Income protection provider Holloway Friendly has appointed Ben Pears (pictured) as CEO, with effect from 24th June 2024.
Pears brings previous CEO experience from a number of organisations, including Kingston Unity Friendly Society and Synergy Financial Products Limited, and was recently insurance director for Unity Mutual.
The Gloucester-based mutual has recently developed a new five-year strategy, which Pears will help deliver.
Pears said: “It’s a great time to join Holloway Friendly. It’s been through a transformative journey of growth and modernisation, including distribution, systems, proposition and brand.
“I’m very much looking forward to leading the team on the next stage of the journey and delivering their growth strategy.
“There’s a real focus on service, value for their members, and helping distributors get more clients protected – as you’d expect from a mutual.
“But there’s clearly an appetite both to build on their core offering, and to find new and alternative ways to grow and differentiate themselves, too.”
Derek Wright, chair and interim CEO, said: “We’re delighted to welcome Ben to Holloway Friendly.
“He brings a wealth of diverse experience from the mutual sector and beyond, together with a real energy and a desire to make a difference.
“The business today is unrecognisable from the Holloway Friendly of 2016, when we began our transformation journey.
“We look forward to Ben’s leadership as we begin the next chapter of our strategy.”
