Paul Jennings, chief executive at the North P&I Club, has been announced as the new chairman of the International Group (IG) for a three-year period from November this year.

Jennings takes over from the UK Club’s Hugo Wynn-Williams.

In a statement the IG said: “Paul is a well known figure in the P&I world, and his considerable knowledge and understanding of the mutual P&I product, and his extensive experience at the group level, make him ideally placed to continue the drive to enhance and expand the collective benefits delivered by the group system, and to steer the group in the changing and challenging times for the industry going forward.”