Abhijit Sethi
abhijit.sethi@howdenindia.com

Abhijit spent almost 2 decades on client side all across the regions practices like Sports and EB. Since last 10 years he was instrumental in driving go to market strategies, placement program structuring and market leveraging. Post his MBA from Symbiosis Institute of Management, he started his career with ICICI Lombard and thereafter moved to Marsh Insurance Brokers where he served for 10+ years, heading insurance program placements and underwriter interactions for the clients based out of the region. Thereafter he had short stints at Prudent & Aon. During his last stint at Aon Insurance Brokers, he worked on identified strategic accounts and board level insurer engagements for strategic alliances and delivered winning solutions for multi-mandated businesses.


Adam Lissamore
adam.lissamore@howdengrp.com

Senior Internal Audit Manager - primarily covering HUK&I Retail as well as UK Regulatory reviews. Part of the IA management team.


Agron Berisha
agron.berisha@dualgroup.com

Head of Second Line Assurance.


Ahmed Farooq
Ahmed.farooq@howdengroup.com

Ahmed joined the Howden Group in early 2022 as Chief Financial Officer, Specialty and Reinsurance. His remit is to provide strategic and operational finance support to the divisions of Specialty and Reinsurance. Prior to joining Howden, Ahmed was Group CFO of one the UK's largest mutual Life offices, a position he held for five years.


Aled Davies
aled.davies@howdengroup.com

Aled joined the Howden Group in 2017. Prior to that he held several finance positions in the education and casual dining industries. As Finance Director for Howden Global Specialty Aled works closely with the senior leadership team to help drive growth, development and delivery of specialty product lines and services.


Alessandra Pierandrei
alessandra.pierandrei@howdengroup.com

Alessandra is the Marketing, Brand, and Communications leader for Europe, bringing 18 years of experience in marketing and communications, with a focus on the insurance sector. Previously, she held key roles as Regional Marketing Manager for Northern Europe at Allianz Trade and Marketing and Communications Manager at Hannover Re. Alessandra's expertise encompasses brand development, content strategy, and project management. She holds a Chartered Postgraduate Diploma from the Chartered Institute of Marketing and is skilled in integrating creativity with practical functionality.


Alexandria Smith
alexandria.smith@howdengrp.com


Alex Stewart
alex.stewart@howdengrp.com

Group head of tax


Alison Davies
alison.davies@howdengroup.com

Alison heads the Shares team who manage Howden's share capital, including the share price valuation, share incentive schemes, leavers, A share issuances for M&A and ISO. 


Alison Tytherleigh
alison.tytherleigh@howdengroup.com

I have over 35 years of experience in the insurance industry spanning a range of client advisory, claims and operational roles. I currently hold operational responsibility for Howden's Specialty lines of business.


Alistair Barrett
alistair.barrett@howdengroup.com

Have been with Group for 21 years and holding COO positions for the last 8 years.


Allie Greenup
agreenup@howdengroup.com

I am a Charted Accountant with the majority of my career spent working in the Financial Services Sector in London. I have been at Howden since 2018 and prior to joining Howden I worked for the hedge fund Man Group plc. Before I trained as an accountant I worked as a research scientist and I have PhD in Environmental Biology.


Alvaro De Maria
alvaro.demaria@howdengroup.com

Working together alogn full European scope on Forecast and Budgeting process, alogn with M&A and New initiative monitoring. 10+ years experience in insurance industry within different financial positions such as M&A Manager, Performance Management Manager and Audit positions. Before joining Howden i worked in AXA International and Emerging Markets, EY and KPMG.


Amanda Garratt
amanda.garratt@howdengrp.com

With a background of programme & portfolio management in personal lines insurance, I joined the Howden Group Risk team in January to deliver regulatory projects. One of my main focus areas is delivering a programme of activity in preparation for the expected Howden transition from the FCA's flexible supervisory portfolio to fixed portfolio supervision. The programme involves 11 workstreams across Broking, Specialty, Reinsurance, Dual and Howden Markets, providing an excellent opportunity to get to know the organisation. In my free time I love exploring the British countryside, roaming around 2,000 miles a year on foot with my Border Terrier Meggie. 


Amanda Smit
amanda.smith@howdengroup.com

I have been with the company since 2001. I head up the Cashier function for most of the UK group entities and some overseas.


