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Direct Line Insurance Group Limited

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 57

  1. Stephen Forder Pond 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Jane Carmel Poole 2024-2025 Director View profile
  3. Carol Hagh 2024-2025 Director View profile
  4. Adam Charles Winslow 2024-2025 Director View profile
  5. David Stanley Neave 2023-2025 Director View profile
  6. Jonathan Paul Greenwood 2023-2024 Director View profile
  7. Mark Peter Lewis 2023-2025 Director View profile
  8. Tracy Joan Corrigan 2021-2025 Director View profile
  9. Neil David Manser 2021-2024 Director View profile
  10. Adrian Christopher Joseph 2021-2025 Director View profile
  11. Timothy Walter Harris 2019-2021 Director View profile
  12. Fiona Catherine Mcbain 2018-2025 Director View profile
  13. Gregor Ninian Stewart 2018-2025 Director View profile
  14. Mark Julian Gregory 2018-2025 Director View profile
  15. Penelope Jane James 2017-2023 Director View profile
  16. Danuta Gray 2017-2025 Director View profile
  17. Michael Anthony Holliday-Williams 2017-2019 Director View profile
  18. Richard Churchill Ward 2016-2025 Director View profile
  19. Sebastian Richard Edward Cuthbert James 2014-2023 Director View profile
  20. Mark Catton 2013-2014 Director View profile
  21. Glyn Parry Jones 2012-2015 Director View profile
  22. Priscilla Audrey Vacassin 2012-2016 Director View profile
  23. Clare Eleanor Thompson 2012-2019 Director View profile
  24. Michael Nicholas Biggs 2012-2020 Director View profile
  25. Bruce Winfield Van Saun 2012-2013 Director View profile
  26. Jane Carolyn Hanson 2011-2021 Director View profile
  27. Andrew William Palmer 2011-2018 Director View profile
  28. Anthony Jonathan Reizenstein 2011-2018 Director View profile
  29. Leigh James Bartlett 2009-2011 Director View profile
  30. Sheree Kim Howard 2009-2012 Director View profile
  31. Paul Robert Geddes 2009-2019 Director View profile
  32. Gordon Francis Pell 2009-2009 Director View profile
  33. Edward John Gerard Smith 2008-2009 Director View profile
  34. Christopher Paul Sullivan 2006-2012 Director View profile
  35. Mark Alexander Hesketh 2006-2009 Director View profile
  36. Richard David Houghton 2005-2007 Director View profile
  37. Bernard Higgins 2004-2006 Director View profile
  38. Norman Cardie Mcluskie 2004-2010 Director View profile
  39. John Alastair Nigel Cameron 2003-2004 Director View profile
  40. Ian Hugh Chippendale 2003-2006 Director View profile
  41. Mark Andrew Fisher 2003-2009 Director View profile
  42. Stephen Victor Castle 2003-2004 Director View profile
  43. Annette Elizabeth Court 2003-2006 Director View profile
  44. John Alistair Barclay 2003-2004 Director View profile
  45. Ian Falconer 2003-2012 Director View profile
  46. John Robert Dacey 2000-2003 Director View profile
  47. Manfred Broska 2000-2003 Director View profile
  48. Hans Rudolf Strickler 2000-2000 Director View profile
  49. Thomas Edouard Popp 2000-2000 Director View profile
  50. John Brendan O'Roarke 1999-2005 Director View profile
  51. John Whittome Timmis 1999-2003 Director View profile
  52. Martin Paul Long 2004 Director View profile
  53. Roger Cheston Clifton 2014-2025 Secretary View profile
  54. Humphrey Michael Tomlinson 2011-2014 Secretary View profile
  55. Penelope Ann Hutchings 2005-2011 Secretary View profile
  56. Peter Jeremy Atkinson 2003-2006 Secretary View profile
  57. Paul Bernard Cassidy 2002-2003 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
26/07/1988

Ownership

Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. Direct Line Insurance Group Limited is controlled by Aviva Insurance Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-07-02 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Aviva Insurance Limited is controlled by Aviva Group Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Aviva Group Holdings Limited is controlled by Aviva PLC
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Aviva PLC.

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Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

11 directors on the board

0.9y median 1y
average tenure
1y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (11)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Finance 34Professional services 3Business services 1Education 1Property 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
02280426
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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