Our Board

Brian Whitty, FCA

Executive Chairman since April 2004 following six years as Chief Executive and three years as Finance Director. Previously Finance Director of ACT Group plc.

Richard Harpin, BA (Hons) CdipAF

Chief Executive since April 2004. Appointed to the Board in May 2001. Founder of Homeserve which was originally a joint venture with South Staffordshire Group set up in 1993. Previously a brand manager with Procter & Gamble, followed by management consultancy with Deloitte and his own company.

Ian Carlisle

Appointed to the Board in November 2004. Joined Homeserve in June 2003 as Chief Executive of Homeserve Emergency Services. Previously Managing Director of Autoglass Ltd, prior to which he was Divisional Commercial Director at Marks & Spencer plc.

Ian Chippendale

Appointed to the Board as an independent non-executive director in January 2007. Previously, he was Group Chief Executive of the Direct Line Group of companies, Chief Executive of Privilege Insurance and Chairman of the Insurance Division of Provident Financial Limited. He is currently Senior Independent Director of Thus plc and has very recently retired as Chairman of RBS Insurance. His previous board roles have included The Association of British Insurers and Linea Directa in Spain.

Jon Florsheim

Appointed to the board as Chief Excutive Officer, Homeserve Membership in March 2007. Previously he was Chief Marketing Officer and Managing Director, Customer Group, of British Sky Broadcasting. Prior to joining BskyB in 1994, Jon was Marketing Director of Dixons Stores Group (now DSG International plc) and has held marketing posts with Tesco.

JM Barry Gibson

Appointed to the Board in April 2004. Currently senior non-executive Director of William Hill plc and National Express plc. Previously Group Retailing Director at BAA plc, Group Chief Executive of Littlewoods plc and non-executive Director of Somerfield plc.

John Maxwell, CA, CCMI, FRSA

Appointed as Senior Independent Director in April 2004. Previously Director General/Chief Executive of The Automobile Association and an executive Director of Prudential Corporation plc. Currently a non-executive Director of a number of companies including Royal & Sun Alliance plc and Provident Financial plc.

Andrew Sibbald

Appointed to the Board in June 2007 as an independent non-executive director. He is an experienced corporate financier and is Managing Director and the co-founder of Lexicon Partners which specialises in the utility and insurance sectors. He was previously Managing Director, Financial Institutions Group, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and a Partner at the Phoenix Partnership.

Jonathan Simpson-Dent, FCA MA

Appointed to the board in March 2007 as Chief Financial Officer. He was previously the Chief Financial Officer of General Healthcare Group and held a number of senior finance roles during seven years at PepsiCo. Prior to this he has spent four years at McKinsey after qualifying as a chartered accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers.