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

Mr. Batten is the chair of the Audit & Risk Committee and Senior Independent Director of Picton Property Income Ltd., a company listed on the London Stock Exchange. He also serves as a non-executive director on the board of the following private financial services companies: Weatherby’s Bank Ltd, where he is the chair of the Audit committee and Senior Independent Director, and Reliance National Insurance Company (Europe) Limited, where he is the chair of the Audit Committee. In addition, Mr. Batten has served as an independent, non-executive director for AGL's UK insurance subsidiary, Assured Guaranty UK Limited, since 2018 and its chair since 2021.

Mr. Batten was formerly a partner for over 25 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), retiring from the partnership in 2017. Mr. Batten led a number of practices during his career with PwC and undertook a wide range of financial services restricting projects of insurers and reinsurers  banks and fund management companies. He was a non-executive director of PwC’s Bermuda-based global insurance captive and also served as a non-executive director of the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital Foundation Trust.

Mr. Batten is Chartered Accountant and currently serves as Chair of the Governing Body of Westminster School (a leading independent school in the UK).