Dale Holdings Limited, the parent company of Dale Underwriting Partners Syndicate 1729, has appointed John Chambers, John Hastings-Bass, and Clare Hennings as Independent Non-Executive Directors to its Board.
The new appointments follow Dale’s October appointment of Preben Prebensen as independent non-executive Chair of the Dale Holdings Limited Board.
Chambers will serve as Chair of the Group Risk and Underwriting Committee. In addition to this role, Chambers undertakes consulting work for a few institutional clients who invest in the Lloyd’s market and is a Non-Executive Director of the TT Club. He has over 30 years of experience in the Lloyd’s market, including 19 years for AEGIS London, where he served in several senior roles, most recently as the Director of Underwriting.
Hennings will Chair the Group Investment Committee, she has over 25 years of industry experience, specialising in insurance and investments. Hennings most recently worked as the Director of Investments at Prudential (now M&G) and currently serves as an independent advisor for Hiscox and sits on the Hiscox Investment Group Committee.
Hastings-Bass, Chairman of the Dale Managing Agency Limited (DMAL) Board, and Chairman of the DMAL Board Remuneration and Nomination Committee, both positions he has held since 2022, will also join the Dale Holdings Limited Board.
Prebensen commented on the appointments, “The additions of John, Clare, and John to the Dale Holdings Limited Board will make a substantial contribution to the Board and to Dale achieving our strategic objectives.”
Duncan Dale, Founder and Chief Executive of Dale, concluded, “The wealth of experience these additions bring to the Dale Holdings Limited board will undoubtedly assist the team in building the Dale business following our partnership announcement with CVC.”
