Executive Directors

Neil Eckert is Executive Chairman and an Executive Director of Conduit Holdings Limited. Neil is an entrepreneur with four decades of (re)insurance industry experience and has a proven track record in the industry having held various roles since 1980, many of which involved starting new enterprises.

Beginning as a reinsurance broker, he rose through the ranks to board member at Benfield Lovick & Rees & Co. Neil then founded Brit Insurance in 1995 and remained its CEO until 2005, following which he served as a non-executive director of the company until 2008. He was co-founder and CEO of Climate Exchange Plc. and founded Aggregated Micropower.

External directorships: Incubex Ltd, Boutique Modern Holdings Limited, Chalvington Management Limited, NCX Family Office, Chalvington Batteries Limited, Chalvington Properties Limited, 10 Avis Way Limited, Bellaroma Investments Limited, Bellaroma South West Limited, NCX Consultants Limited, Old MIll Park Limited, Neil Eckert Investments Limited, Education Opportunity Limited, GWCT Natural Capital Advisory Limited, Arkley (South West) Limited) Seago Yachting Limited, Ripe Village Stores, NCEX Limited, Wingrove House Limited, Titan (South West) Limited.

Elaine Whelan is the Chief Financial Officer and an Executive Director of Conduit Holdings Limited. Elaine is an accomplished and experienced public company CFO who has worked in the (re)insurance industry for over 25 years. She is a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, a member of The Chartered Professional Accountants of Bermuda and a member of The Institute of Directors.

After qualifying as a chartered accountant, Elaine joined Coopers & Lybrand in Bermuda in 1997.

From 2001 to 2006, she held a number of positions at Zurich Insurance Company, Bermuda Branch, ultimately as Chief Accounting Officer. In 2006, she joined the Lancashire Group as Financial Controller.

She subsequently performed various financial and management roles for the Lancashire Group, including as CEO, Lancashire Insurance Company Limited. From January 2011 to February 2020, Elaine was Group CFO, Lancashire Holdings Limited, and she was also a main board director from January 2013 to February 2020.

Elaine is responsible for all aspects of Conduit Re’s financial management and reporting, is also a director of Conduit Reinsurance Limited and is a member of the Executive Committee.

External directorships: Cameron Holdings Inc., Salthouse Property Inc., Lomond Property Holdings Limited.