Ana Richi
ana.richi@howdengrp.com

Joined Howden 5 years ago, part of the HGS IT Strategy and Transformation team, I look after the Group's technology project portfolio including financial governance and PMO and run the Group's Technology Apprenticeship programme.


Andoni Hernandez
andoni.hernandez@howdenharmonia.com.br

I joined Howden in June 2022, after more than 20 years of advising investors, shareholders, and companies in planning, structuring, and doing business worldwide as a M&A and corporate lawyer. I am stationed in São Paulo (Brazil) where I live with my family since 2010.


Andrew Chong
Achong@howdengroup.com

With over 20 years of experience in the life and general insurance industry, Andrew is a highly accomplished wealth management and insurance professional with a solid understanding of product distribution across all customer segments, including mass market, commercial and High-Net-Worth clients. Prior to joining Howden, Andrew was with HSBC for close to a decade managing its life insurance and wealth management businesses. 


Andrew Cowan
andrew.cowan@howdengroup.com

I'm currently the COO of Howden Pacific covering Australia and New Zealand. Our main priorities within the team are to work with all key stakeholders to build out the business in the region. Prior to joining Howden I have worked within the Healthcare, FMCG, Logistics and Insurance sectors.


Andrew Galbraith
andrew.galbraith@howden-insurance.co.uk

Focus on delivery of best-in-class finance services to support development and execution of the Howden UK&I growth plans.  A qualified accountant, he has spent the majority of his career in financial services. Andrew joined Howden in 2020 following the acquisition of A-Plan, where he was Group CFO since 2009.


Andrew Hall
andrew.hall@howdengroup.com

CRO for UK & Ireland Broking Operations.


Andrew Middleton
andrew.middleton@howdengrp.com

Worked in Asia 4.5 years and responsible for deploying Novidea in two countries before becoming regional COO.


Andrew Moore
andrew.moore@howdengrp.com

Andrew joined Howden as Group Company Secretary in 2015 on its acquisition of R K Harrison, having been Company Secretary of RKH since 2003. He oversees the Group Company Secretariat in London and is Secretary to the Howden Group board, Business Management Team, Global Leadership Team, Audit & Risk Committee, Remuneration Committee and MDI Governance Forum, where he is responsible for meetings governance, corporate entity records and new entity on-boarding.


Andy Searle
andy.searle@howdengrp.com

Group Data Protection Officer supporting the global business with Data Protection compliance.


Angela Ellis-McLeggan
angela.ellis-mcleggan@howdengrp.com

As the Group Head of Business Continuity. I oversee the delivery of robust business continuity solutions. With a team of four, we are here to guide and support Howden entities to build resilience and be prepared for the unexpected.


Annie Sutton
annie.sutton@howdengrp.com

An experienced, ACII qualified insurance professional who has spent the last 15 years working in senior operations roles for leading insurance brokers. 

Arnie Siva
arnie.siva@howdengrp.com

I recently joined Howden to lead the Disputes team based in the UK but with global oversight. Prior to this, I headed the Disputes team at Marsh in the UK and trained at Herbert Smith Freehills.


Atif Mahmood
a.mahmood@howdengroup.com

Over 15 years of strong design agency and client-side experience, Atif has worked with clients across multiple sectors on award-winning projects. He currently leads a multi-skilled design team.

Gabriella Hurd
gabriella.hurd@howdengrp.com

Project Team Assistant.


Gamze Halici
gamze.halici@howdengroup.com

With Howden for close to 2 years covering MeA region as the regional HR.


Gareth Arnott
gareth.arnott@howdengrp.com

Born and bred in the suburbs of Australia. 24 years in the insurance industry. Started my career as a commercial insurance broker and then moved into change which is where I've stayed. Weaknesses: short attention span/don't like writing about myself. Strengths: getting stuff done.


Gareth Roberts
gareth.roberts@howdengrp.com

Group Finance Director.


Girish Mantri
girish.mantri@howdenindia.com

I am Chartered Accountant, joined the company 18 years ago. Looking after Finance & Accounts. 


Glenn Hickling
glenn.hickling@howdengrp.com

Digital content strategy and creative execution. Leading on a variety of digital content projects to improve the client experience for Howden Group's global client base. Been with the Group for six years.


Guido Zerbinati
guido.zerbinati@howdengroup.com

10 years in KPMG as IT Manager, 10 years in Aon as CIO for Italy. I've joined Howden in September 2023.


