Current Board Members
Neil Underwood B.Sc., ACII, Chartered Insurance Practitioner – Chairman
Telephone 01633 247700
Email info@underwoodisl.co.uk
Website www.underwoodinsurance.co.uk
Neil joined the Committee in 2004.
Career History
1981 -1988 McLaren Dick & Co Ltd - Chartered Loss Adjusters
1988 - 1999 MD of W Gerwyn Williams & Underwood Ltd, Insurance Brokers
1999 - date MD of Underwood Insurance Services ltd, Insurance Brokers
2005-2006 President of Insurance Institute of Cardiff
Neil’s main hobby is following Cardiff City FC, where he is a season ticket holder having supported them since 1967! He also likes eating out.
David Barnes is the former business editor at the South Wales Argus. He shifted into public relations joining a firm in Cardiff where he stayed for seven years before starting up on his own last year.
Married to Argus magazine's editor Jo and the father of three boys, David runs his public relations and communications business, DB Public Relations, from offices in Newport's Gold Tops.
DBPR offers a tailored, cost-effective, personal service to both public and private sector clients.
David, who lives in Chepstow, is a former Western Daily Press and Free Press of Monmouthshire Journalist. He got his first break in journalism and a job on a newspaper while on a gap year trip to Australia. His parents lived in Power Street, Newport, where they ran Barrack Hill Stores.
For more information contact David Barnes at DB PR on 01633 259844 or 07866 148407 or david.barnes@dbpublicrelations.co.uk or visit www.dbpublicrelations.co.uk
Janine works in the Economic Development Team for Newport City Council as their Inward Investment Project Officer working with companies to help them start-up or re-locate to Newport and employ local people.
Prior to this role Janine worked for many years in the Private Sector as an Account Manager for Pirelli Cables after starting her working career at Oyster Terminals.
Janine spends her leisure time playing many sports badly and theatre-going.
Former radio presenter in the West Country, Janet returned home in 1995 to take up a position with the South Wales Argus. In 2000 joined the commercial team of Newport Rugby as Commercial Manager. In January 2003 Janet set up her own consultancy working primarily for Newport Chamber of Commerce (Ngb2b) and in August 2005 also entered in to a partnership with her former commercial counterpart of Llanelli Scarlets Ross Evans to form EH Sportsconsultancy. Working with a number of well known sporting icons including Scott Quinnell, Ross and Janet are now currently working on a number of initiatives relating to linking primary school education and sport, and also assisting smaller clubs to maximize their ‘off the field’ activity .For further information visit their web site ehsportsconsultancy.co.uk.