Robert Ralph Scrymgeour Hiscox

Robert Hiscox joined the Hiscox Group in 1965.
He has been Chairman since 1970.
His role is to chair the Board of Hiscox plc and the major subsidiaries; to help guide the strategy of the firm; to ensure that we have the best people to run the company and to monitor their performance; to represent the company, and to guard and protect its values and standards.
He was heavily involved in the Reconstruction and Renewal programme in Lloyd’s as Deputy Chairman 1993-5.
He led the work of Corporate Capital in 1993, on Value for Membership in 1994, and on Distribution in 1995.
He is a non-executive director of Grainger Trust plc, is involved in charitable work, has a strong interest in the arts, and is married with five sons.