Join iCAN for our Coffee with the CEO event in August with Charity Bare, CR&CO at AEGIS London, and Matthew Yeldham, CUO at AEGIS London!
Join iCAN (Insurance Cultural Awareness Network) for our Coffee with the CEO session featuring Charity Bare, CR&CO at AEGIS London, and Matthew Yeldham, CUO at AEGIS London!
What is Coffee with the CEO?
In an effort to connect our members and provide them with access to senior executives across the insurance sector, we work with our sponsors and partners to pull together an all-star cast of C-Suite individuals from across the industry to host career sessions with iCAN members. In these sessions they will discuss everything from career advice to their views on the industry and insights into their own career journey - essentially everything you need to empower your own career.
About Charity Bare
Charity Bare is Chief Risk & Compliance Officer at AEGIS London taking up the position in February 2025. Charity is responsible for the Risk and Compliance function, which incorporates risk management, compliance and regulatory, as well as exposure management. She provides a wide view of risk to both the group and the board.
Charity joined AEGIS London from Canopius where she had been Group Risk Director since May 2023. Prior to that she was Director of Risk and Compliance at Nephila for five years and Head of Risk Management at Talbot for six years.
Charity began her insurance career at AIG where she worked as Commercial Combined Underwriter, before becoming Risk Manager at Brit in 2010. Charity has a Masters in Risk Management.
About Matthew Yeldham
Matt became Chief Underwriting Officer & Active Underwriter at AEGIS London in July 2022, having previously been Deputy Chief Underwriting Officer and Head of Casualty since joining AEGIS London in 2010.
Matt is mainly responsible for the delivery of AEGIS London’s underwriting business plan. He is a member of the Lloyd’s Market Association’s CUO Committee, having previously served on various Lloyd’s Market Liability and Technical Committees.
Matt was previously Head of International Insurance at Aspen, Active Underwriter of Syndicate 4711, and a member of Aspen Group Executive Committee as well as Deputy CUO at both Wellington and Catlin Underwriting.
About AEGIS London
AEGIS London is a top-quartile, consistently profitable Lloyd’s syndicate (Syndicate 1225), underwriting a broad range of business classes.
Formed in 1999, it operates as part of AEGIS Insurance Services Ltd, a long-established mutual insurance business. AEGIS London is recognised for its disciplined decision-making and collaborative culture, earning trust from clients and partners across the market.
As a distinct presence within Lloyd’s, AEGIS London combines specialist expertise with continuity and security across multiple lines of business.
Please sign up by Tuesday 4 August 2026, as only a limited number of seats are available.
The session will open with food at 8:30 am, followed by the discussion at 10:00 am. If you're interested in participating in this session, please click the link below to fill out the form, a limited number of iCAN members will then be selected based on their answers.
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Please note: Our events are designed predominantly for Financial Services professionals. This event has been created to encourage candid discussions amongst participants who support iCAN’s mission of creating inclusive workplaces and we want to respect the integrity of the space and the value for our host sponsors.