The Group Executive

Andy was appointed Group Chief Executive in April 2003. He was appointed non-executive director of ITV plc in August 2008. Andy's previous roles include Chief Executive of AXA Sun Life plc and director of AXA UK plc. He is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Global Consumer Finance Europe at GE Capital UK, Western Europe and Eastern Europe, and is the former President of National Westminster Bank's US Consumer Credit Business.

George was appointed Chief Financial Officer and Group director in May 2004. He was previously Head of Capital Management at Zurich Financial Services and Chief Financial Officer of its UK operation. Before that George spent ten years with Prudential.

Simon has been Chief Executive of RSA's International business since April 2003 and was appointed to the Board in January 2007.  Previously he spent 17 years with the National Westminster Bank Group, in the UK and US including time as Chief Executive, NatWest Offshore and Head of US Retail Banking.

Adrian Brown was appointed UK CEO in September 2008. Adrian is a qualified management accountant and has been with the RSA Group since 1989. Between 2006 and 2008, he was the UK's Chief Operating Officer with responsibility for Claims, Sales and Service, IT and Change across both Personal and Commercial lines. Prior to this, he was UK Director of Personal Lines, led the launch of MORE TH>N and held a number of senior customer service and finance roles.

Paul was appointed CEO of Emerging Markets in 2006, having been RSA's Group HR Director since April 2003. He has over 20 years senior management experience in the financial services sector including three years at AXA and 10 years at GE Capital, including work in Asia and Eastern Europe on acquisition integration and business development.

Mark Chambers joined as General Counsel and Group Company Secretary in October 2004. Prior to joining the Group, Mark led the legal team at American Express for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Before that he worked for GE holding a number of senior positions with the consumer finance and insurance businesses. Before moving in-house, Mark worked for Slaughter and May, a leading international law firm, in London and New York. Mark is a non-executive director of the University of Westminster and a member of the Finance and Business Committee of WWF-UK.

Orlagh joined the Group as HR Director for International in September 2003 and was appointed Group Human Resources Director in October 2006. She was previously Head of Human Resources for AXA Sun Life and has previously worked at Walkers and Tesco in a variety of HR management roles.

Clare joined as Group Strategy, Marketing and Customer Director in June 2007. Previously she was Director of Marketing & Commercial Strategy at ITV plc and a member of the Executive Management Board. Clare is also the former Managing Director of AA Financial Services and has held senior commercial roles at Prudential and British Gas. She is also a non-executive director of Alliance Trust plc.

David joined as Group Operations and IT Director in June 2007. He spent 27 years with the Barclays Group, where senior positions included Chief Operating Officer for Corporate Banking and Group Chief Information Officer being part of the Group Executive Committee. He most recently spent two years consulting to a portfolio of Blue Chip and Government organisations and acting as an independent Board Member at the DTI and for Chordiant Inc, the US Nasdaq quoted software business.

Tim Mitchell was appointed Group Underwriting & Claims Director in November 2007 when he joined the Group. Tim has over thirty years experience in the insurance industry and joined RSA from Zurich Financial Services where he held senior underwriting roles including three years as Global Chief Underwriting Officer for General Insurance. Tim has also held senior management roles at AIG and Continental Insurance.

Anne has been with the RSA Group since 2001. She was appointed Group Chief Auditor in September 2008. Prior to that she was Regional Chief Auditor, International, based in Denmark. She was part of the Codan Group Executive leadership team and the International Central Leadership team.  Anne was previously CFO at Maersk Data for 2 years and spent 13 years with KPMG as a State Authorised Public Accountant, where she was involved in work with public listed companies and M&A and restructuring.