74 | Just Group PLC | Annual Report and Accounts 2023
BOARD OF DIRECTORS continued
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS continued
INDEPENDENCE 1
Mary Kerrigan INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Kalpana Shah INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Chair
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Non-Executive Directors
Appointed: 1 February 2022 (2 years)
Appointed: 1 March 2021 (3 years)
GENDER DIVERSITY 1
CAREER AND EXPERIENCE Mary has considerable experience in the pensions, life insurance and investment industries, and is a former partner of Willis Towers Watson. Outside of Just Group, Mary is a Non-Executive Director of Aegon Asset Management UK plc. She is also a Non-Executive Director of Companjon Services DAC and New Ireland Assurance Company plc, and is Chair of their respective Risk Committees. She is an Independent Member of the Supervisory Board of La Banque Postale Asset Management Limited. Mary also is a member of the Independent Governance Committee of Prudential Assurance UK Limited and Trustee of The London Irish Centre.
CAREER AND EXPERIENCE Kalpana brings over 30 years of business experience in the insurance and investment industry, having started her career at the London Commodity Exchange and moving into insurance as Deputy to the Director of Underwriting at Groupama Gan. She was Group Chief Actuary and a Partner at Hiscox plc until 2016. Kalpana was elected to the governing body of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries in 2019 and was appointed as President in September 2023. She is a member of court for the Worshipful Company of Actuaries. In addition to Just Group, Kalpana is Chair of RiverStone Managing Agency Limited, Senior Independent Director of RiverStone Insurance (UK) Limited, and a Non-Executive Director of Markel International. She is also a Non-Executive Director of Asta Managing Agency Limited and is Chair of their Syndicates-in-a-Box Board. Kalpana also sits on the Capacity Transfer Panel at Lloyds of London.
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ETHNIC DIVERSITY 1
SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES • Considerable experience in the pensions, life insurance and investment industries • Qualified Actuary
SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES • Considerable experience in the actuarial and insurance industry • Qualified Actuary
CURRENT OTHER LISTED DIRECTORSHIPS None
CURRENT OTHER LISTED DIRECTORSHIPS None
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KEY INTERNAL DIRECTORSHIPS • Director of Just Retirement Limited • Director of Partnership Life Assurance Company Limited
KEY INTERNAL DIRECTORSHIPS • Director of Just Retirement Limited • Director of Partnership Life Assurance Company Limited
1 A s at March 2024.
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