Experienced Insurance leader with over 30 years industry experience and extensive understanding of Insurer/Broker senior relationship management, designing and delivering strategic change & clear commercial outcomes. I thrive on developing and driving high performance teams to exceed goals, setting targets & focussing on the team “win”. I can prioritise and plan ahead, yet can respond to emergencies when necessary. Strong leadership skills and ability to communicate a clear vision within a team environment. Commercially aware and analytically focused. Proven capability to identify, develop and deliver new market opportunities. Away from work I enjoy all motorsport and motoring events, riding motorcycles, collecting whisky (not at the same time!) and supporting Northampton Saints in the Rugby premiership. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • Launched and ran Policyfast Ltd, a wholesale MGA in 2006, which now transacts over £55M GWP through 2200 UK brokers, via website quote and buy and through Acturis & Applied software systems. • Took the Coversure Insurance Group through an MBO using PE backing in 2018, working closely with Deloitte’s to prepare the business for purchase by myself and a small group of the senior leadership team. • Spent 14 month in Kuwait working for the Gulf Insurance Company, updating their product and marketing offerings, implementing white label insurance products through local banks and travel agents. SECTOR EXPERTISE: • Insurer and Broker Insurance experitise, Lloyd’s binder capacity management and MGA experience • B2B and B2C experience, with experience on both the Insurer and Broker development fields• Relationship management with key links with most main market insurance providers and key broker relationships. MGA experience in set up, operation and ongoing development of capacity, risk profiling, reporting at board level and profitability analysis.KEY COMPETENCIES • Sales strategy/planning • Proven leadership • Commercially aware • Strong negotiating and influencing skills at all levels • Recruiting, developing and leading teams. • Extensive industry network Open to Interim, Remote and Permanent opportunities in the insurance product/broker/insurer and staff development arena.Should you wish to discuss how I might be able to support your organisation, please contact me on 07815136741or via email at stevegparker@yahoo.com