Directors - QBE Insurance Group
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Directors

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Len Bleasel AM

FAIM, FAICD
Age: 67
Mr Bleasel was appointed an independent non-executive director of QBE in January 2001. He is the chairman of the remuneration committee and a member of the audit and risk committee. Mr Bleasel is the chairman of APA Group. He is also the chairman of the Zoological Parks Board of NSW and is a member of the RBS Group (Australia) Pty Limited advisory council.

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  Duncan Boyle BA, FCII. FAICD
Age: 58
Mr Boyle was appointed an independent non-executive director of QBE in September 2006. He is a member of the audit and risk committee, together with the remuneration committee. Mr Boyle is a director of Clayton Utz and Stockland Trust Group and has 37 years experience in the insurance industry in Australia, New Zealand and the UK.
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John Green

B. Juris/ LLB, FAICD, SfFinsia
Age: 57
Mr Green was appointed an independent non-executive director of QBE in March 2010. He is a non-executive director of WorleyParsons Limited, a member of the Takeovers Panel in Australia and a director of a number of not-for-profit organisations. For 13 years until August 2006, he was an executive director of Macquarie Bank, prior to which he was a commercial lawyer for 17 years.

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  Isabel Hudson MA
Age: 50
Ms Hudson is based in the UK and was appointed an independent non-executive director of QBE in November 2005. She is a member of the audit and risk committee, together with the remuneration committee. Ms Hudson is the chairman of the business development board of Scope, a UK charity, a director of Phoenix Group Holdings and of the Pensions Regulator in the UK and a member of the Standard Life With Profits Committee. She has 29 years experience in the insurance industry in the UK and mainland Europe.
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  Belinda Hutchinson AM, Chairman BEc, FCA, MAICD
Age: 57
Ms Hutchinson was appointed an independent non-executive director of QBE in September 1997 and was appointed the chairman in July 2010. She is the chairman of the investment committee and a member of the audit and risk committee, together with the chairman's and funding committees. She is a director of St Vincent's Health Australia, a member of the Salvation Army Sydney and Territorial advisory board and a member of the external advisory panel of the Australian Securities & Investments Commission.
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  Charles Irby FCA (England and Wales)
Age: 65
Mr Irby is based in the UK and was appointed an independent non-executive director of QBE in June 2001. He is a member of the investment committee and the European operations' audit committee. He is a director of Great Portland Estates plc and North Atlantic Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc. Mr Irby is also a trustee and governor of King Edward VII's Hospital Sister Agnes.
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  Irene Lee BA, Barrister-at-Law
Age: 57
Ms Lee was appointed an independent non-executive director of QBE in May 2002. She is the chairman of the audit and risk committee and a member of the funding and investment committees. Ms Lee is the non-executive chairman of Keybridge Capital Limited and is a director of Cathay Pacific Airways Limited, ING Bank (Australia) Limited and the Myer Family Company Pty Limited. She is a member of the advisory council of JP Morgan Australia and the executive council of the UTS Faculty of Business.
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  Frank O’Halloran, Group Chief Executive Officer FCA
Age: 64
Mr O'Halloran was appointed chief executive officer in January 1998 and is a member of the chairman's, funding and investment committees. He joined QBE in 1976 as Group financial controller. He was appointed chief financial officer in 1982, joined the board as director of finance from 1987 to 1994 and continued on the board as director of operations from 1994 to 1997. He has had extensive experience in professional accountancy for 14 years and insurance management for over 33 years.
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