Blenheim Partnerships

Peter has worked in the Lloyd’s marketplace for over thirty years and co-founded the White Bear Capital Group in 2016. Peter is Chief Executive Officer of Blenheim Partnerships Limited and a Director of Blenheim Underwriting Limited. In 2000 Peter was appointed CEO and one of the founders of Cathedral Capital Limited from start up to the sale to Lancashire Holdings Limited in 2013, remaining as CEO of Cathedral within the Lancashire Group until 2016. Prior to joining Cathedral, Peter had 14 years of Insurance Industry experience including being appointed to Managing Director of Wren Lloyd’s Advisors in 1995, working on establishing the first generation of Lloyd’s Corporate Capital Vehicles. Peter holds a BSC (Econ) in Economics and Geography from University College London.

Director of White Bear Capital Limited

John has over thirty years’ experience within the Lloyd’s market and co-founded the White Bear Capital Group in 2016. John is Chief Executive Officer of Blenheim Underwriting Limited and a director of Blenheim Partnerships Limited. John was one of the founders and Chief Financial Officer of Cathedral Underwriting Limited from start up in 2000 to sale to Lancashire Insurance PLC in 2013, remaining as CFO of Cathedral until 2016.

John joined the White Bear Group in 2018 to establish the Specialty Reinsurance Account for Blenheim and is also Chief Underwriting Officer of White Bear Managers. John has worked for over 30 years in both the Lloyd’s and Company markets, focusing on all classes of reinsurance business as well as supporting and setting up MGA platforms. Before joining White Bear Group in 2018, John was Head of Treaty Underwriting at Talbot Syndicate 1183 where he worked for 19 years. Prior to this he was a Treaty Underwriter at Reliance National UK and from the start an Assistant Underwriter at R. C. Barber Syndicate 512 working across both insurance and reinsurance lines.

Sharon joined the White Bear Group in 2019 to head up the Group Operations function. Prior to joining White Bear, Sharon was at Aon for over 30 years where she held a number of key Operational roles, most recently as Head of Operations, Global Re Specialty.

Derek joined the White Bear Group in 2017 to head up the Legal and Compliance function for the Group before becoming a non-executive director of Blenheim Partnerships Ltd. Derek has worked in the Lloyd’s Insurance Market since 1969, spending his first 15 years with the Corporation of Lloyd’s, in various managerial roles in membership and regulatory departments. Since 1986 he has held various executive directorships in both Lloyds’ Members and Managing Agencies including being compliance director of Cathedral Underwriting Ltd from 2000 – 2017. He served as a member of the LMA’s Regulatory Committee from 2002-2011.

Mike is a qualified management accountant with over 30 years insurance industry experience, including over 15 years in the Lloyd’s members agency, Lloyd’s broker and Lloyd’s managing agency environments, in the latter to Managing and Financial Director level. Currently a Non-Executive Director (having previously been Chairman, CEO/CFO) of 1st Central, a Guernsey based financial services group which he co-founded in 2007 and whose motor and home insurance brand is distributed through the UK’s main price comparison sites.

Chris is the former deputy chairman of Willis Re and prior to that, CEO of Willis Re Specialty with nearly 30 years of broking experience to the highest level in international and specialty reinsurance and London market reinsurance. Chris is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Insurers.

Shirley joined the Group as the Company Secretary in September 2024. She brings a breadth of knowledge with over 25 years’ experience in Corporate Governance. In particular, Shirley has been working within the Financial Services Sector for over 14 years, this includes over 5 years within the Insurance Industry. Previous roles include Senior Assistant Company Secretary at Handelsbanken PLC, Assistant Company Secretary at Beazley PLC, and Assistant Company Secretary at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe Ltd.