Angus Samuels joined the Board of the Company in July 2006 as a Non-Executive Director and was appointed Chairman in March 2017. He has previously held a number of Chief Executive Officer roles, including at Sanwa Asset Management UK Limited, Credit Suisse Asset Management Limited and Sanlam Investment Management Limited (South Africa). He currently serves as the Chairman of Punter Southall Group Limited and Craven Street Capital Limited and holds a number of other Non-Executive Directorships, including with Sanlam UK Limited and Sanlam Life and Pensions UK Limited.

As well as chairing the main board, Angus is a member of the Audit, Nomination, Remuneration and Risk committees.

The Board considers Angus Samuels to be an independent Non-Executive Director.

David Ferguson co-founded the Company in 2006 and has been the Chief Executive Officer since then. Previously, he was Director of Abacus Financial Marketing Limited. He was a trainee actuary with Life Association of Scotland Limited prior to working at Ivory & Sime Limited and what was then known as Scottish Life International Limited. He has also been a member of Her Majesty’s Treasury Fintech Envoy for Scotland since December 2016 and is the current Chairman of FinTech Scotland. He has a BSc (Hons) (Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics) from Heriot-Watt University.

Jeremy Gibson joined the Board in 2013 as a Non-Executive Director and has previously fulfilled the role of Chairman of the audit and risk committees. He joined Sanlam UK Limited in September 2012 where he is currently the Chief Financial Officer. He is a qualified chartered accountant, having qualified in South Africa and has worked in a broad range of financial services organisations including stockbroking, investment banking, mortgage lending, advisory services and life and pensions in London and Sydney.

Jeremy is a member of the Audit Committee and Risk Committee.

John Levin joined the Board in 2017 as a Non-Executive Director. He co-founded and is Chairman of Quanis Limited, Certua Group Limited and Surely Limited. He also co-founded Telecom Plus PLC where he was a Non-Executive Director from 1997 to 2006. Mr Levin has held senior positions in several companies including, Chairman of Amtrust Europe Limited, Chief Executive Officer and Non-Executive Director of IGI Group Limited. He is presently Chairman of Car Care Plan (Holdings) Limited, Motors Insurance Company Limited and Rocketer Limited and sits on the board of Money Dashboard Limited, Ashton Insurance Services Limited and Integrated Protection Solutions Limited. Mr Levin was also a Non-Executive Director at Pedigree Livestock Insurance Limited and Chairman of Q-Cloud Services Limited.

John is a member of the Audit, Nomination, Remuneration and Risk committees.

The Board considers John Levin to be an independent Non-Executive Director.

Jonathan Polin joined the Board in 2016 as a Non-Executive Director. He currently serves as the group Chief Executive Officer of Sanlam UK Limited, which he joined in 2015. Previously, he was group Chief Executive Officer of Ashcourt Rowan Limited. Prior to this, he was a Director at Ignis Asset Management Limited. Mr Polin began his financial services career with Prudential PLC in 1992, having spent the previous 12 years in the Army. In 1994, he took up the position of Managing Director UK, European and Middle Eastern sales at what was formerly known as Aberdeen Asset Management PLC.

Jonathan is a member of the Nomination Committee and the Remuneration Committee.

Margaret Hassall is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director at OneSavings Bank. Margaret brings a broad range of experience developed across various industry sectors including manufacturing, utilities, and financial services. She spent seven years working for Deloitte as a consultant and led the financial services consulting business for Charteris. Margaret has also been engaged as chief operations officer or chief information officer for divisions within some of the world’s largest banks, including Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland. Margaret is a Non-Executive Director for Ascension Trust (Scotland). She will chair Nucleus’ Nomination and Remuneration Committees.

The Board considers Margaret Hassall to be an independent Non-Executive Director.

Stuart Geard joined the Company as Managing Director in 2012 and more recently became Chief Financial Officer in August 2017. Mr Geard started his career in 1997 with what is today PwC South Africa before moving to Sanlam Limited as a senior manager in corporate finance. He moved to the UK in 2005 as head of finance and investments for what is now Sanlam Life and Pensions UK limited prior to becoming Finance Director of Sanlam UK Limited. He also served as Director at Sanlam Private Investments UK Limited and Sanlam Life and Pensions UK Limited. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in South Africa with PwC in 2000 and has passed all three levels of the CFA exams. He graduated from the University of Cape Town with a BBusSc (Finance) and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Accounting.

Tracy Dunley-Owen joined the Board in 2018 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. She has held senior executive finance roles up to Chief Financial Officer and Board, Audit and Risk Committee responsibilities at various companies within the Old Mutual PLC group, Guardian Financial Services Group, a division of Swiss Re Life Capital and Celestial Financial Services Limited. She is a Non-Executive Director of Lifecheq (Pty) Limited and an Independent Non-Executive Director for the Women’s Investment Portfolio Holdings (Pty) Limited where she serves as a Member of the Audit Committee, Chair of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee, and Chair of the Social and Ethics Committee.

Tracy is chair of the Nucleus Audit Committee and Risk Committee.

The Board considers Tracy Dunley-Owen to be an independent Non-Executive Director.