Gulnihal Soydan
gulnihal.soydan@howdengroup.com

Gulnihal Soydan, based in Dubai and Istanbul, oversees financial operations and executes strategic financial plans across the MEA and Turkey & CA Regions for Howden Broking Group. Also she is Chief Operating Officer in Howden Turkey. With 29 years of experience, including 24 years in insurance, she excels in financial strategy, risk management, and complience. Gulnihal also played a crucial role during the change management process to ensure operational excellence during the split of the region due to its growth and restructuring. She is a Certified Public Accountant with a Master's in Insurance, Bachelor's in Economics, and holds multiple certifications in finance and corporate governance.


Guy Davidson
guy.davison@howdeninsurance.co.uk

I run the UK&I M&A team and am responsible for all acquisitions across UK&I Retail and Specialty businesses. We complete c.30 deals a year.


Guy Turner
guy.turner@howdengroup.com

An IBA stalwart for my entire 25 year career. Previously head of IBA at JLT Re have been at Howden for a very fast moving three years and head of Howden's IBA for two years. In the process of transforming Howden's IBA offering through process and structural efficiencies supported by digital solutions.


Guillermo Jahnke
guillermo.jahnke@howdengroup.com

I was born in the south of Mexico in Coatzacoalcos, in the state of Veracruz. I am married and have 3 children. I enjoy all kind of off-road 4x4 activities and on weekends I try to go out for walks, mainly to nearby towns. I studied computer systems engineering and a master's degree in e-commerce and I have always worked in systems, mainly in the financial sector in Mexico.

Kate Pennell
kate.pennell@howdengrp.com

With over 25 years experience internationally in marketing, Kate joined Howden in January 2023 as Group Head of Brand and Marketing. She is responsible for developing our global brand strategy and group marketing function.


Kate Scully
kate.scully@howdengrp.com

Kate entered the world of travel & event management in 2010, building up a comprehensive travel/meeting programme for the Petrofac Group. Moving on to become Global Category Manager for travel and meetings at G4S Plc, the global secure solutions provider with its global footprint operating in 97 Countries. In November 2021 Kate joined Howden.


Kate Whittaker
kwhittaker@dualgroup.com

Kate Whittaker is Head of Corporate Communications for DUAL Group, based in London. Kate joined the Howden Group in 2017, moving to DUAL in 2019. Kate heads a small team responsible for group level internal and external communications.


Katie Ervin Carlson
katie.ervincarlson@howdentiger.com

Katie graduated from law school in 2006 and began representing employees in disputes with their current or former employers. Nearly all of those disputes resulted in litigation.  Fifteen years later, Katie joined the Minneapolis-based law firm of Dorsey & Whitney, LLP, where she provided advice and counseling to employers on myriad workplace issues, with an eye toward either avoiding litigation and ensuring that employment decisions were defensible if challenged. One of those clients was Tiger Risk and then Howden Tiger.  At the beginning of this year, Katie joined Howden Tiger in the newly created role of Chief Counsel - Employment. Katie works within the shared services model, providing advice and counseling to both Howden Tiger's and DUAL's legal and human resources teams on a broad range of U.S. employment law matters.


Kelly Clark
kelly.clark@dualgroup.com

Head of Risk for DUAL UK.


Kenny Wong
kenny.wong@howdengrp.com

My team and I look after the consolidated Group numbers, internal and external reporting, Group accounting policy and a number of head office entities. Prior to Howden Group, I was previously at Renckitt Benckiser plc and KPMG. Outside of work, I am a proud father of a four year old who keeps me very busy!


Keta Rexha
keta.rexha@howdengroup.com

Senior Compliance Manager.


Kevin Lee
kevin.lee@howdengroup.com

Kevin is the regional CFO for Asia and oversees the finance operations, M&A support and tax functions for Howden's retail broking operations across six countries in Asia, as well as the Howden Private Wealth business across 4 offices. 


Kimberly Miles
kimberley.miles@dualgroup.com

Your friendly neighbourhood DPO for DUAL UK, affiliates and subsidiaries.


Kirk Southern
kirk.southern@icloud.com

Kirk joined Howden as Group Head of Reward, Benefits and Wellbeing in June 2022. He is responsible for the Groups approach to cash compensation, equity awards and our benefits and well-being proposition. Prior to joining Howden Group he held senior global HR Director roles in the investment banking and fund management sectors.


