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Francis de Zulueta FSI
Has worked with Nelson Hurst and Marsh, Willis, Minet, Aon and Marsh McLennan and was a founding partner of international niche Lloyd's broker, Special Risk Services from start-up to to its successful trade sale to Minet.
He was also the business development Director for AIM-listed venture capital company, BP Marsh & Partners Plc until 2008.
Francis has extensive contacts and knowledge of the broker and managing general agency space.
Senior Advisory Panel
Michael Chartres OBE FCA
Michael has over 25 years’ experience in corporate finance and founded the corporate finance function of CLB chartered accountants, where he later became Senior Partner.
He has extensive experience of insurance related corporate finance transactions. He continues today as a consultant and non executive director of several companies in both the financial and property sectors.
Richard Horton FCA
Richard is a chartered accountant with over 20 years’ of experience as the Group Finance Director of several SME financial service companies, both listed and unlisted. During his career he has been involved in many major acquisitions, disposals and the raising of both equity and debt. He was the Group Finance Director of insurance broking and managing general agency group Hyperion.
Rupert Bell
Rupert Bell has been active in mid market private equity in the UK for over 12 years, with Sand Aire, 3i and Octopus and his experience includes leading deals across a wide range of sectors and deal structures. He is especially experienced in the area of family companies. Before private equity, Rupert qualified as a chartered accountant with Arthur Andersen in corporate recovery, then spent 4 years in the head office corporate finance team at the P&O group. He sits on a number of portfolio company boards.
Nick Denniston
Nick Denniston (54) is an independent consultant assisting companies on Strategy, M&A, Capital Raising and Investments and financial strategy. From 2005 to end 2009 he was CFO and Interim CEO for Argo International (formerly Heritage Underwriting Agency plc-Lloyd’s Underwriting Business; annual premium income £500m - AIM listed with 1400 shareholders; May 2008 sold to Argo, Bermuda based insurer). He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Young in 1981. Between 1982 and 1995 he worked at SG Warburg, latterly as an Executive Director, working on mergers and acquisitions and equity issues. In 1995 he was appointed Finance Director of the CDC Capital Partners, a UK Government owned US$2 billion emerging markets investment business. In 2000 he was appointed as a Managing Director of Securitas Capital, Swiss Re’s private equity investment firm.