Keynote speaker

Trudy Harrison was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport (DfT) on 17 September 2021. She was elected Conservative MP for Copeland in 2017.Following her election in 2017, Trudy served on the House of Commons European Statutory Instruments Committee and the Education Committee. She served as a Parliamentary Private Secretary at DfT, Ministry for Defence and Department for Education. In December 2019, Trudy was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister.

Dominic Clayden has been in the insurance industry for over 20 years and joined the MIB as Chief Executive in May 2018.  

The MIB is at the heart of the fight against Uninsured driving, and manages claims relating to Uninsured and Untraced driving.   The organisation also provides management services to other industry bodies, especially focused on data asset management.

Dominic joined MIB from QBE, where he most recently held the role of Group Chief Claims Officer.  He has also worked at Aviva as their Claims Director for its General Insurance business, and co-ordinated their claims best practice globally.

He has had a leading role in major negotiations in respect of personal injury reform in the UK and represented the Insurance industry at the Advisory Committee on Civil Costs.

Dominic has been instrumental in the build of the website solution for the Whiplash reforms. Continuing to be the key lead in maintaining stakeholder relations with MoJ, CPRC, Insurers and Solicitors throughout the timeline of the programme. 

Steve Dukes is Confused.com’s COO. His expertise in business growth and technology spans almost two decades, having worked in senior roles at Commuter Club and Dollar Financial. At Confused.com, Steve marries new technology with customer needs by developing propositions which ensure the industry keeps evolving.

David Wong is Senior Technology and Innovation Manager at the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, the UK's automotive industry trade body. Established in 1902, SMMT acts as the voice of the UK automotive industry by supporting and promoting the interests of more than 700 member companies at home and abroad.

David runs SMMT's technology and innovation portfolio which includes connected and autonomous vehicles, electro-mobility, hydrogen-mobility, digital and mobility innovation, and design engineering. He sits on the UK Automotive Council Technology Group, a government-industry partnership that sets strategic priorities and technology roadmaps for the automotive industry; the UK Government's Future Communications Challenge Group; and the board of Cenex, a low-carbon technology consultancy.

David was previously Business Models Co-Creator and Head of Organisations & Business Models Research at the Big Innovation Centre, a big business-funded innovation hub, where he advised private and public sector clients on business model innovation, value proposition development, innovation strategy and open innovation projects.

First Car: 

A 1977 Toyota Corolla

If you had to carpool with any famous person (current or historical) who would it be?

Jürgen Klopp. To talk all things Liverpool FC.

Richard has 20 years’ experience in the design and engineering of low-volume prototype and motorsport vehicle systems, focusing primarily on transmissions and automotive drive battery systems. He joined Thatcham Research as Chief Technical Officer in 2017, with responsibility for all of the organisation's engineering functions, supporting research into passive & active safety, physical & cyber security, advanced vehicle repair and future vehicle technology.

First Car: 

A turquoise Mk2 Ford Fiesta

If you had to carpool with any famous person (current or historical) who would it be?

Alex Zanardi, as his both his attitude and his achievements (still winning motor races, and Paralympic hand-cycling gold medal) in the face of losing both his legs so horrifically, are truly inspirational. Plus we would get wherever we’re going pretty quickly!

Peter is the Head of Operational Motor Claims for RSA.  The team has 400 claims professionals handling all aspects of Motor Claims.  Peter has been employed by RSA in various senior claims management roles.  Before joining RSA Peter was the UK Head of Casualty Claims for AIG.  Peter has worked in Claims all his career starting with the Provincial Insurance Company in Kendal and has over 20 years’ experience in the Insurance claims environment.

First Car: 

1.2 Mark 1 Vauxhall Astra

If you had to carpool with any famous person (current or historical) who would it be?

Winston Churchill – no better person to get to speak to on a 121

Martyn Mathews, senior director, personal and commercial lines, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Insurance, UK and Ireland 

Martyn Mathews serves as Senior Director, Personal and Commercial Lines for the UK and Ireland, Insurance, LexisNexis Risk Solutions. Mathews joined LexisNexis Risk Solutions in October 2016 through the acquisition of Insurance Initiatives Limited (IIL) and is currently tasked with developing and executing the sales, alliances and customer delivery strategy in personal and commercial lines. Prior to LexisNexis, he worked for Experian for 14 years in a variety of roles, most recently as Head of Vertical for Insurance, Life, Pensions & Investments. Mathews also spent time with Vodafone Corporate and the logistics company TNT Mail.  

Current
CEO and Co-founder of Wrisk Ltd.

Non-executive Chairman of MarkelCATCo Reinsurance Fund Ltd (an ILS fund) and non-exec director of Starstone Underwriting Ltd (a managing agency at Lloyd's).

Previous
Faraday (1985-2002), in various roles including CUO and then as CEO.
Oxygen (2003-2011) Founder and CEO.
Chaired the LMP 2001 Project from early 2000. Chaired the London Market Reform Group's Executive Committee from Feb 2002 till Feb 2003.

Paul is Managing Director for Marmalade, a broker specialising in learner and young driver insurance.  Prior to this, he held various positions including Head of Direct Insurance at Markerstudy Group, VP Motor Insurance for Renaissance Insurance in Russia, Head of Motor Insurance at Direct Line and Head of Insurance for Tesco Personal Finance (now Tesco Bank).

First Car:

VW Golf

If you had to carpool with any famous person (current or historical) who would it be? 

Marilyn Monroe

Chris has spent 25 years working with motor crash repair starting as an insurance Engineer before management roles.  At DLG Chris ran the largest insurance owned bodyshop group and this experience followed in into accident management.  Building a wide range of Repairer and work provider relationships through his career he is now seeking to fully repair the bodyshop industry leading the change activities at the NBRA.

First Car:

Ford Cortina

If you had to carpool with any famous person (current or historical) who would it be?

Barack Obama

Paul Stacy leads revenue operations at IMS, guiding a team of sales & marketing professionals that work closely with the world’s leading insurance companies to achieve strategic outcomes using connected insurance solutions.

Prior to joining IMS, Paul founded Wunelli, a UK based telematics service provider, and Coverbox, a UK based PAYD Young Driver insurance product. Wunelli was acquired by LexisNexis Risk Solutions in 2014 at which point Paul spent 6-years establishing LexisNexis Global Telematics Exchange and the European OEM Vehicle Data Exchange.

Andrew is Head of Marketing & Sales for REDTAIL Telematics, and has been supporting our growth in insurance, fleet, tracking and OEM markets.  He has worked in senior commercial roles in diverse sectors from music to postcodes, weather to maps.  Andrew was part of the high growth achieved by EMI Classics, NAVTEQ and most recently MeteoGroup, including exits for the latter two.

Nick has held a variety of roles within claims, fraud and motor since joining Allianz in the UK in 2015. He’s also worked with Allianz Group in Germany, leading on the creation of a digital fraud solution and then focusing on improving claims processes and aligning supply chain networks globally. Back in the UK, he now leads technical motor claims and supports the transformation of claims processes and proposition.

Leon is an experienced insurance professional with a keen passion for all spheres of the Automotive Sector – admiring the classics and enthused about how technology is shaping the future (both on track and off).

With nearly two decades of sector-specific experience and technical expertise, Leon leads and manages Partners&’s multi-disciplinary Automotive practice, across its nationwide network of offices and Client Partners.

Having started his career in South Africa, supporting the automotive sector with all its insurance and risk management requirements, Leon relocated to the UK over 14 years ago where he has worked for large national and global brokers providing tailored risk solutions for all spheres of the motor trade community from large multi-franchised multinational dealerships, non-franchised independent dealerships and accident/body repairers to MOT stations, mechanical repair and service centres, SMART repairers, tyre and exhaust fitment centres.

Leon is a member of the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI), an avid motorsport enthusiast and an active supporter of the automotive charity Ben – the Motor & Allied Trades Benevolent Fund.

Simon has over a decade’s experience leading innovative and award-winning businesses across multiple sectors including retail, software, and financial services - collecting several prestigious awards for marketing, technology, and innovation from Gartner, the DMA, Retail Week, and Cannes Lions. Formally the COO of Kiddicare (acquired) and a member of the senior leadership team at Wm Morrisons. He co-founded and led venture-backed SaaS platform Elevaate (acquired), and was part of Haatch - an early-stage investment company operating across the UK and the US. He is currently the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of iGO4.

