Mr. Batten became a director of Assured Guaranty Ltd. (AGL) in February 2024.

For more than 25 years, Mr. Batten was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), retiring in 2017. He led a number of practices during his time at PwC, including Real Estate Restructuring, Insurance Restructuring and a Corporate Valuations practice. He acted for the UK and Irish Governments in relation to the restructuring of the banks following the Global Financial Crisis, as the Provisional Liquidator of Independent Insurance, one of the largest general insurance failures in the UK, and as a non-executive Director of PwC’s Bermuda based global insurance captive.

Mr. Batten will continue to serve as the non-executive Chair of the board of directors of Assured Guaranty UK Limited (AGUK), AGL’s U.K. insurance subsidiary.  In addition to his board responsibilities at AGL and AGUK, Mr. Batten is a non-executive director of other financial services and real estate companies, including Picton Property Income Ltd, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange, and Weatherby’s Bank Ltd, a UK domiciled Private Bank. He also serves as Chair of the Governing Body of Westminster School.