Beazley plc announced that on 21 July 2022, David Roberts would be standing down as Chair in the autumn of 2022 to take up the role as Chair of the Court of the Bank of England. The Company subsequently announced that David stood down with effect from 21 October 2022 and Christine LaSala took up the role as Interim Chair of both the board and nomination committee with effect from the same date. Following the conclusion of an external search Beazley plc announced the appointment of Clive Bannister as Chair Designate and a non-executive director with immediate effect.

It is intended that Clive will take up the role of Chair at the conclusion of the Company's AGM on 25 April 2023. Clive will also join the nomination committee and become its Chair following the AGM. Clive is currently the Chair of Rathbones Group plc and the Museum of London.

He was previously CEO of Phoenix Group Plc, retiring in March 2020. Clive had a long and distinguished career at HSBC Group where his roles included being CEO of HSBC Private Banking and Group Managing Director of Insurance. In addition to Clive's extensive executive career, he has previously been a non-executive director of the Association of British Insurers, Punter Southall Group Ltd, Ignis Asset Management Ltd, and HSBC Insurance Brokers Ltd. Clive will bring a wealth of strategic, commercial, and significant transformational experience to the board.