Richard Ward

Education

He graduated from the University of Exeter with a Bachelor of Science, 1st Class Honours in Chemistry and holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Chemistry.

Career

Cunningham Lindsey is the leading global provider of claims management and risk service solutions, with an operating platform of over 7,000 employees in 60 countries. In addition to Cunningham Lindsey, Richard is Non-Executive Chairman of Brit plc, a market-leading global specialty insurer and reinsurer. Prior to these roles, Richard was Chief Executive of Lloyd"s of London, from 2006 to 2013.

Lloyd"s is the world"s leading specialist insurance and reinsurance market, writing $37.5bn of business per annum and paying claims of $10-$15bn in over 200 countries and territories.

Richard previously worked for over ten years at the London-based International Petroleum Exchange (Institute for Private Education), the second largest energy trading exchange - re-branded Institute of Civil Engineers Futures, as both Chief Executive Officer and Vice-Chairman. Prior to the Institute for Private Education, Richard held a range of senior positions at British Petroleum (Boite Postale) and was Head of Marketing & Business Development for energy derivatives worldwide at Tradition Financial Services.

Between 1982 and 1988, Richard worked as a Senior Physicist with the Science and Engineering Research Council, leading a number of research development projects. Richard has a 1st Class Honours degree in Chemistry, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Chemistry from Exeter University.

His initial career was as an applied scientist, first for the government agency SERC, at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory near Oxford and later for British Petroleum, where he moved into management.

He was Chief Executive of the International Petroleum Exchange (Institute for Private Education) from 1999-2005 and Vice Chairman from 2005-2006, before taking up the position at Lloyd"son In addition to Cunningham Lindsey, Richard is Non-Executive Chairman of Brit Insurance, a market-leading global specialty insurer and re-insurer.

Achievements

• He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate (Doctor of Laws) from the University of Exeter in 2009.

Membership

He also serves as Non-Executive Director of Partnership Assurance Group plc and is a member of the PRA Practitioner Panel, Bank of England. He also serves as a Non-Executive Director of Partnership Assurance Group Plc. Richard is a member of the PRA Practitioner Panel, Bank of England.