Konstantinos Ntzounis
k.ntzounis@howden-brokers.com

A persuasive and supportive IT leader with twenty-three years of experience and expertise in the IT industry. Agility to adapt easily to work conditions, thriving in highly challenging working environments. 


Kristen Leslie
kirsten.leslie@howdengroup.com

I am a British born NZ'er who moved to the UK about 20yrs ago.  I joined Howden in 2009 and have worked in the projects / operations space in the UK and international broking businesses. My recent focus has been supporting when we set up Howden entities in new territories, and implementing the Global broking platform to international Howden businesses. We are part of Sarah Walton's Business Services team. Outside of work I like to travel, read, cook, go to the gym, or be by a mountain or lake!


Kristopher Finsel
kfinsel@dualinsurance.com

Kristopher leads DUAL North America's Finance team as the Chief Financial Officer. He joined DUAL in 2020 with 20 years of experience in the insurance industry. Since joining 4 years ago, DUAL North America has grown from a Finance team of 6, supporting $0.5B of annual premium, to a team of over 30, supporting over $1.5B of annual premium.

Manoj Gupta
manoj.gupta@howdentiger.com

Joined TigerRisk in 2019.


Margaret Rooks
margaret.rooks@howdengroup.com

I oversee legal, compliance, cosec and risk for the Pacific region whcih was established in late 2020. I have always worked in insurance and the law over the last 25 years and have worked for insurers (AIG, Suncorp), brokers (Aon) and underwriting agencies.


Maria Rubio Andjular
maria.rubio@adrisa.com.mx

Maria Rubio is Chief of Staff at Howden Mexico. She began her professional career 10 years ago in Spain in the field of strategic and operations consulting. She worked on projects involving process and structure optimization, implementation of new operational tools, launch of new products and development of commercial systematics. She arrived in Mexico as part of the strategic team launching a Spanish bank in the country, and continued her career as part of the management team responsible for launching operations of a Spanish Real Estate startup. Personally, she loves traveling and dining, and her hobbies include exploring nature, dancing, and discovering specialty cafes in the cities she visits.

Maria Jesus Sanchez Lazaro
maria.sanchez@howdengroup.com

CFO for Europe, responsible for overseeing and guaranteeing the health of the Financial operation along the Region, with more than 21 countries and businesses along all geographies. Previous experience as business partner at Management level, for LATAM and MED Region, with extended FP&A and M&A knowledge, as well as Financing capabilities. IT business partner in Finance, responsible for ensuring that the Region has the appropiate level of automation, but also adequate resoruces to be sucessful on the development of the European business plan.


Marie Smale
msmale@dualgroup.com

I have a career spanning over thirty years experience in the insurance industry and have worked in the compliance and regulatory arena since 2006, joining the Group in 2008. In 2019 I joined the DUAL Compliance Team as Compliance Officer. I love the buzz of the city, cold water swimming, my dogs and yoga.


Mark Allen
maj.a@hotmail.co.uk

Working in the IT Strategy and Transformation team on M&A IT due dilligence. Previously DUAL CIO and over 40 years in IT Management and Programme Management.


Mark Cook
mark.cook@dualgroup.com

As Group Head of Technology for DUAL, Mark is responsible for coordinating all of the technology teams across DUAL globally, and for ensuring maximum reuse of technology assets from across both DUAL and the wider Howden Group. Prior to this, he spent 2.5 years as UK CIO for DUAL, working on the Platform for Growth (P4G) programme. Before joining DUAL he spent 17 years at Marsh, in a variety of regional and then global CTO and CIO roles.


Mark Daly
mark.daly@howdengrp.com

Have worked in the Insurance Industry for over 30 years and have been with Howden for past 5 years. I head up the shared service centre managing delivery of services to the group from offshore sites in India, Poland and Malaysia.


Mark Hudson
mhudson@dualgroup.com

Mark joined DUAL as Group Chief Financial Officer in 2016 having spent his career in Insurance, specifically at Lloyds of London with Novae Group plc following his qualification as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte. He previously held the role as Group Finance Director for Howden Group and is currently a Trustee of the Howden Group Foundation.


Mark Nolan
mark.nolan@howdeninsurance.ie

CFO of Howden Ireland.


Mark Wolff
mark.wolff@howdengrp.com

Compliance Director - Investment Firms. 


Martin Schneider
martin.schneider@howdengrp.com

Martin is General Counsel - Europe, responsible for overseeing the legal function across the European region across both Broking and DUAL. 


