Sabre Insurance Group plc announced that Patrick Snowball advised the Board at the start of 2020 that he felt the time was right to start the next stage of succession planning and to seek his successor. Following the completion of an extensive search process and the receipt of regulatory approval, Andy Pomfret, currently the company's Senior Independent Director, has been selected to succeed Patrick as Chairman. This appointment takes effect from 1 September 2020, at which point Patrick will step down from the Board and as a Director of the Group. Sabre is also announced that Rebecca Shelley has been appointed by the Board, and approved by the Regulator as the company's Senior Independent Director. Rebecca has been on the Board as a Non-executive Director since October 2017.