QBE European Operations plc
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<strong>QBE</strong> <strong>European</strong> <strong>Operations</strong> <strong>plc</strong> Annual report 2011 35<br />
Mohinder Kang<br />
Chief Human Resources Officer<br />
Age 49<br />
John Neal<br />
Chief Executive Officer,<br />
Global Underwriting <strong>Operations</strong><br />
Age 47<br />
David Winkett<br />
Chief Financial and Operating Officer<br />
Age 42<br />
Mohinder was appointed to the board on<br />
11 November 2004. He joined <strong>QBE</strong> EO in<br />
September 2003 and was appointed Chief<br />
Human Resources Officer in November 2004.<br />
He had previously spent seven years at Zurich<br />
Financial Services, in a number of senior positions<br />
in the UK management team, including Claims<br />
<strong>Operations</strong> Director, Director – Organisation<br />
Development and Innovation and Head of HR.<br />
Before that, Mohinder worked for the Civil<br />
Service and also held HR management roles<br />
at HBOS, State Street Bank and Trust and<br />
Peugeot Citroën.<br />
John was appointed to the board on<br />
11 November 2004. Appointed Chief Executive<br />
Officer of <strong>QBE</strong> Global Underwriting <strong>Operations</strong><br />
in January 2011, he continues to sit on <strong>QBE</strong><br />
EO’s board.<br />
He has more than 20 years’ experience in the<br />
insurance industry and has held senior roles at<br />
Lloyd’s and in company market organisations.<br />
He was owner and CEO of the Lloyd’s managing<br />
agency, Ensign Holdings Limited, which was<br />
acquired by <strong>QBE</strong> EO in 2004. In 2006, he was<br />
appointed Managing Director of QIEL, our<br />
company market operation and in 2007<br />
became Chief Operating Officer of <strong>QBE</strong> EO,<br />
before taking on the role of Chief Underwriting<br />
Officer in 2009.<br />
David was appointed to the board on<br />
17 September 2004. He joined <strong>QBE</strong> EO in<br />
2000 and became Finance Director of Limit<br />
Underwriting Ltd later that year when it was<br />
acquired by <strong>QBE</strong>. He was appointed Chief<br />
Financial Officer of <strong>QBE</strong> EO in September 2004.<br />
He chaired the Lloyd’s Market Association<br />
Finance Committee between 2008 and 2010<br />
and is a member of the Lloyd’s Investment<br />
Committee. A chartered accountant, he spent<br />
ten years at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where<br />
he worked extensively with Lloyd’s, London<br />
market and international insurance companies.<br />
Corporate governance