Sally Williams has been appointed a non-executive director of Lancashire Holdings Limited and will take up the role early next year.

Ms Williams has experience in the insurance and financial services industries and has served on the board of Marsh Ltd. She is due to resign her directorship at Marsh before the end of December this year, ahead of assuming her role at Lancashire.

She has worked previously at National Australia Bank as a member of the London branch executive committee and risk committee, and as a director on the board of the NAB Europe Ltd and with Aviva as group director of risk and compliance. She is a chartered accountant and began her career with PwC, during which time she was also seconded to the banking regulatory department of the Bank of England.

Peter Clarke, chairman of Lancashire, said: “We are delighted to welcome Sally to Lancashire as a non-executive director. Sally has significant regulatory, risk and accounting experience with a particular knowledge of the insurance and insurance distribution markets. This experience further broadens and strengthens the range of expertise on the Lancashire board. The board expects to appoint Sally as a further member of our audit committee when she joins us at the beginning of 2019.”