Sportscover Underwriting Board Members

Bob Wallace
Chairman
Bob Wallace qualified as a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute in 1966 and has over 25 years experience in the Lloyd's market. He was Active Underwriter for Syndicate 386 until the end of 2002 and has subsequently held a number of directorships, both executive and non-executive, in the insurance market. Bob is currently a non-executive director of Pembroke Managing Agency and non-executive chairman of Ironshore UK.
 

Matthew Riley
Chief Executive Officer
Matthew Riley, CEO of Sportscover Underwriting Ltd, has over 20 years of experience in the Lloyd's market. He began his career in 1989 with Kingsmead, becoming accident underwriter. Matthew moved into casualty treaty after the take over by Advent. In 2003 he moved to Argenta as Syndicate Manager and then as Agency Manager, specialising in the integration of third-party syndicates. Matthew is an avid sports fan who plays both cricket and golf. He is also captain of his local cricket team.
 

Peter Nash
Director of Underwriting and Claims
Peter Nash has been in the Insurance Industry for over 30 years and is the founder of Sportscover. His experience in amateur sports Insurance dates back to the early 1980's, when as an ex Australian Rules footballer and then coach, he started putting together policies for clubs and associations. Peter is Group Chairman of Wild Goose Holdings, the holding company for the Sportscover group of companies.
 

Christopher Nash
Director & Active Underwriter
Chris Nash has been involved in the Insurance Industry for over 20 years, having spent most of that time underwriting amateur sport. As an avid sportsman, coach and administrator, his experience makes him well suited to the role of Active Underwriter of Sportscover syndicate 3334.
 

Murray Anderson
Director & Active Underwriter
Murray Anderson has over 25 years experience in the insurance industry, joining the Sportscover group in 2003. Since then he has held a variety of positions in the group including Underwriting Manager and CEO of Sportscover Australia before, moving to his current role of Active Underwriter and as a Director of the holding company. Murray is a dedicated rugby fan, and is very passionate about cricket and golf, both as a spectator and player.
 

Bryan Murphy
Non-executive Board Member
Bryan Murphy has over 40 years experience in the Insurance industry. He has a B.A. degree in Economics from University College Dublin. He was the founding CEO of Island Heritage, a specialist insurer in the Caribbean. He is a non executive director of Greenlight Capital Re, a Cayman based reinsurer. He is a former Irish 400 metres champion and has a wide range of sporting and business interests.
 

Tim Seymour
Non-executive Board Member
Tim, a Chartered Accountant, grew up in South Africa, studied at Oxford and has over 30 years experience in merchant banking and corporate finance. Tim has held Executive and Non-Executive Directorships in public, quoted and private companies including two UK regulated banks. Tim has played cricket and rugby socially, and faced opponents such as Mike Procter, Peter Pollock, Barry Richards and former English test cricketer Tony Grieg. Tim captained the Oxford University rugby team and won two blues against Cambridge.
 

Belinda Taylor
Finance Director
Belinda Taylor is a chartered accountant. She worked for KPMG for thirteen years, specialising in audit and then mergers and acquisitions, managing transactions for a variety of UK listed and private companies as well as numerous overseas clients. Belinda joined the Sportscover group in 2005. She is a keen follower of Grand Slam tennis tournaments and has been an avid Sheffield United supporter since 1974.
 

Dominic Ford
Compliance Director
Dominic Ford is responsible for compliance and risk management matters at Sportscover. He has worked in the insurance industry for over 15 years, the latter half of which in regulatory and compliance roles. Dominic enjoys outdoor pursuits and has led trekking expeditions in the Nepalese Himalaya, Australia and India.