Dear Members, it is with great excitement and honour that I take on the role of President of the Insurance Institute of Ipswich, Suffolk, and North Essex. I thank our immediate Past President Sarah Deacon and our council for trusting me with this responsibility, as not only the youngest President of our Institute to date, but also a Personal Finance Society member.

For my presidential year, I have chosen the theme of Resilience. I made this decision many months ago, with the rationale that we all go through times in our personal and professional lives where we are faced with challenges that seem almost impossible to overcome. I did not realise at the time how prevalent this would be. I will look to embed the resilience theme within the many educational and social events throughout the year.