Commercially focused insurance leader with consistent track record transforming corporate performance through successfully delivering strategic finance and operational change working in partnership with the CEO, Board, management team, shareholders, lending institutions, banks and operational teams.Full end-to-end leadership of multiple M&A (buy and sell side) transactions including due diligence, advisory management, shareholder engagement, management presentations, contract review, post-acquisition integration and restructuring.Extensive experience leading PRA and FCA regulated entities (including as SMF2) in private equity, listed and mutual capital structures from entrepreneurial start-up to major multinational scale.Disciplined approach to creating processes and empowering high performance teams to deliver corporate objectives including highly actionable, outcomes focused commercial management reporting, forecasting, planning, modelling, statutory / regulatory reporting, efficient systems, processes, controls, risk management frameworks and corporate governance processes.Broad experience setting strategy and delivering through leadership of finance, actuarial, legal, corporate secretarial, procurement and facilities teams to meet key organisational objectives. Significant international experience in Personal Lines, Commercial Lines and Life markets across broker, primary underwriter, reinsurance and administration entities.