David Graham Stevens (born January 1962) is a British businessman, and was CEO of

Admiral Group Admiral Group plc is a British financial services company headquartered in Cardiff, Wales. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, it is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, and markets the ''Admiral'', ''Bell'', ''Elephant'', ''Diamond'' and ''Veyg ...

from 2016-2020.

Early life

David Graham Stevens, was born in January 1962. He graduated from the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

. He earned an MBA from

INSEAD INSEAD, a contraction of "Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires" () is a non-profit business school that maintains campuses in Europe (Fontainebleau, France), Asia (Singapore), the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, UAE), and North America (San ...

in 1988.

Career

Stevens worked for McKinsey & Company from 1988 to 1991. In May 2015, it was announced that the founder of Admiral,

Henry Engelhardt Henry Allan Engelhardt (born January 17, 1958) is an American businessman, and the founder and former chief executive of Admiral Group, a Welsh motor insurance company. He was credited as driving the company in to a position where it became one ...

, would step down as CEO, and be replaced in 2016 by Stevens, the COO. In March 2020, Stevens announced his retirement as CEO of Admiral.

Awards

Stevens was appointed a

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

in the

2010 Birthday Honours The 2010 Birthday Honours for the Commonwealth realms were announced to celebrate the Queen's Birthday on 7 June 2010 in New Zealand, on 12 June 2010 in the United Kingdom, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Sai ...

list "For services to the insurance industry and to charity".

References

1962 births Living people Alumni of the University of Oxford Commanders of the Order of the British Empire INSEAD alumni English chief executives {{UK-business-bio-1960s-stub