---
title: "QBE EUROPEAN OPERATIONS PLC — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d209c399-7db4-5b22-9b68-58fcab99db0f
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d209c399-7db4-5b22-9b68-58fcab99db0f
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02641728
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# QBE EUROPEAN OPERATIONS PLC

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02641728`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d209c399-7db4-5b22-9b68-58fcab99db0f  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d209c399-7db4-5b22-9b68-58fcab99db0f  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **QBE EUROPEAN OPERATIONS PLC** — GLEIF · `lei:213800791EF5XP7WW494` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/10b6d366-6f87-5640-b3a9-8f4301da4fb5
- **Qbe European Operations Plc** — source · `gb-coh:2641728` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fb6bc557-8292-4a5e-b93e-f324f01e8d48

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Qbe Insurance Holdings Pty Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/87b83956-f0c4-4d8d-bc28-b907fb8eadb6

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **STANDFAST CORPORATE UNDERWRITERS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/df44935d-0b21-5067-82ce-31cea2d14208
- **QBE HOLDINGS (EO) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e608963e-996f-508d-be05-909fae521b4b
- **CHRYSALIS MANAGEMENT LTD** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2750233c-6484-52f8-9c96-2cd43203bbea
- **QBE MANAGEMENT SERVICES (UK) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6242b2f9-f834-5a6e-8580-d6f56070ceb1
- **GREENHILL INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0ac28bc9-c32a-530a-ac8c-7b3b2ab86cd4

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **1-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `02641728`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** plc
- **Incorporated:** 1991-08-29
- **Registered office:** 30 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 3BD, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 70100

### Officers

- SMITH, Alexandra Jane — secretary · appointed 2017-06-26
- HARRIS, Jason Richard — director · British · appointed 2020-12-02
- KILLOURHY, Christopher Thomas — director · British · appointed 2026-01-01
- SKEOCH, Norman Keith, Sir — director · British · appointed 2023-03-29
- STONE, Robert Charles — director · British · appointed 2022-09-07
- TERRY, Nigel Joseph Douty — director · British · appointed 2018-10-30
- BOLAND, Sharon Maria — secretary · British · appointed 2007-06-15 · resigned 2015-06-29
- BOWER, Martin Andrew — secretary · British · appointed 1991-12-05 · resigned 1995-02-16
- FELTON SMITH, Esther — secretary · appointed 2015-06-29 · resigned 2017-06-26
- GREENHALGH, Mary Denise — secretary · British · appointed 1995-02-16 · resigned 1997-01-06
- MACGREGOR, Richard James — secretary · British · appointed 1997-01-06 · resigned 1998-07-24
- PALLOT, Hugh Glen — secretary · British · appointed 1998-07-24 · resigned 2006-12-08
- WILLIAMS, Adrian Charles Harold — secretary · British · appointed 2006-12-08 · resigned 2009-06-01
- CLYDE SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 1971-08-29 · resigned 1991-12-05
- BOWER, Martin Andrew — director · British · appointed 1993-01-13 · resigned 2001-02-28
- BROWN, Gordon Leslie — director · British · appointed 1991-12-05 · resigned 1999-06-30
- BURNS, Steven Paul — director · British · appointed 2004-09-17 · resigned 2013-11-18
- COTTERILL, Brian Raymond — director · Australian · appointed 1998-03-10 · resigned 1999-11-16
- DODRIDGE, Philip Andrew — director · British · appointed 2007-03-09 · resigned 2016-12-19
- DUFFY, Christopher William — nominee director · British · appointed 1971-08-29 · resigned 1991-12-05

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Qbe Insurance Holdings Pty Limited — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · Australia — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02641728
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02641728

## Get the full, resolved dossier (agent-callable)

The above is the free teaser. The resolved **multi-hop UBO chain**, ownership **%**, full **financial history**, itemised **assets** and the hop-by-hop **exposure path** are the paid depth — callable as tools from your agent:

```bash
npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server   # then: get_dossier · trace_ownership_path · check_offshore_exposure
```

Or unlock a one-off cited dossier for **QBE EUROPEAN OPERATIONS PLC** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d209c399-7db4-5b22-9b68-58fcab99db0f · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **QBE EUROPEAN OPERATIONS PLC**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d209c399-7db4-5b22-9b68-58fcab99db0f · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d209c399-7db4-5b22-9b68-58fcab99db0f._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._