Matt Crisp
matthew.crisp@howdengroup.com

Matt took over as COO of UK&I's Retail Division in October 2023, and will assume full regulated responsibilities later this year. Matt arrived with Howden as the HBG Integration Director, in September 2022, charged primarily with Project Champion. He retains this role in tandem, until the programme's closure in April 2024. Previously Matt spent 3 years as Marsh's Specialty COO, and a further 2 years as the COO of JLT's Financial Lines/Sports, Media and Entertainment business.


Mathius Schneider
mschneider@howdengroup.com

Part of the Europe Regional Team. Based in Madrid, home in Europe. Joined Howden in October 2018 (prior at PwC). Originally from Frankfurt.


Melissa Johnson
melissagjohnson01@gmail.com

Joined Howden in January 2023 from Tokio Marine Kiln. Previous operations roles at Marsh in London and New York.


Michael Selby
michael.selby@dualgroup.com

Retail compliance lead for Dual and the MGA subsidiaries. 


Michael Millar
michael.millar@howdeninsurance.co.uk

UK Retail Corporate & Commercial FD.


Michaela Berryman
michaela.berryman@howdengrp.com

Head of Legal - Finance & Strategic Projects.


Miguel Crespo
mcrespo@howden-rs.com

Twenty-seven years of project management experience in leading financial companies. The crucial expertise: trigger sustainable changes To the speed at which the changes happen is necessary to do, to be able to rethink.


Mike Fardell
mike.fardell@howdengroup.com

UK&I Specialty CIO and Head of UK&I Business Systems. Joined group 14 years ago and joined Howden via the RKH acquisition. Accountable for smooth and reliable operation of Global XB, Sector, Acturis, Applied EPIC. Support M&A integration and various Risk and Control activities. 

Paraschos Fokou
paraschos.fokou@howdengrp.com

Company Secretary, International & Strategic Projects.


Paul Blanchard
paul.blanchard@howdeninsurance.co.uk

Paul is our UK&I Retail Chief Technology Officer, leading the local IT team to provide solutions that help our business operate efficiently and effectively. We have invested in our technology platforms and people to delivery innovation that helps us achieve a competitive advantage. Paul has been in the organisation for over 20 years, and has been instrumental in bringing many IT systems and tools.


Paul Harwood
paul.harwood@howdengroup.com

I have worked at Howden for 15 years so I have seen a huge amount of change as we have expanded into new products and territories. It's been quite a journey.  I am currently Finance Director for Howden CAP, which arranges insurance for M&A transactions, credit and surety, as well as insurance for climate transition risks and the real estate sector. 


Paul Holland
paul.holland@howdengrp.com

Global SME and escalation point for all things sanction related.


Paul Lineham
paul.lineham@howdengroup.com

Doing data for 30 years.


Peter Kwong
paul.lineham@howdengroup.com

Strategist and innovator with 20 years experience in digital strategy, marketing, innovation, and business transformation.


Phe Leong-Smith
phe.leong-smith@howdengroup.com

I joined Howden almost a year ago to oversee the Specialty Compliance team (Howden Insurance Brokers Limited).



Philippe Lutgen
philippe.lutgen@howdengroup.com

I Joined Howden in October 2022 after 20 years with XL (AXAXL). I have a finance background and experience in large business transformation, outsourcing, distribution Born in France, I have been expatriated since the mid 90s. I've lived in the UK for 15 years, India for 5 years and Singapore for 7 years. London is my home. I love rugby, skiing, cycling, spending time with my family (5 kids from 31 years old to 15).


Pooja Chawla
pooja.chawla@howdengrp.com

Salesforce CRM SME & Delivery Lead from India. Part of Global Salesforce Compass team. Overall 19 years of IT experience across the domain varying from Insurance Broking, BFSI, Insurance, Telecom. 9X Salesforce certified.


Prince Moyo
prince.moyo@howdengrp.com

Prince joined the Howden internal audit function in 2019 and is based in the London office. He has main responsibilities for internal audits of UK&I Specialty and Howden Tiger entities. Prior to joining Howden, Prince was a Senior Manager at Grant Thornton where he managed the delivery of internal audits over a portfolio of insurance broking and underwriting clients. His prior roles were within PwC and Mazars internal audit functions. Outside of work Prince is an avid rugby fan.


Pritesh Modhvadia
pritesh.modhvadia@howdengrp.com

Group Head of TA & D&I.