Young Professionals

Welcome to the Young Members' Committee of the IIL. Our committee is made up of representatives under the age of 35 from different segments of the London market, including insurers, reinsurers, brokers, Lloyd's, the LMA and the legal profession. We're here to promote learning and networking opportunities and our aim is to assist young members with their career development, through providing innovative events on a variety of subjects.

We've organised many educational events, including a 'Meet the A-Team' session with senior market professionals, an event on cognitive bias in underwriting and an M&A focused ‘Does Size Matter?’ seminar. We also run a ‘So you want to be a CEO?’ series which always proves to be extremely popular! We've got some great ideas up our sleeve for the future so stay tuned and check here regularly for updates. You can also follow the IIL on Twitter and Instagram or join the Young Members' Committee group on LinkedIn.

Of course, the YMC would not be what it is today without a good dose of fun! We are renowned within the Market for our annual Winter Ball, which attracted over 930 guests in 2019.

All our events are created by young members, for young members, so we welcome your feedback and suggestions. We're always on the lookout for new members to join our committee, so if you're interested in joining us or would like to find out more about what we do, please get in touch.

Gemma Henderson
YMC Chair

Committee Contacts

Dave Hamer

Dip CII
Deputy President

Richard Brame

Esteemed leader
YPG Committee, Charities Officer, Careers committee

Matthew McEvoy

Cert CII
YPG Committee, Social media Committee

Jessica Jay

ACII
Treasurer , YPG Committee, Dinner Committee

Sophie Godbold

ACII
Head of YPG, Careers committee

Ashton leeper

CII member
YPG deputy, Education Committee, Social media Committee

Issy Johnson

CeMAP
YPG Deputy, Education committee, Diversity committee

Ollie Watson

Dip CII
Mental health officer, Regional rep, Dinner committee, Prize committee, Education committee, YPG committee, Diversity committee

Gina Rudge

CII Secretary, YPG committee, Prize committee, Education committee

Sydoni Dixon

Social media committee, YPG committee

Georgie Roadnight

YPG Committee

Chris Waters

Cert CII
YPG Committee

Owen Pratt

YPG Committee

Lucy McParland

YPG committee

Robyn Fadeyi

Dip CII
YPG Committee