David Morse is CMT’s Chief Commercial Officer. He focuses on helping customers leverage CMT products and services to improve customer acquisition, risk reduction, claims experience, and customer retention. For more than 15 years, David has led technology-enabled transformation projects for large insurers, banks, telcos, and high tech companies.

Anthony Aronin heads up Telematics within RSA and is responsible for the Smart Wheels (young driver product) and Low Miler (OBD milage product) that are sold through RSA’s More Than direct brand. He is passionate about utilising telematics data in a range of ways to improve driving behaviour and keep people safe.  Anthony has been with RSA for 6 years and prior to joining he held a number of senior management roles within Swinton Insurance including responsibility for Retail Branches in the South and their  Motor Cycle Business Unit.

Antton Peña is the Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Flock, a UK insurtech on a mission to make the world quantifiably safer with connected fleet insurance that proactively enables and incentivises risk reduction. 

Antton’s background is in engineering, product design and strategy, with extensive experience in the mobility and transportation industry. After working for Audi and Seat, he moved into academia to research how emerging technology could be safely integrated into society, it was there that Flock’s mission to make the world quantifiably safer was born.

Antton graduated from Imperial College and the Royal College of Art (MSc and MA Masters in Global Innovation Design) Prior to founding Flock, Antton was the co-founder of Farewill, the world’s first digital will writing platform. 

Marijan Mumdziev is a passionate entrepreneur with a vision to bring more value to Insurance customers leveraging the Internet of Things (IoT) technology in which he is active more than 15 years. After working as an Executive Board Advisor for a couple of most prominent Telecom Operators in Europe, Ptolemus Consulting, and a couple of other technology companies, all of them active in the Insurance Telematics space, he took over the leadership of AMODO, one of the most innovative technology vendors in the Insurance space.Marijan Mumdziev is a passionate entrepreneur with a vision to bring more value to Insurance customers leveraging the Internet of Things (IoT) technology in which he is active more than 15 years. After working as an Executive Board Advisor for a couple of most prominent Telecom Operators in Europe, Ptolemus Consulting, and a couple of other technology companies, all of them active in the Insurance Telematics space, he took over the leadership of AMODO, one of the most innovative technology vendors in the Insurance space.

Drawing on decades of cross-industry leadership experience, Huw has built a reputation as a knowledgeable and skillful professional with the ability to steer companies through all stages of the business lifecycle. Always ready for a challenge, he has contributed to the profitability of small, mid-sized and multinational organizations by effectively balancing strategic and a roll-up-your-sleeves management style to ensure profitability and continued success. Prior to moving into to the Automotive sector he spent 25 years in the Computer and IT Infrastructure sector before Co-Founding Gordon Murray Design in 2007.

In ‘14 he returned to Rio de Janeiro and Co-Founded CTGMD offering consultancy services to businesses looking at entering Brazil and advice on how to approach the country along with offering strategic introductions to key individuals across many sectors of industry and government. The business was also focused on building and developing a ‘Brazilian Car’ brand utilising the iStream manufacturing process developed by Gordon Murray Design. Huw has served as ‘Brazilian Advisor’ to one of the world’s premier providers of small satellite missions and services and was ‘International Consultant’ to Brazil based Novastar, a corporate finance and strategy boutique located in Rio de Janeiro.

In ‘17 he launched a ‘Skunkworks’ for the Tata Motors Group. Searching for start-up and very early-stage technology opportunities associated but not limited to the Autonomous, Connected Vehicle and IoT space. In ‘19 Huw moved to Group Lotus as Director of Future Technology & Business Partnerships. Developing new business streams and technology from Data both within and outside of the vehicles.

In ‘21 he founded Vision Advisory Limited. The company guides and supports companies through the transformational phase of their lifecycle. It supports businesses that range from seed stage enterprises to more established organisations. Vision Advisory works hand in hand with a committed consortium of leading global brands which operate primarily, but not exclusively, in the automotive and mobility sectors Core services include: Capital Advisory and Fund Raising / Advisory and Executive board composition Commercialisation Strategy / Business Development and Sales

He also sits on the Advisory Board of several Automotive Technology Companies and Pioneer Corporation Japan