Group Executive Committee

Group Chief Executive Officer
BA Natural Sciences, ACA

Andrew joined QBE as Group Chief Executive Officer in September 2021. With a strong focus on bringing the enterprise together, Andrew has driven performance consistency and progress towards QBE’s vision to become the most consistent and innovative risk partner. He was previously the CEO, and before that the Finance Director, of Beazley Group, a specialist international insurer based in the United Kingdom. Prior to this, he held various senior finance roles in ING, NatWest and Lloyds Bank. Andrew’s career in insurance and banking spans more than 30 years and he has extensive experience across international markets.

Group Chief Financial Officer
BCom

Inder joined QBE in 2015 and was appointed Group Chief Financial Officer in 2018. His previous roles at QBE include Chief Financial Officer for Australian & New Zealand Operations and Group Head of Corporate Development and Financial Planning & Analysis. Inder has more than 20 years’ experience in financial services spanning property and casualty, life insurance and banking. He started his career at Arthur Andersen before working in investment banking in Sydney and London with Deutsche Bank and UBS. Prior to joining QBE, he was Group M&A Director at Aviva plc in London where he led a number of transformational transactions.

Group Executive, Corporate Affairs and Sustainability
BA Organisational Communication, GAICD

Viv joined QBE in 2017 and was appointed Group Executive, Corporate Affairs and Sustainability in 2019 and since 2017 has been the Chair for the QBE Global Foundation. She previously held senior investor relations and corporate affairs roles, including Group Head of Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations at Lendlease, Head of Group Internal Communications at Westpac and Group General Manager of Communications at Multiplex Group.

Group Chief Underwriting Officer
BSc Physics, C Physics, C Eng

Peter joined QBE in 2008 and was appointed Group Chief Underwriting Officer in 2023. His previous roles in QBE include Executive Director of International Markets for our European Operations (with a portfolio covering London, Singapore, Dubai, Canada and the US) and prior to that Director Natural Resources. Early in his time at QBE Peter established the QBE Lloyd’s Asian operations.

Peter has more than 24 years experience in the insurance industry.

Prior to joining QBE, he worked for Marsh in their engineering and energy broking functions. Prior to joining the insurance industry, Peter worked in technical and engineering consultancy roles in the UK and internationally.

Group Executive, Technology and Operations
MSc, Computation BA, Economics

Ian Fantozzi joined QBE in January 2025 as Group Executive, Technology and Operations. Prior to joining QBE, Ian held several positions at Beazley including CEO Beazley Digital, Group Chief Operating Officer and leadership roles in underwriting and claims operations.

Ian has more than 25 years’ experience in the Financial Services and Insurance sector, specialising in digital transformation and operational efficiencies. His appointment is subject to the satisfactory completion of relevant regulatory approvals.

Chief Executive Officer, International
BSc (Hons) Geology

Jason joined QBE as Chief Executive Officer, International in October 2020. Prior to joining QBE, Jason held a number of global and international leadership roles at XL Group including as Chief Executive, Global Property and Casualty and as Chief Executive, International Property and Casualty. He previously worked at AIG/Chartis in several senior roles including Executive Director, Commercial Lines. He is an underwriter by background and started his career in offshore energy. He has worked in insurance for over 25 years.

Chief Executive Officer, Australia Pacific
BA History, ACA

Sue joined QBE as Chief Executive Officer, Australia Pacific in August 2021. She was previously Managing Director, Insurance for the Westpac Group. Sue has more than 20 years’ experience in the financial services sector, having held senior leadership and management roles at Wesfarmers Insurance, Insurance Australia Group and Arthur J Gallagher. She is a member of the Champions of Change Coalition and is a director and immediate past President of the Insurance Council of Australia.

Group Chief People Officer
BCom, MBA, CA, GAICD

Amanda joined QBE in 2020 as Group Head of Culture, Performance and Reward and was appointed Group Executive, People and Culture in December 2021. Prior to joining QBE, she was the Director of People and Culture at AMP and she previously held senior HR roles at Lendlease and Macquarie Group. Amanda began her career as a chartered accountant and has worked in Sydney, London and Auckland.

Group Chief Risk Officer
BScDipEd, MFin, FCPA, MAICD

Fiona joined QBE in March 2021 as Group Chief Risk Officer. Prior to joining QBE, she was the Chief Risk Officer for Barclays UK. She has also held senior roles at major financial services companies in Australia and the United Kingdom, including as Chief Risk Officer, Retail Banking for Commonwealth Bank of Australia and as a risk advisory partner at Ernst & Young consulting to insurance, banking and wealth management clients, and has worked at Westpac, AMP Limited, GE Mortgage Insurance and Citibank.

Group Executive, Technology & Operations
MBA

Matt joined QBE in 2018 as Group Chief Information Officer and was appointed to the Group Executive Committee in 2019. Prior to joining QBE, he held senior global roles in Barclays Bank and GE Capital. Matt has over 30 years’ experience in technology, operations and digital business leadership roles.

Group Head of Distribution
B Business Administration, Finance

Julie joined QBE in June 2024 as Group Head of Distribution. Julie has more than 20 years of experience in the insurance industry. She was previously at Marsh where she held several leadership roles and led numerous key customer relationships. She was most recently the Southeast Zone Global Risk Management Leader and a member of the North America Global Risk Management Leadership team. Her previous roles at Marsh include Southeast Zone Corporate Segment Leader and Southeast Zone Global Risk Management Client Executive, Senior Vice President.

Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
BA, LLB, MA, AGIA and GAICD

Carolyn joined QBE in 2016 as Group General Counsel and Company Secretary. Prior to joining QBE, she was Group General Counsel at Goodman Group for 17 years, where she ran a multi-disciplinary legal team. Carolyn has extensive experience in corporate law, compliance, regulatory matters, litigation and managing the complexity of multiple jurisdictions.

Chief Executive Officer, North America
B Science, Economics, Sociology

Julie joined QBE as Group Head of Distribution in January 2023 and was then appointed to the role Chief Executive Officer, North America in September 2023. She was previously at Marsh as their Southeast Partnership & Zonal Leader and a member of their US Executive Committee. Previously, she held the position of Zonal Casualty Leader at Marsh in Atlanta. Julie also held several senior executive roles at Zurich for 15 years.