CCV is funded by a combination of bank and shareholder investment.

The management of CCV all have insurance industry specific expertise:

Peter Cullum – Executive Chairman

MSc, MBA, FCII, ACIM

Peter began his insurance career in 1969 with the Royal Insurance Group and progressed to sales and marketing positions within Commercial Union and ITT London and Edinburgh where he became marketing director in 1988. At the age of 21, he became the youngest person to pass the Chartered Insurance Institute fellowship examinations.  In 1991, Peter joined Economic Insurance as Managing Director and led their return to profitability in 1993.  In December 1993, Peter led the Management Buyout of the Economic that was sold in 1996 to Hiscox plc. In 1997 he and a small team created Towergate Underwriting Group (now Towergate Partnership).

Peter was the 2005 overall winner of the Ernst & Young UK Entrepreneur of the Year award and is the current holder of the M&A Deal Maker of the Year Award.

Tim Johnson – Chief Executive

MBA, BSc (Hons), ACII

Tim Johnson began his insurance career as a graduate trainee with Royal Insurance, fulfilling a number of roles within the branch network and Head Office functions.

He moved into the broking arena with Aon in 1994, and following periods in the Corporate and Sports and Events areas, took up the post of CEO of Aon’s Affinity and SME business.

He joined Towergate as CEO in 2003, and was involved in a number of acquisitions which saw the business grow rapidly.  On the merger of Towergate and Folgate in 2005, Johnson formulated a plan for a new business, CCV, with Towergate Chairman Peter Cullum.

Roger M Brown - Finance Director

BA (Hons), FCMA

A qualified Accountant, Roger began his career in the corporate finance division of Willis, working mainly on Mergers and Acquisitions. Following this he held senior positions in a number of leading premium finance companies including his own which he sold to a merchant bank in 1999. Joining the Towergate group in 2005, Roger moved across to CCV in April 2006.

Keith Insch – Regional Managing Director

ACII

Keith has 27 years experience in the insurance industry, 15 years of which have been originating and implementing acquisition transactions for large national operations including Broker Network and Hill House Hammond. He has responsibility for CCV's trading operations across the South West, Midlands and North.

David Wrathall – Regional Managing Director

BSC, ACII

David has over 20 years experience in the insurance industry, in the UK and abroad, with both brokers and insurers. On joining Towergate from Willis, in 2002, David was involved in all aspects of the acquisition, and subsequent integration, of brokers into the Towergate family. He joined CCV in 2007 and is responsible for a number of trading operations across the South East.

Sam Clark – Legal Counsel and Company Secretary

LLB (Hons), LPC (Commendation), Diploma in Management, Member of Law Society

Sam qualified as a solicitor in September 1999 and spent 3 further years working in private practice as a corporate M&A and banking lawyer.  Sam joined the in-house legal team of Folgate Partnership Limited in September 2003 to assist in its fast paced acquisition trail.  Having become an established part of the in-house legal team of Towergate Partnership on its merger with Folgate Sam joined CCV as Group Legal Counsel in November 2006.