Dear Members,

It is with great excitement that I take on the role of President for the Insurance Institute of Ipswich, Suffolk & North Essex. I have now clocked up twelve years in the insurance industry and have spent the last eight at Willis Re as a catastrophe analyst. It’s the kind of role that doesn’t immediately spring to mind when you think about insurance, and actually there is such a huge range of roles within the industry that it really caters for all sorts of skills and disciplines.

I’m really looking forward to working with all our Council members, and building on the great work of the Presidents before me – in particular Richard Brame and Jo Mulley who have set the bar very high! We have a fantastic team of people, who volunteer their time and expertise to provide services to everyone in our local area and without their commitment we wouldn’t be able to give our industry community the fantastic educational and networking events that we do. I would thoroughly recommend getting in touch with any Council members if you’re interested in finding out more about what we do, and we’re particularly keen to hear more about what you’d like to see happening in this area; what could we do that would benefit you?

During my Presidential year my focus will be on Accessibility. This will include: