Loughborough-based insurance broker, Anthony James, has announced strategic changes within the structure of its senior management team.
The restructure sees current Managing Director Steve Boorman become CEO, with sales director Jacob Duckworth moving into the MD role.
The news is the latest move as the firm consolidates it position in the market following the acquisition of Nottingham counterpart Bale Insurance Brokers back in the spring.
Speaking about the changes, Steve Boorman said: “We have ambitious plans for sustainable growth in terms of the team, our business and our associated businesses. A big part of that wider picture is working with, developing and promoting incredible talent and Jacob is a perfect illustration of that.
“In a market known for consolidation, we are fiercely independent. Maintaining that independence requires the creation and development of a thriving culture within the organisation. Jacob, Leonie Rainbow (operations director) and Liudmila Matvievskaia (finance director) are leading that charge and I’m proud to have worked with them as they have built their careers in the industry together here at Anthony James.”
Jacob Duckworth added: “I am immensely proud to be moving into a role that Steve has created, thrived in and developed over these past years. We are ‘reliably different’ as a company and certainly as an insurance brokerage and that is down to the values that Steve has helped to instil right across the team and into our entire philosophy as a company.
“Fortunately for me, I will be working very closely with Steve, Leonie and Liudmila to continue in this spirit of innovation, customer-centric thinking and frankly, just doing things differently, to develop our client offering and experience further still.”
