Steve is currently a Non-Executive Director on the board of Sampo plc, the €25bn insurance and banking group based in Helsinki, where he brings international insurance experience, commercial discipline and a strong focus on customer, culture and performance.

His executive career included 16 years on the Group Executive Committee of specialist global insurer Hiscox, where he held multiple CEO roles – leading Hiscox UK & Ireland, Hiscox Europe, Hiscox Asia and, from 2018 to 2021, Hiscox USA. Alongside these roles he served as Group CMO from 2005 to 2021, responsible for positioning, brand and marketing across the Group.

Before joining Hiscox, Steve built his commercial and marketing grounding in global consumer goods. He was CEO of Diageo Italy, CMO of Diageo Ireland and CMO of Coca-Cola Brazil, having previously held senior FMCG marketing and commercial roles in the UK. This experience honed his skills in demand creation, category and brand strategy, and go-to-market execution at scale and across cultures.

Throughout his career, Steve has led several major IT and systems transformations in the UK and US, integrating technology change with front-line commercial priorities. He has also driven significant turnaround programmes across multiple geographies, often in challenging market conditions. A strong advocate for the power of transformation in people as well as businesses, he led a number of diversity and inclusion initiatives at Hiscox, reflecting his belief that diverse, empowered teams are critical to sustainable performance.