GODDARD, Mel

Education

• BA (Hons.)
• ACII Chartered Insurer

Positions Held

• Director – MEL Goddard Consultancy Ltd. (Independent Consultant, Expert Witness and Arbitrator), 2000 to date
• Independent Non-Executive Director – ADNOC Reinsurance Ltd, Abu Dhabi, 2019 to date
• Chair & Independent Non-Executive Director – Enstar Managing Agency Ltd, Lloyd’s, 2020 to date
• Independent Non-Executive Director – Probitas Managing Agency Ltd, Lloyd’s, 2021 to date
• Chair & Independent Non-Executive Director – River Thames Insurance Company Ltd, 2022 to date
• Chair & Independent Non-Executive Director – Mercantile Indemnity Company Ltd, 2022 to date
• Trustee – Lloyd’s Benevolent Fund, 2011-2020
• Market Liaison and Underwriting Director – Lloyd’s Market Association, 2006-2019
• Independent Non-Executive Director – ProSight Managing Agency Ltd, Lloyd’s, 2013-2017
• Independent Non-Executive Director – Crowe Livestock Underwriting Ltd, 2005-2009
• Independent Peer Reviewer – Hardy Underwriting Agency Ltd, Lloyd’s, 2004-2006
• Director – QBE Managing Agency Ltd., Lloyd’s, 1996-2000
• Syndicate Active Underwriter – QBE Managing Agency Ltd., 1996-2000
• Senior Underwriter – QBE International Insurance Ltd., 1993-1996
• Syndicate Deputy Active Underwriter – Syndicate 529, Lloyd’s, 1986-1992
• Assistant Director and Broker – Fenchurch Group Brokers, 1982-1986
• Non-Marine Broker – H. Clarkson & Co. Ltd., 1978-1982

Present Positions

• Independent Non-Executive Director – ADNOC Reinsurance Ltd, Abu Dhabi, 2019 to date
• Independent Non-Executive Director – Enstar Managing Agency Ltd, Lloyd’s. 2020 to date
• Director – MEL Goddard Consultancy Ltd. (Independent Consultant, Expert Witness & Arbitrator), 2000 to date
• Independent Non-Executive Director – Probitas Managing Agency Ltd, Lloyd’s, 2021 to date
• Chair & Independent Non-Executive Director – River Thames Insurance Company Ltd, 2022 to date
• Chair & Independent Non-Executive Director – Mercantile Indemnity Company Ltd, 2022 to date

Professional Associations

• Associate of The Chartered Insurance Institute
• Chartered Insurer
• Panel Member of ARIAS (UK)

Experience

Career spanning underwriting and broking, executive and non-executive Board roles (including Chair); Lloyd’s and non-Lloyd’s; central Lloyd’s market role; numerous expert witness/arbitrator roles in London, New York, Chicago, Bermuda and Scandinavia (2000 to date); adviser to Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund capital investor in (re)insurance industry (Bermuda and Lloyd’s).

In-depth knowledge and experience of most non-marine classes of business and their market practice. Specialist knowledge of reinsurance and US casualty markets.

Extensive and current Board Director experience of modern corporate governance, Solvency II, Risk, Audit.

Foreign Languages

French and Italian (conversational).