Welcome to the Insurance Institute of London.

I feel humbled to have been appointed President for the coming year, and would like to thank the Vice Presidents and Council for electing me. I would also like to thank outgoing President Anthony Baldwin, and congratulate him on a very successful year during highly challenging and unusual circumstances.

The IIL has deftly transitioned to an almost entirely virtual learning environment over the last 12 months. I look forward to working with Deputy President Chris Lay and the wider Institute to embed this new, more accessible, and increasingly popular programme of digital events throughout the year ahead.

The CII and its Institutes play a unique role in unifying and cultivating our industry, and as the largest of these Institutes, the IIL occupies a position of responsibility during what I believe to be a defining moment for the insurance sector.