Commenced working in the insurance industry in
1972 at Bowrings in the UK Fire & Accident
team and left in 1981 to join Wigham Poland as
a senior account executive and divisional manager.
Worked on a variety of large client accounts including
Extended Warranty programmes. Joined CBC UK Limited
in 1985 and was appointed to the board in 1995
with responsibility for Lloyd's, IBRC and GISC
compliance and related matters and became compliance
officer for the Besso Group, appointed to the board
in January 2005 when the FSA assumed regulatory
responsibility for the insurance sector.