Derek was appointed Chairman of MIB in July 2010. He is the Immediate Past Chairman of the British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA), a Past President of the Insurance Institute of London and was also the Founding Chairman of the Chartered Insurance Institute's London Market Faculty.

Derek has held senior positions in a number of major international Lloyd's brokers including Sedgwick Forbes, Jardine UK, Fenchurch plc, Lambert Fenchurch and Heath Lambert. Latterly, through his Executive Chairmanship of Heath Lambert's UK Wholesale Division (FSJ) and his Chairmanship of BIBA he has become a well known and respected figure within the UK insurance industry. He was a Holdings Board Director of Fenchurch whilst quoted on the LSE and was heavily involved through the subsequent merger and refinancing process that eventually resulted in the establishment of Heath Lambert.

Derek is currently also an Associate of ‘4Change Ltd’, a management consultancy specialising in financial services.

Derek holds an Honours Degree in Physics and Mathematics. He is an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute and a Chartered Insurance Broker. Derek was elected as an Annual Subscriber to Lloyd's in 1983 and a Non-Underwriting Working Member of Lloyd's in 1999.

Mehran has held the role of Group Finance Director of the Nest Group of Companies (the ultimate parent of MIB) since 1995.

Mehran is a UK Qualified Chartered Accountant with 30 years of experience in both professional firms and the insurance industry.

Previously for 11 years he was a senior partner with PKF Cyprus, the international audit and consultancy services firm.

Mufid has over 30 years professional experience working as a director, senior manager, programme manager and business consultant. He has worked with a number of major organisations including Logica, PwC, Levi Strauss, Royal Bank of Scotland, PHH Corporation, General Electric and UK Central Government.

Mufid’s experience and skills extend across a wide area including strategic, business and operational planning; corporate governance; business and product development; human resources; organisational structure and information technology.

Since February 2008, Mufid has held the post of Chief Strategy Officer to The Nest Group of Companies. He is responsible for setting standards for and implementing strategic/operational planning, corporate governance and organisational re-structuring with in loco responsibilities for Group Human Resources.

Mufid holds a BSc in Aeronautical Engineering.

Hugh joined the Board of MIB in 2009.

Hugh is an experienced corporate and commercial Solicitor with international insurance industry focus since 1984, including Lloyd’s and London Company market, acting for underwriters and brokers. Hugh is principal of his own specialist firm, CityNet Law.

Prior to establishing CityNet Law in May 2006, Hugh was a partner for 19 years, 10 years with Eversheds LLP (1996-2006) and 9 years with the niche insurance firm of Waltons & Morse (1987-1996). Hugh trained with Allen & Overy and was educated at St Catharine`s College Cambridge.

Hugh has two other current non-executive directorships in the London market and was on the Board of Trust International and Reinsurance Company in Bahrain, a related company of MIB, for 3 years from 2006.

Derek is a chartered engineer, fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute and formerly UK Strategy Director for Royal & Sun Alliance. With over 30 years practical experience of the international insurance industry in risk management, underwriting and corporate functions, he now teaches strategy on the Cass Business School MSc. course and runs in-house management development courses for insurers.

He has co-authored eleven books on risk management and insurance including Reputational Risk: A Question of Trust .He has been a member of two UK governmental working groups on Risk related issues and is a recipient of the CII Exceptional Service Medal for contribution to the industry.

Contact:
E-mail: asudra@mib.co.uk Direct Line: 020 7264 1113

Atul is a Qualified Accountant and joined MIB in May 2010.

Before joining MIB he held a senior finance position at Principle Insurance Holdings prior to which he was Financial Controller at the Portman Building Society.

Contact
E-mail:  sradford@mib.co.uk  Direct Line: 020 7264 1116

Simon is responsible for the development, negotiation and placement of a comprehensive and varied range of reinsurance solutions for MIB’s clients. 

He is a Member of the Board of Directors and is responsible for day-to-day operations and additionally specialises in treaty reinsurance programmes.  Simon was one of the founding members of MIB and oversaw our accreditation at Lloyd’s in 2004.

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