ABI appoints Kay Swinburne as chair

Effective immediately

Jaskeet Briah
clock • 2 min read

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has appointed Baroness Kay Swinburne as its independent chair, succeeding Baroness Nicky Morgan.

Swinburne will chair the ABI board with immediate effect and for an initial period of three years, joining Sacha Romanovitch as the ABI's independent non-executive director. She entered the House of Lords as a Peer and Government Whip (Baroness in Waiting) in June 2023 and served as a government minister in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. She continues to participate in legislation in the Lords, the ABI detailed, with her interests including financial services, fintech, artificial intelligence and science. Additionally, Swinburne worked in financial services ...

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