IRLA YPG Committee

The Young Professionals Committee is made up of a group of younger people with a range of experience, skills and roles from within the legacy sector. Each committee member is involved in promoting the Associations benefits and making members, and non-members, aware of the career enhancing opportunities within the group. Members have gone on to win the Young Professional of the Year Award and/or become an IRLA board director amongst other things.

Full details of this groups activities can be found here

IRLA Ambassador

photo of Natalie PearceNatalie Pearce, PwC LLP is leading th e 2024/25 Future Leaders Programme mentoring/coaching team and she can be contacted here – natalie.h.pearce@pwc.com

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Abigail Burgoine
Catalina Re
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Michelle Ho
Zurich Insurance
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Louis Isaacson
PWC
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Rosie Knott
DWF
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Alex Lanes
Teneo
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Nicole Law
YPG Chairman/FTI Consulting
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Linh Pham
Nat West
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Ali Robson
YPG Deputy Chairman/IRLA Champions/EY LLP
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Ben Shilling
Compre Group

Working for You

We all lead busy lives but we are lucky to have the YPG Committee, with support from their employers, giving up time to work with the Association in considering all of the benefits and opportunities that we can possibly offer to members, especially those just starting their career or those who are changing career. Below you will see one example of the legacy textbook, but we also offer free professional training - ondemand and live -mentoring, speaking and hosting opportunities, discounts across a range of our products and of course social events.

Check out the Future Leaders Programme details...

Amy Berry, PwC and Dan Cordina, McGill & Partners -
both previous heads of YPG Group.

Young Professional of the Year

This award was introduced to recognise a young professional employed in the legacy market who has been:

  • Achieving outstanding business outcomes or
  • Recognised for outstanding customer/client service or
  • A one to watch for future leadership

This award is not just about contribution to the profits or prestige of an employer, but also having an external awareness of the sector from both a personal development and professional attitude in all of their business dealings.

With the creation of the Future Leaders Programme in 2024 a new Award category was created for those in the programme that excelled in their role.

Neither Award is guaranteed annually, but awarded on merit.

For all other previous years winners
Previous IRLA YPG Chairman, Dan Cordina of McGill & Partnersawarding Richard Burrows the 2023 Future Leaders trophy at Congress 2023.
2022-23 Nicola Gaisford, RiverStone(then RQIH) winning the Young Professionalof the Year Award 2022.
Adam Horridge, now an IRLA Director, of Swiss Re was awarded the Young Professional of the Year Award 2016 by Jenny Fair, IRLA Director for his successful actions taken during his term as YPG Chairman.

If you are interested in learning more, or have colleagues who are young professionals, do please get in contact with us at kim.barker@irla-international.com

You can also call the UK office on +44 7464 113651 and ask for Kim.