West of England chief executive Tom Bowsher has just turned 40, but he is still, by some way, the youngest executive among the International Group of P&I Clubs’ 13 members.

His two-year tenure has focused on modernising West, which is celebrating 150 years in business with 3,700 ships amounting to 93m gt on its books.

Bowsher’s first move was to update the mutual’s corporate image and move its operation to the heart of London’s insurance district.