The Lloyd’s Patriotic Fund is an independent charity managed by a board of trustees that support the governance and operations of the charity. Trustees are supported by the Global Community Engagement team at Lloyd’s.
Lloyd’s Patriotic Fund Board of Trustees
Ed Butler CBE DSO - Chair
Ed has nearly 40 years of experience leading and delivering high value outcomes in extremely challenging environments, both in the military and commercially and has worked with some of the leading FTSE companies, law firms and family offices. Ed was privileged to command 22 SAS Regiment over 9/11 and led British forces in Afghanistan in 2001, 2002 and 2006. He sits on a number of advisory boards, including: Northcourt, the Nuclear Risk Specialists; Gallos Technologies which invests in security technology companies; and the Cyber Risk and Security Committees for EDF Energy Generation, the operating company for UK’s nuclear industry. He has been part of the leadership team that built two successful small risk consulting businesses and spent 7 years as Chief Resilience Officer at Pool Re, the Government backed terrorism reinsurance scheme. As well as chairing the Lloyd’s Patriotic Fund, he chairs the Development Committee of the Clocktower Foundation and is a Warden of the Goldsmiths’ Company. Ed speaks regularly on leadership in high performance organisations, managing risk and complexity as well as geo-political and security matters. He has been formally recognised by His Majesty's Government on six occasions for his service to the nation.
James de Labillière - Vice-Chair
James de Labillière became a Trustee in 2023. He is a senior leader in the insurance industry with over a decade of experience building and leading Managing General Agency businesses—initially at Hiscox, and now as Managing Director of Aon Underwriting Managers at Aon. He is also a member of the Aon UK leadership team.
Before entering the insurance sector, James served for over 20 years in the British Army. His distinguished military career included operational deployments, peacekeeping missions, and strategic influence roles across the globe, as well as Command of 1 Rifles and two tours in Whitehall at the Ministry of Defence. He was appointed MBE in 2000 and awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and Bar for leadership in operational campaigns in 2009 and 2011.
James is delighted to be in a position to contribute to the LVC and is committed to building on its legacy by delivering meaningful support to the military veteran community.
Warren Clegg
Warren is the Head of Private Assets within Lloyd’s Treasury and Investment Management. He initially worked in the House of Commons as a Parliamentary Researcher before he joined the Army. He served for five years in the Queen’s Gurkha Engineers and Royal Engineers where he served in Iraq and on disaster relief operations in Nepal. He remains an Army Reservist where he serves as a Liaison Officer at Headquarters London District and is also Chair of the Corporation of Lloyd’s Military Community. He has a degree in Natural Sciences form the University of Cambridge, holds the CFA chartership from the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute, has the CAIA designation from the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association and is an Incorporated Engineer with the Institution of Royal Engineers.
Mark Keville
Mark’s career has spanned the military, insurance and charity sectors. He served in Germany and Northern Ireland during 7 years with The Light Infantry leaving as a Captain to pursue a career at Lloyd’s where he spent the following 25 years broking treaty reinsurance and then energy at Marsh, HSBC and AAA. Leaving the City in 2014, Mark founded Robbie’s Rehab; a charitable trust which has funded therapists for children with Acquired Brain Injury and the building of the new ‘Robbie’s’ rehabilitation ward at Southampton Hospital. Mark sits on the North Hampshire bench as a magistrate. He holds an MSc in Risk Management from London’s Cass Business School, an ACII from the Chartered Insurance Institute, is a Chartered Insurance Broker and sits on the insurance-advisory board of a new Cyber Resilience company based in the City.
Simon Maxwell
Simon Maxwell formally served as an officer in the Royal Marines. In 2011, whilst deployed as a Troop Commander to Helmand Province (Afghanistan), he was seriously injured after standing on an improvised explosive device. Simon used sport as a vehicle throughout his rehabilitation process; completing a full Ironman triathlon as well as a solo swim across the English Channel. In 2013 he received the ‘Millie’ award for ‘Overcoming Adversity’. Having since qualified as a solicitor, Simon is a member of HFW's global Complex Environments and Admiralty teams. He specialises in advising those working within hostile environments and in handling major marine casualties.
