Board and Committees

Board

The Board is currently comprised of six Non-Executive Directors and four Executive Directors.

  • Graeme McAusland is the Chair
  • All Directors will be subject to re-election in 2024

The Directors’ CVs can be viewed below.

Committees

Much governance work is carried out in Committees. These Committees include both Directors and other Non-executives approved by the Board, supported and advised by management.

Follow the links to see the Terms of Reference and Membership of our 4 Board Committees and With-Profits Non-Executive Director.

Introducing your Board of Management

Graeme McAusland

Chair

Annette Petchey

CEO

Martin Bellingham

Executive Director

Robert Dagg

Risk & Operations Director and Company Secretary

Paul Grimshare

Executive Director

Rebecca Hall

Non-Executive Director

Craig Haslam

Non-Executive Director

Nicola Hayes

Non-Executive Director

Katherine Jones

Non-Executive Director

Emma Richards

Non-Executive Director

Lee Schöpp

Non-Executive Director

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Metfriendly is the trading name for Metropolitan Police Friendly Society Limited

Metropolitan Police Friendly Society Ltd is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority (Firm ref No. 110026).

Incorporated under the Friendly Societies Act 1992 and Registered in the UK No. 496F

Graeme McAusland

Chair

Graeme was appointed Chair of the Society from 1 January 2023. He was appointed to the Board in August 2016 and has previously chaired the Society’s Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee and acted as the Society’s With-Profits Advisory Arrangement. Graeme qualified as an actuary in 1991 and has spent most of his working life in the life assurance industry. He has held various senior roles, including chief executive of a mutual insurer and UK group finance director of another insurer. He is Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of The Medical Defence Union and is Chair of the Trustees of a funeral plan trust. In his spare time, Graeme plays the cornet in a brass band, for which he is also the concert secretary, plays golf and watches all sorts of sports, particularly football and cricket. 

Annette Petchey

CEO

Chief Executive Officer, Remuneration, Nomination & Governance Committee

Annette has been Metfriendly’s CEO since 2021. She has a proven track record of effective leadership and making a positive difference for Metfriendly Members. 

She trained as a life and disability underwriter and has worked in many different areas of financial services in her career. Annette has deep board experience across the financial sector and other organisations, both as an executive and non-executive director. She also has experience in delivering transformation across several commercial and not-for-profit businesses, including social enterprises that invest all profits into member and user services. Delivering through successful partnerships has underpinned Annette’s career, making her well- placed to understand the importance of Metfriendly’s partnerships with the Police Family.  

On a personal note, she is the daughter of a former Police Officer and was a JP for several years, so has first-hand knowledge of the important role the Police have in our society. She is married and has two school-aged children. 

Martin Bellingham

Executive Director

Membership Support Director, Member Committee

Martin joined Metfriendly in 2019 as sales and marketing director and has moved into the role of membership support director in 2022, reflecting his additional responsibility for the Member Services Team. He has spent most of his working life in financial services, having held senior roles at Nationwide, The Children’s Mutual and AXA. Prior to moving into financial services, Martin worked at Boots in various strategic marketing roles. Martin is a member of the Market Research Society and sits on an advisory board for the Office for National Statistics.  

Robert Dagg

Executive Director

Risk & Operations Director and Company Secretary

Rob joined Metfriendly in 2019 and has 35 years’ experience in financial services, having held a number of senior roles in both customer-facing and support functions at major financial institutions. He brings a wealth of risk knowledge and is a Fellow of the International Compliance Association. He leads the Risk, Compliance, Technology and HR teams and is our company secretary. He is a member of the Executive Leadership Team. He holds the senior manager function of risk for Metfriendly and joined the Board as an executive director on 1 January 2023. In his spare time, he is a keen swimmer.  

Paul Grimshare

Executive Director

Chief Financial Officer, Investment Committee

Paul joined the Society as CFO in June 2022. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales) and has worked for over 20 years in the life and pensions, general insurance and asset management sectors in the UK and internationally. Paul qualified with a Big Four firm and has since focused on delivering effective financial management and providing strategic financial insights to drive business growth and development. Paul is also an experienced non-executive director. He previously served on the Board of a major UK pension scheme and is a non-executive director of a business delivering low-carbon energy and sustainable development in his local borough. Away from work, Paul is a husband and father of two boys, with a keen interest in sport, fitness and travel – ideally combining all three. 

