Insights

A celebration of and reflection over the last eighteen months along with comments from ISC UK Chair Pamela Thomson-Hall and ISC Group Founder and Chair Barbara Schönhofer MBE.

A reflection on all ISC Group has achieved in the last twelve months

This month, Frances tells us her story, her career path so far and the biggest challenges she has overcome along the way. "I commenced my career journey within the insurance industry at a junior entry level, with Hibernian Insurance, now rebranded Aviva. I subsequently switched into investment banking and operations support, working with the Investment Bank of Ireland, and then moved to a start-up pension/investments funds business, Montgomery Govett Ltd and progressed to Associate Director in that company. "

On the 7th October 2021, Sheffield Haworth sponsored and hosted a global Executive roundtable. The session focused on why cognitive diversity is so important in insurance, how the industry can attract talent from other sectors and/or more diverse backgrounds as well as considering the major obstacles and how to overcome them.

It was a pleasure to welcome so many of our members to a discussion focused on leadership, at a senior networking event sponsored by Barclays. The event opened with a conversation with Karla Maloof, Head of FIG at Barclays, who discussed her own leadership style, how it has adapted over the last eighteen months not only to account for the needs of her team members but also to ensure that she was leading in a way which felt true to her.

Announcing the launch of ‘GlobeTrotter’, a membership package tailored to meet the needs of these international executives.