Speakers
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Debbie Baker, Business unit Director – insurance, Kewill
Debbie heads up Kewill's UK insurance arm and has over 20 years' experience within the UK Retail insurance market and technology companies supplying the insurance sector. Debbie began her career as a trainee underwriter with Cornhill Insurance before joining Misys Financial Systems in 1986. Over the course of her career at Misys, Debbie spent 9 years in sales management where she ultimately headed the sales operation for the UK. From 1998 to 2000 she headed up Broker Sales at New Millennium Tech before becoming freelance. She joined Kewill on a consultancy basis in 2006 and was appointed to her current role in 2006. |
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Jim Woods, Business development Manager, Duck Creek Technologies
Biography available soon |
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Mark Grant, Business development Manager, Total Systems
Biography available soon |
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Mike Powell, Consultant – general insurance, Defaqto
Mike joined Defaqto in 2003, having held various management roles with high street brokers such as Colonnade and Endsleigh. He has been in the insurance industry for over 23 years working within the personal and commercial lines broker market. Mike was lead researcher at Defaqto in the commercial and motor insurance product areas until October 2007 when he was promoted to his current role as a Consultant within Defaqto’s Insight Team of product specialists. |
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Peter Ballard, Managing Partner, Foolproof
Peter Ballard is co–founder and Managing Partner of Foolproof, one of the UK's largest independent user experience consultancies. The company has offices in London and Norwich, and employs a team of 36 people. Peter is a familiar part of the UK usability scene. Before Foolproof, he was one of the founding members and Marketing Director at Virgin Money, a UK retail financial services company and one of Virgin's first online businesses. |
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Philip Walter, Chief Executive Officer, Insurecom
Phillip Walter joined Insurecom in February 2005 as Chief Executive Officer. Phillip is an experienced CEO, building technology businesses here in the UK as well as in Australia and South East Asia for over 16 years. He has a long track record in the hands-on development and implementation of successful business growth initiatives for entities across numerous technology sectors; he has personally grown companies from inception to stockmarket-quoted multinational, and has a consistent track record in achieving year–on–year growth. |
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Carl Faulkner, E-Commerce Manger, Continental Europe
Carl Faulkner is responsible for developing the distribution of ACE’s products both through its own online system ACE Online and strategic alliances with key market players. He has a strong e-commerce background in the financial services industry and before joining ACE in 2006 as E-Commerce Manger for Continental Europe, he developed e-commerce offerings for a number of companies including Egg and the Allianz Group. |
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