Life insurance broker Reassured has appointed Matthew Donaldson (pictured) as non-executive chairman.
Donaldson will work closely with the Board, Bridgepoint and CEO Steve Marshall, to continue the firm’s organic growth, digital transformation and corporate partnership expansion.
He brings over 25 years of experience in the financial services and insurance sector experience to the role and holds a number of private equity backed chairman roles including Three Rock Group, Ireland and BGLi following its acquisition by Markerstudy Group.
He spent over 18 years at BGL Group, the digital distributor of insurance and household financial services.
As Group COO he led the development of BGL’s digital strategy resulting in the formation of comparethemarket.com, which became the largest price comparison site in the UK. He was appointed group CEO in 2013.
Steve Marshall, CEO at Reassured, said: “We are delighted to welcome Matthew as chairman of Reassured to continue our growth journey and develop our strategy. Despite testing conditions, we have enjoyed fantastic growth in recent years and are ambitious to continue this trajectory. Matthew’s experience and energy will be key to helping us in the next phase of our development.
Donaldson added: “I’m thrilled to be joining the UK’s largest life insurance broker and embarking on a new challenge within the sector. I
“have long been impressed by Reassured and immediately gelled with Steve and the other senior team members when we met. I am excited to help this talented group achieve further, unprecedented growth.”