Sean McGovern
Sean is CEO of AXA XL in the UK, part of the AXA Group. Sean is also a member of the Council of Lloyd’s, Chair and a member of the Board of the Lloyd’s Market Group, Director and Board member of the Lloyd’s Market Association.In 2016 Sean joined XL Catlin as Global Head of Regulatory & Government Affairs and Chief Compliance Officer. Following AXA’s acquisition of XL Catlin, Sean became Global General Counsel of AXA XL. In 2020 Sean stepped into his current CEO role.Prior to working at AXA XL, Sean worked at the Lloyd’s of London for 20 years where he held leadership positions including Chief Risk Officer & General Counsel and was previously a member of the Lloyd’s of London Franchise Board from 2014-2016.
Nigel Somerville
Nigel Somerville is a strategic security and risk management professional with exceptional board-level experience across global organisations. Currently serving as Head of Security EMEA for Warner Brothers Discovery, he oversees security strategies across 20 countries.
Previously Managing Director of Risk Advisory at Marsh McLellan, Nigel served on the Board and UK Executive Committee of the FCA-regulated consultancy. Earlier roles included Head of Risk Advisory across EMEA at JLT and Managing Director of Risk Consulting at Mitie PLC. His formative 17-year Royal Marines career encompassed strategic advisory roles to Whitehall Ministers and COBR, alongside leadership appointments.
A Chartered Security Professional (CSyP), Nigel holds an MA (Hons) from Edinburgh University and MA in Defence Studies from King's College London. He serves as trustee of military charities and board advisor and is a Freeman of the City of London.
Jane Warren
Active Underwriter and UK Legal Entities Managing Director
Jane Warren is Active Underwriter and UK Legal Entities Managing Director, Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance.
Jane was appointed Active Underwriter in April 2021 and is also UK Legal Entities Managing Director, a role she has held since March 2019. She is responsible for strategic and operational leadership relating to Lloyd’s Syndicate 4472. She is Chief Underwriting Officer for Liberty Managing Agency Limited and supports the management of Liberty’s underwriting platform at Lloyd’s. Jane is also the UK Branch Manager for LSM’s European company platform, Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe SE, and the Executive Sponsor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for LSM.
Jane is a Director of the Liberty Managing Agency Limited Board and was appointed to the Board of the Lloyd’s Market Association in October 2022, and to the London Market Group in 2024, and is a Member of the ESG Advisory Group of the Council of Lloyd’s. Jane was also elected as a Corporate External Member of the Lloyds Council in October 2024.
Jane joined Liberty in 2019 from Axis Specialty Europe, where she was Chief Operating Officer (COO). She was responsible for Axis’ international insurance operations in Singapore, Bermuda, Dublin, and London Market, including Syndicate 1686, and maintaining regulatory relationships. The role included supporting the strategic development of key countries and their leadership teams. Jane held a number of senior roles within Axis prior to her appointment as COO. Jane has over 30 years’ experience in the insurance industry in senior management, Operations, Re/Insurance Underwriting, Risk Management, Broking, and Regulatory roles.
Duncan Welham
Duncan Welham served for 27 years in the Royal Air Force as a helicopter pilot and officer. He held the position of Station Commander of Royal Air Force Benson and worked alongside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the British Embassy in Washington DC. As well as this, he commanded 72 Squadron in Northern Ireland and worked in the Ministry of Defence. After retiring from the military in 2007, Duncan worked for a year at Network Rail as Customer Relationship Executive to Virgin Trains before moving to Aon Inpoint, where he became Managing Director in 2011. In 2016, he became Head of Insurer Relationship Management at JLT Specialty. Following Marsh’s acquisition of JLT in 2019 he assumed the role of Global Insurer Consulting Leader at Marsh.
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globalcommunityengagement@lloyds.comLloyd’s Patriotic Fund, charity registration number 210173, One Lime Street, London, EC3M 7HA