Bupa appoints Simon Blair and Clare Bousfield as Non-Executive Directors
Bupa today announces the appointments of Simon Blair and Clare Bousfield as Non-Executive Directors with immediate effect. Both Simon and Clare will be joining the Audit and Risk Committees and Simon will also join the Remuneration Committee.
Simon's career has been spent in the healthcare and financial services industries. This included ten years at Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) in a number of senior roles including Group Executive, International Financial Services and Managing Director and CEO of Sovereign Assurance Company Limited. Before joining CBA, Simon was Chief Operating Officer of Medibank Private in Australia and had been CEO of Australia’s largest hospital group. Simon has also previously held executive roles with both the World Bank and the IFC based in Washington DC. Simon previously served on the Bupa Board between 2016 and 2019 and his other previous board appointments include Bank of Hangzhou Co. Limited and BoCommlife Insurance Company Limited, both in China. Simon currently serves on the board of ASB Bank in New Zealand and is chair of the board of Bupa’s subsidiary in Chile, Bupa Chile S.A.
Clare brings extensive UK financial services experience from her roles at M&G Plc, where she served as both Group CFO and latterly CEO, Retail & Savings. Prior to M&G’s demerger from Prudential, Clare served as CEO, Insurance for Prudential UK & Europe. Prior to her time at Prudential, Clare held various senior roles at Aegon and Swiss Re Group, having started her career at PwC. Clare serves as a non-executive director and chair of the audit & risk committee of IVC Evidensia, the largest veterinary care provider across the UK and Europe, and as a member of the board of the Association of British Insurers. She also has non-executive experience from her time as a non-executive director and chair of the audit committee of RSA Insurance Group plc.
Roger Davis, Chairman of Bupa said: “We are delighted to welcome Clare, and welcome back Simon, to the Bupa Board. Their appointments will further strengthen the financial services experience on the Board in our key markets at an important time in Bupa’s strategic development, and I look forward to working with them both.”
About Bupa
Bupa's purpose is helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. Bupa is an international healthcare company serving over 43 million customers worldwide. With no shareholders, Bupa reinvests profits into providing more and better healthcare for the benefit of current and future customers. Bupa directly employs around 82,000 people, principally in the UK, Australia, Spain, Chile, Poland, New Zealand, Hong Kong SAR, Türkiye, Brazil, Mexico, the US, Middle East and Ireland. Bupa also has associate businesses in Saudi Arabia and India.
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