Rebecca Hall

Non-Executive Director

With Profits Advisory Arrangement, Member Committee, Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee

Rebecca has been an actuarial consultant for much of her career, initially with Deloitte and more recently working independently through her own company. Rebecca has focused on supporting companies going through strategic change, including transfers to a third party and re-structuring of With-Profits business. Rebecca has a focus on member outcomes. She applies her actuarial knowledge to development of solutions focused on member needs, spending time to ensure communications are accurate, clear and make sense to Members. Her work as a consultant, together with a role in the executive team at Marine & General Mutual, has given her a breadth of experience across the life insurance industry. She specialises in annuity and With-Profits business and has worked with many other mutual firms. Rebecca is also an independent member of the Royal London With-Profits Committee and non-executive director for National Friendly. Rebecca is a keen cellist and has two young children. 

Craig Haslam

Non-Executive Director

Chair of Remuneration, Nomination & Governance Committee, member of Investment Committee

Craig was appointed to the Board on 1 January 2019, having retired from the Metropolitan Police Service the previous month. He spent 32 years with the Metropolitan Police Service, joining as a cadet and finishing as the OCU Commander for the Taskforce. He had a varied career in challenging boroughs and in training while specialising in the arena of public order.  

Craig is proud of the support, help and advice he has given to friends and colleagues over the years, in both their professional and personal lives, and did much to promote the financial security and wellbeing of others. Craig has been a member of Metfriendly since joining the Police, making his move onto the Board a natural progression. Craig is a professional toastmaster and master of ceremonies, and keeps busy while officiating at weddings, awards ceremonies and charity events. 

In 2022, Craig was commissioned as one of His Majesty’s Deputy Lieutenants, representing the monarch and building bridges in communities across Greater London. 

Nicola Hayes

Non-Executive Director

Chair of the Investment Committee, member of Remuneration Nomination & Governance Committee

Nicola has had a wide-ranging career covering everything from pedigree dogs to universities to trade associations, with the majority spent in financial services at Invesco Perpetual and Baring Asset Management. When she left Barings in 2016, she was Global Head of Client Service & Relationship Management and a non-executive director of eight listed fund management companies in four countries. She is now a corporate governance consultant and sits on the board of the Sue Ryder charity, where she is chair of the Finance, Investment & Commercial Committee. 

Katherine Jones

Non-Executive Director

Member of Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee

Katherine was appointed to the Board in October 2024. Katherine is an experienced executive leader with almost 25 years in the Financial Services industry. She originally qualified as a Chartered Accountant at KPMG with experience in both Audit and Transaction Services, after graduating from Sheffield University with a BA (hons) in German and Business.  In her Executive career, she is currently Group Chief Financial Officer of a UK-based listed wealth manager, having previously held senior finance positions including Group Finance Director of one of the UK’s largest savings and retirement businesses and Group Head of Financial Performance at a global insurer. She has also previously held positions as Director of Investor Relations at two listed savings and retirement companies, where she was responsible for leading investor relations activity and the interaction with the market.  

Katherine brings to the Board relevant financial expertise and deep experience of complex organisations at various stages of growth and maturity.    

Outside of work, she enjoys running and spending time with her husband and three sport-obsessed children aged 14, 12 and 10. 

Emma Richards

Non-Executive Director

Chair of Member Committee, member of Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee, Consumer Duty Champion

Emma was appointed to the Board in April 2022.  Emma retired from the Metropolitan Police in October 2022, having served for 34 years. She has been a uniformed officer all her career, specialising in firearms, public order and as a counter terrorism security co-ordinator. Emma retired as a superintendent on the Taskforce within the MPS and was appointed as the national gender lead for the Police Superintendents Association in 2018. She brought up two children as a single parent and worked part time for many years.  Emma is the third generation of Metropolitan and City of London Police Officers; her sister retired as a DCI in 2020 and her niece works for the City of London Police. 

Lee Schöpp

Non-Executive Director

Senior Independent Director, Chair of Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee, member of Investment Committee

Appointed to the Board in August 2016, Lee is a Chartered Accountant, Chartered Director, and former interim CEO of a mutual insurer, British Friendly Society Limited. Lee brings considerable strategic planning and execution experience gained over the past 20 years. He is an active member of the Association of Financial Mutuals and a Fellow of the Institute of Directors. In addition to these roles, Lee also built his own home, founded and sold a successful micro-brewery in Bedfordshire, and acts as a consultant to small and medium-sized businesses, helping owners maximise their potential.