Neil Manser

Neil Manser was appointed as CFO on 13 May 2021. He joined Direct Line Group in 2011 as Director of Investor Relations and was instrumental in the Group’s successful IPO in 2012.

He has worked in a number of roles within the Group, in Finance including Strategy and within the business, as Managing Director of NIG. Neil was appointed Deputy CFO in August 2018 before becoming Chief Strategy Officer in March 2020. He is now responsible for leading the Group's corporate strategy.

Neil has extensive industry and capital markets experience prior to joining the Group having previously worked at Brit Insurance and as an equity analyst at Merrill Lynch and Fox-Pitt, Kelton. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young and is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.