Meet our Executive Team

Rowan Watson
Chief Executive Officer
Meet Rowan
Rowan is a qualified accountant with strong experience in turning around distressed businesses and working with private equity. Rowan led multiple acquisitions, expanding the SGUA business from a small single-office team to a national operation and delivering significant growth in the London market.

Matt Hodson
Chief Operating Officer

Maria De Orueta
Chief of Staff
Meet Maria
Maria is a senior insurance leader with 20 years' experience driving sustainable growth and operational excellence by aligning strategy, people, and performance. As Chief of Staff, she partners closely with the CEO and executive team to execute strategy, strengthen governance, and enable scalable, long-term growth.

Simon O'Callaghan
Chief Financial Officer

Amar Roomi
Chief Technology & Transformation Officer
Meet Amar
Amar is a disruptive technologist with extensive cross-functional experience across technology, operations, and delivery. He is known for building high-performing teams focused on execution and innovation, applying a delivery-driven mindset to transform ideas into scalable, real-world solutions.

James McCauley
Chief Distribution Officer
Meet James
James is a respected services executive with 35 years' experience across underwriting, distribution, and broking. He has a strong record of leading teams through change, delivering profitable growth, and building long term intermediary partnerships aligned to Blue Zebra's intermediary model.

Stephen Jeffery
Chief Pricing & Portfolio Officer
Meet Stephen
Stephen has a track record of building profitable insurance businesses. He brings broad personal lines expertise across pricing, analytics, product design, portfolio management, underwriting, strategy, and claims, combining disciplined execution with data driven decision making to deliver sustainable portfolio performance.

James Darvill
Chief Product Strategy & Risk Officer
Meet James
James is an insurance professional with over ten years' experience across finance and insurance, supported by a Chartered Accountant background. He brings strong business development capability and excels at building trusted client relationships, delivering practical solutions informed by market knowledge.
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