AXA names new regional managers for schemes push

AXA Insurance has appointed Michelle McTeer and Brendan Clark as North and South Regional Schemes managers respectively.

19 September 2017

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Michelle McTeer and Brendan Clark take up their new roles immediately
Michelle will be based in Leeds while Brendan will operate out of Reading, Ipswich and London
The appointments are part of AXA’s push into the schemes space

AXA Insurance has appointed Michelle McTeer and Brendan Clark as North and South Regional Schemes managers respectively.

Michelle, who will be based in AXA’s Leeds schemes hub, and Brendan, who will operate from the hubs in Reading, Ipswich and London, take up their newly-created positions with immediate effect. As part of their roles, Michelle and Brendan will be responsible for scheme growth and development.

Brendan joined AXA in January 2013 as Operations Manager for Reading and Maidstone and was most recently Schemes Development Manager for Reading and Maidstone. Michelle has been at AXA for more then a decade and was Operations Manager for the Leeds branch before taking up her new role.

Head shot of Brendan McCafferty, Intermediated and Direct CEO, AXA Insurance

Schemes business plays a vital role in the future of our commercial arm our aim is to use our expertise from the wider business to find areas of untapped potential.

Michelle and Brendan are the perfect people to drive our new proposition forward and I’m excited about the exciting new schemes opportunities their appointments will bring.

Brendan McCafferty, Intermediated & Direct CEO at AXA Insurance

The moves comes as part of AXA’s push into the schemes space, which also includes the creation of AXA Growth Labs, where brokers will be offered consultancy time with our in house agency Ignition to help them develop their ideas, as well as dedicated schemes teams who will be tasked with investigation potential leads.

The appointments are the first of a raft of new hires in the schemes team ,with further new arrivals set to be announced in due course.

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