Meet the team

Bridget Rosewell Chair of the Board

Bridget Rosewell is an experienced director, policy maker and economist. She chairs the M6 Toll Company and is a non-executive for the UK Infrastructure Bank and Northumbrian Water Group. Among other roles, she has been a Commissioner for the National Infrastructure Commission, been Senior Independent Director for Network Rail and Chief Economic Adviser to the Greater London Authority.

She was appointed CBE in December 2018 and is also a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Academy of Social Science and the Society of Professional Economists.  She writes on finance, risk and uncertainty as well as infrastructure and modelling validation.

Perry Thomas Chief Executive Officer

Perry was appointed Chief Executive Officer in March 2025*. He’s an actuary with 30+ years in financial services in roles including CEO, CRO and Group Chief Actuary. He’s held directorships in UK, Bermuda, Ireland, India, South Africa, Malta and Luxembourg, and been on the Council of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. Perry is dyslexic, which he believes can bring a different perspective.

*Subject to regulatory approval.

Simon Green Senior Independent Director and Chair of our Risk and Capital Committee

Simon Green is a Senior Independent Director and Chair of our Risk and Capital Committee*. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Arthur J. Gallagher, Chair of the Risk Committee and Chair of Pen Underwriting Limited.  Simon has over 25 years of financial services experience including  15 years at the financial regulator. He is also our Senior Independent Director.

*Subject to regulatory approval.

Jean Sharp Non-Executive Director and Chair of our Audit & Compliance Committee

Jean is a Non-Executive Director. She is also Chair of our Audit and Compliance Committee and our Whistleblowing Champion. She is also an independent non-executive director at Personal Assets Trust plc and FBD Holding plc (an Irish insurance group). She spent over 20 years in financial services with Aviva plc and is a former partner with EY. She is a chartered accountant.

Shirel Stedman Non-Executive Director

Shirel Stedman is a Non-Executive Director. She is also, a fellow chartered member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (FICE) and the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM). Shirel brings over 30 years’ experience as a civil engineer who has spent most of her career working in flood resilience, climate change and water issues across the public and private sector.

Tony Ballance Non-Executive Director and Chair of our Remuneration Committee

Tony Ballance is a very experienced Executive and Non-Executive Director working in the utility and environmental sectors with over twenty five years’ experience in senior corporate, consultancy and regulatory roles.

Tony is currently Chief Strategy & Regulation Officer at Cadent Gas Ltd where he leads the company’s decarbonisation strategy. Prior to Cadent, Tony was Director of Strategy & Regulation at Severn Trent and was on the Severn Trent Plc Board for eight years. He has previously worked as an economic consultant in the utilities sector, as well as Ofwat’s Chief Economist.  He is Chair of the National Forest Company and a Trustee of the Soil Association.

Chair of our Remuneration Committee subject to regulatory approval.

Perry Thomas Chief Executive Officer

Perry was appointed Chief Executive Officer in March 2025*. He’s an actuary with 30+ years in financial services in roles including CEO, CRO and Group Chief Actuary. He’s held directorships in UK, Bermuda, Ireland, India, South Africa, Malta and Luxembourg, and been on the Council of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. Perry is dyslexic, which he believes can bring a different perspective.

*Subject to regulatory approval.

Maxwell Bero  Director of Operations

Maxwell is responsible for leading the Operations function. He has over 25 years in financial services covering Assurance and Finance.

Harriet Boughton General Counsel

Harriet is Flood Re’s General Counsel. She is responsible for overseeing our legal and compliance framework and defining best practice corporate governance for the organisation. Harriet joined Flood Re from a Lloyd’s Managing Agency where she initiated its in-house legal function.

Daniel Byrne Chief Risk Officer

Daniel is our Chief Risk Officer. He’s responsible for overseeing all aspects of our risk management framework and the Scheme’s Internal Capital Model. Before joining Flood Re, Daniel worked in the group Enterprise Risk Management Function of AIG Europe. Prior to that he worked at the UK Financial Services Authority, implementing Solvency II.

David Dunning Interim Chief Financial Officer

David Dunning was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer of Flood Re in July 2024. He is a qualified accountant and holds an MBA from Manchester Business School.
He started his insurance career with RSA, then Hiscox and Hardy before working as an interim manager in senior finance roles, across several sectors in the global insurance industry. This has included roles with Hannover Re, Howden, Amlin, Novae, BMS, ProSight, Neon, MDDUS, Munich Re plus other businesses.

Laura Evans Chief Actuary

Laura Evans is the Chief Actuary at Flood Re. Laura has over 12 years of experience in the insurance market with broad experience across consultancy, London market and reinsurance. She has chaired the IFOA’s Flood Working Party since 2020 and is also a member of the General Insurance Pricing Research Group.