Michael J Wade, Esq

Career: fndr and chm Holman Wade Ltd 1980-93, dir Horace Clarkson plc 1986-93, fndr and chief exec Rostrum Gp Ltd 2000-; memb Lloyd's 1980-, memb Cncl and Ctee Lloyd's 1987-92, chm Lloyd's Community Prog 1988-94, memb Lloyd's Taskforce 1991, fndr Corporate Lloyd's Membership Ltd 1993, chief exec CLM Insurance Fund plc (appointed dep chm on merger with SVB Holdings plc 1999); chm: Opera Interludes Ltd 1990-, Bowood Holdings Ltd 2005-08; dir: Rostrum Gp Ltd 2000-09, Optex Gp Ltd (formerly Paterson Martin Ltd) 2006 (chm 2008-11, Optex Gp acquired by Besso Insurance Gp Ltd); exec chm Besso Insurance Gp Ltd 2011-; non-exec dir BRIT Holdings plc 2002-03; treas Cons Pty 2000- (memb Economic Competitiveness Policy Gp 2006-), chm Cons Friends of Pakistan 2012-; tstee Salisbury Cathedral Girl Choristers' Tst 2003-, chm London Festival Opera 2007-