BIBA appoints Caroline Barr as incoming Chair

Caroline Barr has been named the next Chair of the British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA), succeeding Jonathan Evans at the end of 2025.

The announcement was made today by BIBA CEO Graeme Trudgill during his opening address at the BIBA Conference 2025.

Barr is currently a non-executive director at BIBA and will become the association’s first female chair.

She has sat on the BIBA main board for six years and currently chairs its Access to Insurance Committee, which leads work on signposting and financial inclusion.

Her previous roles include deputy director at HM Treasury and membership of the Financial Services Consumer Panel. She is also a non-executive director at BlackRock Life.

Speaking at the conference, Barr said she was proud to take on the role and committed to continuing the momentum built under Evans’ leadership.

She noted there was “still much work to be done” as BIBA entered what Trudgill described as a “new era of insurance broking”.