UTS Leadership Insights: Interview with QBE Group CEO Andrew Horton

What does it take to become a leader?

The UTS Business School and the UTS Case Team bring you the Leadership Insights Interview Series. 

The interviews focus on giving UTS students the opportunity to gain valuable career insights from business and community leaders from Australia and beyond.

In this first interview will be of Mr Andrew Horton, Group Chief Executive Officer of ASX-listed company QBE Insurance Group Ltd, one of the 20 largest in companies in Australia (by market capitalisation) with over 13,000 employees in 27 countries worldwide.

Andrew joined QBE as Group Chief Executive Officer in September 2021. With a strong focus on bringing the enterprise together, Andrew has driven performance consistency and progress towards QBE’s vision to become the most consistent and innovative risk partner. He was previously the CEO, and before that the Finance Director, of Beazley Group, a specialist international insurer based in the United Kingdom. Prior to this, he held various senior finance roles in ING, NatWest and Lloyds Bank. Andrew’s career in insurance and banking spans more than 30 years and he has extensive experience across international markets.

Bring your questions and curiosity to the session to learn what it took to develop a highly successful business career to then helm one of the largest Australian companies.