Board Members

Find out more about the Board Members of AFM below.

Marc Bicknell

Railway Enginemen's Assurance

Marc was appointed as Chief Executive at Railway Enginemen's Assurance Society in October 2016.

Kathy Byrne

MetFriendly

Kathy Byrne is CEO of Metfriendly. A qualified actuary, she has 35 years’ experience in the financial services sector with extensive actuarial, technical and risk management knowledge spanning life insurance, general insurance and savings.

Elaine Fairless

Compass Friendly Society Limited

Elaine has long experience of the financial mutuals sector ranging from larger insurance mutuals to the very smallest friendly societies both as an employee and a consultant.

Peter Green

Healthy Investment

Following an early career in banking, Peter joined Bolton & District Hospital Saturday in 1994, as Secretary / Organiser, a role subsequently retitled Chief Executive.

Paul Hudson

Cirencester Friendly Society

Paul joined Cirencester Friendly Society as Chief Executive in February 1997 and celebrated 23 years’ service in 2020.

Gordon Hull

British Friendly

Gordon joined the Board of British Friendly in July 2019 with over 25 years’ experience of developing businesses in the financial services sector. He has held leadership positions in insurance, consumer investment and financial advice businesses including Wesleyan, Virgin Money, AXA and Bestinvest.

Chris Kenny

MDDUS

Barnsley born and bred, Chris started his career in the Civil Service in 1984 after graduating in English from University College, Oxford. Over the next 16 years, he worked on a variety of health policy, consumer and operational and was Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State. He also spent two years in the Treasury working on economic reform in the Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.

Jane Nelson

The Oddfellows

Jane joined the Oddfellows in 1995 as Financial Controller and joined the Board of Directors in May 2000 after being appointed as Secretary of the Order.

Mike Perry

PG Mutual

Mike joined PG Mutual as CEO and Director in 2011, overseeing the rebrand of the business resulting in subsequent business development across a wider professional market. This has, in turn, seen record membership figures achieved by the Society, and a substantial increase in assets...

Russ Piper

Chief Executive, Sovereign Health Care

Russ has worked in the financial services industry for over 34 years, in a variety of roles including Operations, Sales and Marketing and for the last 11 years as Chief Executive of Sovereign Health Care.

Stuart Tragheim

Holloway Friendly Society

Stuart has worked in the financial services market for over 35 years in a range of strategy, leadership and business development roles.

Martin Shaw

Association of Financial Mutuals, Chief Executive

Martin Shaw is the Chief Executive of the Association of Financial Mutuals.