Peter Cullum CBE - 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.

Michael Rea - Chief Executive

LLB FCA

Following a career with Price Waterhouse, Michael has held a number of senior corporate finance and finance director roles in the insurance industry. Michael began his appointment as CEO of CCV in September 2009.

Graham Barr – Chief Operating Officer

Graham took up the role as COO for CCV in October 2011. Having previously held a number of senior roles at Heath Lambert and worked for a variety of National brokers, Graham has a strong track record in insurance broking and brings a wealth of experience and industry knowledge to the CCV management team.

Bryan Park – Finance Director

BAcc CA

Bryan is an experienced finance professional whose 17-year career spans both multinational businesses and SME organisations across a broad range of sectors including publishing, energy and leisure.

Richard Norris – IT Director

Diploma in Management

Richard has over 15 years experience in delivering IT services, having started his career as a commercial underwriter. Richard worked for several service based organisations before joining Towergate in 2001 and moving to CCV as IT Director in 2008 and has undertaken numerous acquisition integrations during his time with the group.

David Perry – Sales & Marketing Director / Regional Managing Director (South)

CMgr MCMI

With insurance industry experience gathered over the last 20 years, David has held a variety of senior roles in the broking sector including growing his own business to 6 branches, winning the British Insurance Award for Marketing Initiative along the way before selling in 2003. He is currently Chairman of the British Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA) members committee and a member of the BIBA board.

Keith Insch - Regional Managing Director (West)

ACII

Keith has over 27 years experience in the insurance industry, 15 years of which have been originating and implementing acquisition transactions for large national operations.

David Wrathall - Regional Managing Director (East)

BSC, ACII

David has over 20 years experience in the insurance industry, in the UK and abroad, with both brokers and insurers. His roles have involved him in all aspects of the acquisition process, and subsequent integration, of brokers into a parent family.

Gavin Mitchell – Regional Managing Director (North)

Gavin has been in the insurance industry over 20 years, working in both broking and underwriting. Gavin’s roles have spanned through underwriting, sales and management roles giving him a great depth of experience in both commercial and personal insurance.

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 is a key player in CCV’s fast paced acquisition trail.