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COVER STORY: SPECIALIST RISK MANAGERS JOHN LEWIS PARTNERSHIP Adrian Rendell
Insurance administration manager London
ICELAND FOODS
Aileen Spencer Insurance manager Chester
Not to be confused with the once Vikingruled island nation, Iceland Foods operates over 860 store locations across the UK and Aileen Spencer manages the insurance operations at the UK retailer, known for its frozen food meals. “Aileen is a very, very astute insurance manager. She clearly knows her organisation inside out and knows how to get the best out of her suppliers,” says a former consultant to Iceland Foods.
Adrian Rendell graduated in zoology from Newcastle University – but his role as insurance administration manager at John Lewis is a different kind of beast altogether. Rendell joined John Lewis – whose 91,500 permanent staff across its John Lewis and Waitrose brands form a workers’ co-operative which owns the company - in April last year. Rendell brings with him years of experience in risk management. He served as risk manager at BT plc and Amersham, insurance manager at MAT Group, and an insurance officer at British Aerospace. That zoology degree might come in handy yet – John Lewis owns and operates a farm on The Leckford Estate in Hampshire.
KPMG Joe Myles
In-house insurance manager London
Joe Myles became in-house insurance manager at KPMG in 2014 after spending more than four years in a similar role with the global children’s charity Plan UK. While both organisations have worldwide reach, the scale is somewhat different – Plan has 8,000 staff in 68 countries, but KPMG employs 174,000 people in 155 countries. Myles has also served as global insurance manager for Hays Specialist Recruitment and a claims manager for Hart Insurance Brokers.
LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT Matthew Meredith
Director of risk management London
JAGUAR LAND ROVER John Caldicott Insurance manager Birmingham
The insurance manager for Jaguar Land Rover, John Caldicott has more than two decades of experience working in risk management for multinational organisations. Jaguar Land Rover, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Motors since 2008, produced almost half a million vehicles in 2014, earning the company £19.4bn in revenue. Prior to joining Jaguar Land Rover in January, Caldicott served as UK and Ireland business and risk manager for Mondel z International, a multinational food and beverage conglomerate with more than 100,000 employees. He’s also served as global insurance manager for Cadbury plc, in various lead risk management positions for Cadbury Schweppes, and as risk and insurance advisor for Powergen (now E.ON). Caldicott is a fellow of both the Institute of Risk Management and the Chartered Insurance Institute.
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A former insurance broker, Matthew Meredith is now responsible for risk management throughout Live Nation worldwide, excluding North America (the company’s international headquarters are in London). Meredith manages risk management for touring, concerts and festivals, as well as insurance and artist contract management for the global live entertainment company. As an expert on music and entertainment insurance, Meredith’s knowledge comes in handy when it comes to insuring over 20,000 shows annually for more than 2,000 artists across the world, including Beyonce, Paul McCartney, Billy Joel, Adele and more. Recently, Live Nation has backed legislation seeking the ban of the use of flares, fireworks and smoke bombs by audience members at live music events to ensure the safety of attendees.
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