20th Feb 2019 09:00
RSA INSURANCE GROUP PLC
(THE "COMPANY")
DIRECTOR APPOINTMENT
20 February 2019
RSA Insurance Group plc (RSA) today announces the appointment of Sonia Baxendale as a Non-Executive Board Director with effect from 1 March 2019. Sonia will also join the Group Audit and Group Investment Committees.
Sonia is currently a Non-Executive Director and Member of the Risk Management Committee of Laurentian Bank of Canada and Non-Executive Director, Chair of the Human Resources and Governance Committee and member of the Audit and Finance Committee at Foresters Insurance. She previously served as a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Human Resources & Compensation Committee of CI Financial Corp from 2013 to 2018.
Prior to this Sonia held senior positions at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce where she ran the Retail Banking and Wealth Management divisions.
Commenting on the appointment, RSA Chairman Martin Scicluna said:
"I am delighted to welcome Sonia to RSA's Board. Sonia is a highly experienced senior banking executive who has served at operating board level for one of the top five banks in Canada and has subsequently built a successful portfolio of non-executive positions in listed and privately held businesses. We are looking forward, in particular, to benefitting from Sonia's insights into the Canadian financial services market."
There is no further information to disclose in accordance with LR 9.6.13.
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For further information
Enquiries:
Christopher Smyth, Deputy Group Company Secretary
Tel: +44 (0)20 7111 7000
Website: www.rsagroup.com
LEI: 549300HOGQ7E0TY86138
Notes to Editors
Current appointments
2019 - date | Global Risk Institute in Financial Services, President and Chief Executive Officer |
2016 - date | Laurentian Bank of Canada, Non-Executive Director and Member of the Risk Management and Audit & Finance Committees |
2012 - date | Foresters Insurance, Non-Executive Director, Chair of Human Capital and Governance Committee and member of the Audit and Finance Committee |
2007 - date | SickKids Foundation, Vice Chair and Treasurer |
Past appointments
2013 - 2018 | CI Financial Corp, Non-Executive Director and Chair of Human Resources & Compensation Committee
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1992 - 2011 | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 2005 - 2011: President & Senior Executive Vice President (Retail Banking and Wealth Management) 1992 - 2005: Held various leadership roles including Senior Executive Vice President, CIBC Wealth Management; Executive Vice President, Asset Management, Card Products and Collections; Executive Vice President, Global Private Banking & Investment Management Services; and Managing Director, CIBC Wood Gundy |
About RSA
With a 300 year heritage, RSA is one of the world's leading multinational quoted insurance groups. RSA has major operations in the UK, Scandinavia, Canada, Ireland, Asia and the Middle East, Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe and has the capability to write business in over 130 countries. Focusing on general insurance, RSA has around 11,000 employees and, in 2017, its net written premiums were £6.7 billion.
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