Board of Directors
William Dewsall
Chief Executive
William, aged 46, has over 24 years experience in the insurance market. William began his career in 1981 with Jardine Glanville (UK) following which he was a senior broker and account executive at Berisford Mocatta covering property and reinsurance placements in the London and European markets. From 1986 until 1992 he was principal broker and lead underwriter for Alexander Stenhouse, responsible for multi-national property, contractors all risks and liability insurance, including reinsurance.
In 1998 William established his own underwriting agency, D&J Insurance Services Limited, to underwrite liability and contractors all risk into the London market. He later established Hogarth for the same purpose in 2000. As head underwriter at Hogarth, William was granted binding authorities to underwrite insurance risks worldwide on behalf of various insurers operating in the Lloyds of London market. William has also been instrumental in developing specific policy wordings for the Contractors and Liability insurance sector.
William is registered with the FSA as an approved person for insurance activities.
Lance Ranger
Non-Executive Chairman
Lance Ranger is an International trust lawyer based in Switzerland. He has over 20 years experience in the area advising a range of international clients. He currently is a Director of Attendus Trust Company AG and prior to this spent seven years with the solicitors, Clyde &Co.
Committees:
Remuneration and Audit
Michael Sofaer
Non-Executive Director
Michael Sofaer, aged 54, founded Sofaer Capital in Hong Kong in 1986, the first hedge fund management company to be launched in Asia. He launched the flagship Sofaer Capital Global Hedge Fund in 1987 and the Sofaer Capital Asian Hedge Fund in 1989, operating with a highly experienced Asian, European and global investment management teams.
Before launching his international hedge fund management group, Michael was a securities analyst with Schroders Investment Management in London and then headed up its research department in Hong Kong. Michael has a BA Economics and Political Science from McGill University, Montreal.
Blaise Craven
Non-Executive Director
Blaise Craven, aged 51, is an entrepreneur with experience in establishing and running start up businesses. In 1974 he started his first business providing furnishings and tropical plants to a number of City institutions. In 1977 he founded Executive Sports, a corporate entertainment company and in 1978 he established BC Contracts, a business specialising in the design and furnishing of executive commercial and residential properties, which he ran until 2004. In 2004 he was appointed as a non-executive director of Conival plc.
Committees:
Remuneration and Audit
Lucas Slob
Non-Executive Director
Lucas Slob, aged 55, has over 20 years non-life insurance expertise working in the Zurich Group, focusing on risk engineering, risk management and systems. Prior to this Lucas worked in loss control for Asconed and Cigna in Holland. He is based in Switzerland and is currently a director of Attendus Trust Company AG.
Peter Williams
Head of Finance
Peter Williams, aged 40, qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse in London. His career includes corporate finance with Rea Brothers, Finance Director of Gaming Corporation plc, an AIM listed online-gaming company and consultancy roles with a number of internet, insurance and retail companies. In 2004, he was appointed a director of CVS Management Limited.
