitable Life. He has also served as an insurance adviser to the Financial Services Authority and was a regulatory consultant for Beachcroft Regulatory Consultants.

Ian has chaired the Audit Committee since January 2011.

John Edwards was appointed as a non executive director on 20 October 2010.

John has spent his entire career in the insurance and investment industry. His former senior executive roles include acting as CEO of Clerical Medical Investment Group, CEO of HBOS’s Insurance and Investment Division and CEO of International Financial Services within Lloyds Banking Group. His previous non-executive directorships include Esure and St James Place Capital.

John has chaired the Investment Committee since May 2011.

Cath Keers was appointed as a non-executive director on 14 December 2010.

Cath has over twenty years experience in marketing, working at Sky TV, Next and Avon. Her most recent role was as customer director for O2 leading on strategy, marketing and customer service. She remains a non-executive director on the Telefonica O2 Europe board and is also a non-executive director for the Royal Mail group and The Children’s Mutual.

Cath has chaired the Remuneration and Nomination Committee since May 2011.

Caroline Burton was appointed as a non-executive director on 9 November 2011.

Caroline has almost 40 years experience in financial services, including 26 years with Guardian Royal Exchange, where she was an executive director and managing director of asset management. She is now a non-executive director of Blackrock Smaller Companies Investment Trust, Rathbone Brothers plc and TR Property Investment Trust plc and acts as an investment adviser to several pension schemes.

Caroline is a member of the Investment Committee and the Audit Committee.