Board of Directors

Mark Goodale BA FIA

Chief Executive - (Appointed 01/07/2006)

Our Chief Executive, Mark Goodale, is a qualified actuary. Prior to joining the Society he was a director and the general manager of Ecclesiastical Life Limited, and prior to that Chief Financial Officer of Manulife (UK). Mark is on the Board of Directors of the Association of Financial Mutuals.

Barry Sanjana BA FCII

Chairman of the Investment Committee - (Appointed 01/07/2004)

Barry Sanjana spent 25 years working for the investment management subsidiaries of Royal Insurance, Commercial Union/CGU and Friends Provident. He was Chief Investment Officer in both the CGU and Friends Provident Group.

Jim Randall BSc FIA

Senior Independent Director - (Appointed 01/07/2004)

Jim Randall is a qualified actuary and has spent the previous 25 years in the life and health reinsurance industry with Munich Re, Liberty Re and General Re. He is Chairman of a tele-interviewing company, Morgan Ash.

Nigel Sherry ACII

(Appointed 24/03/2009)

Nigel was Chief Operating Officer at MGM Assurance from 2003 until 2008 and Acting Chief Executive Officer during 2007. Prior to MGM Nigel was with AMP as Director of Financial Planning at Pearl and Sales Director at NPI. From 1991 until 1999 Nigel was at the Prudential, as Sales Director at Scottish Amicable and then as Retail Sales Director at Prudential Intermediary Division.

Wai Au MSc FCMA

Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee - (Appointed 28/10/2009)

Wai Au currently has a portfolio of senior advisory roles including Accenture Financial Services UK. Prior to these roles, she was Chief Executive Officer of Tactica Insurance and before that several senior management posts at Barclays Bank culminating as Director of Global Servicing. Prior to that she was UK Finance Director (Life and General) for Royal Sun Alliance.

Seamus Creedon FIA ASA MAAA FSAI

Chairman - (Appointed 11/03/2008; Chairman 01/06/2008)

Seamus Creedon is a qualified actuary. He is a management consultant and was a partner at KPMG where he led the UK actuarial practice from 2000 to 2003 and was the deputy leader globally. Previously he was Chief Executive of Bank of Ireland's life assurance business and also Abbey Life Ireland. He is a current member of the Council of the Institute of Actuaries and is a non-executive director of Baillie Gifford Life and RGA Reinsurance UK.