Bupa today announces the appointments of Ed Giera and Annette Court as Non-Executive Directors.
Ed will join the Board on 1 August 2026 and be a member of the Audit, Risk, Clinical Governance and Oversight, and Nomination and Governance Committees. Annette will join the Board on 1 September 2026 and be a member of the Audit, Risk, Remuneration, and Nomination and Governance Committees.
Ed is a financial services veteran, with over 40 years’ experience as an executive and non-executive director in international capital markets and risk management. Ed currently serves as a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Board Risk Committee of Rothesay Life plc, a leading UK pension insurance company, where he has been a non-executive director since 2021. Ed previously served as Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Board Risk Committee of Santander UK plc, and as a non-executive Director and Chair of the Board Audit and Risk Committee at Pension Insurance Corporation Group Limited. As an executive, Ed was Managing Director and Global Head of Pensions Risk Advisory, and prior to that Head of Capital Markets for the EMEA Region, and Head of Acquisition Finance among other senior roles with the investment banking affiliate of JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Annette brings extensive experience as a FTSE100 and FTSE250 chair and non-executive director as well as from her executive career in the insurance sector. She is Senior Independent Director at Next plc and Sage Group plc, and a non-executive director of Admiral Europe Compañia de Seguros. She was chair of Admiral Group plc until 2023 and of WH Smith plc until February 2026. In her executive career, Annette was the CEO of Europe General Insurance for Zurich Financial Services from 2007 to 2010 and the CEO of Direct Line Group (formerly RBS Insurance) from 2001 to 2006.
Don Robert, CBE, Bupa Board Chair, said: “We are delighted to welcome Ed and Annette to the Bupa Board, where their expertise will further enhance both our financial services and risk management capabilities.”
About Bupa
Established in 1947, Bupa's purpose is helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We are an international healthcare company serving 68 million customers worldwide. With no shareholders, we reinvest profits into providing more and better healthcare for the benefit of current and future customers. Bupa has businesses around the world, principally in Australia, the UK, Spain, Poland, Chile, Hong Kong SAR, India, Türkiye, Brazil, Mexico and New Zealand. We also have associate businesses in Saudi Arabia.
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