About Amanda
Amanda has held senior executive roles across the insurance industry as Group Chief Executive Officer at AXA UK PPP & Ireland, and Chief Executive Officer, EMEA & Global Banking at Zurich Insurance Group. Amanda held executive leadership positions at Towergate Insurance Brokers, Groupama Insurance Company and Commercial Union.
She has served as Chair of the Insurance Fraud Bureau, President of the Chartered Insurance Institute, a member of the Prime Minister's Business Council, and Co-Chair of the UK Transition Taskforce, which developed a gold standard for private sector climate transition plans. Amanda has worked with Bain & Company to design an industry-first blueprint with practical recommendations that organisations can use to boost representation across Financial Services.
In 2020 Amanda led the Government’s independent review into flood insurance. Amanda joined the UK Government’s Business Infrastructure Taskforce in September 2025, which examines how to increase infrastructure investment in the UK.
In 2023, Amanda was named as The Sunday Times business person of the year and in December 2025 included in Forbes World’s Most Powerful Women of 2025.
Amanda is an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute and has an MBA from Leeds University. She holds a BA (hons) in history from the University of Liverpool and has also received honorary degrees from the Universities of Liverpool, York and Buckinghamshire New University.
Amanda was awarded a Damehood in the King’s New Year Honours in January 2024.
Amanda is a director of Aviva Group Holdings Limited.