Board of Directors

Seamus Creedon FSAI FIA CERA MAAA

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

Seamus Creedon is a qualified actuary. He is a former 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 at Abbey Life Ireland. He is a former member of the Council of the Institute of Actuaries and is a member of the insurance and reinsurance stakeholder group of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority. He is also a non-executive director of Baillie Gifford Life, MetLife and (in Ireland) RGA International Reinsurance and VHI Healthcare.

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 and China Construction Bank UK, is a Non-executive Director of Prudential Assurance and QBE; and is a Director at TheCityUK. Prior to these roles, she was Chief Executive Officer of Tactica Insurance and before that held several senior executive posts at Barclays culminating as Director of Global Servicing. Prior to that she was UK Finance Director (Life and General) for Royal Sun Alliance and also UK Finance and Actuarial Director of Hill Samuel Investment Services Group.

Barry Sanjana MA 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.  Barry is also a non-executive director of Police Mutual and serves as the Chairman of their Investment Committee.

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 Chairman of the Association of Financial Mutuals, having served on that Board for over 5 years.

Jim Randall BSc FIA

Senior Independent Director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee - (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 the tele-interviewing company, Morgan Ash.

Nigel Sherry ACII

Chairman of the Fair Member Benefits Committee - (Appointed 24/03/2009)

Nigel has almost 35 years' experience in the financial services industry. He held senior positions at Pearl Assurance, NPI, Prudential UK and most recently as Chief Operating Officer and acting Chief Executive of MGM Assurance. In addition to being a Non-executive Director, Nigel undertakes short-term interim management assignments in the financial services sector.

Chris Lerpiniere BSc ACII

Executive Director - (Appointed 28/09/2012)

Chris is a Chartered Insurer. He joined the Society in April 2008 and, as Head of Operations, he is responsible for the service our clients receive and also for our information technology. Prior to joining Reliance Mutual, he held senior management positions at Fidelity and GAN Life and Pensions.

Cameron Mills FFA

Executive Director - (Appointed 28/09/2012)

Cameron joined the Society in September 2009. As Chief Actuary he is responsible for all the Society's actuarial functions including the pricing of products. Prior to Reliance Mutual, he was Interim Chief Actuary at Baroda L&G Life Insurance Co Ltd supporting Legal & General in their joint start-up in Mumbai. He has also served three years at Resolution Life and 21 years at Standard Life.