Paula Williams promoted

Alec Finch appointed Paula Williams as managing director with effect from 1st February 2008.

Paula joined Alec Finch in September 2007 from Jardine Lloyd Thompson where she had been a regional managing director since 2001.

Alec Finch, Chairman of Alec Finch Group said: “I am delighted that Paula has accepted this position. Our development as an independent UK insurance broker, serving the corporate sector requires hands-on management of the highest calibre, and I am absolutely certain that we have secured the best person to lead us in the exciting months and years to come”.

Williams added: “Alec Finch & Company occupies a unique place in the UK corporate insurance market, having the dynamic characteristics of an independent company, yet part of a European group employing over 500 people and with an unrivalled network of global partners”.

Jacques Verlingue, President of Alec Finch's parent company, Verlingue, said: “Paula’s appointment is an important step forward in the implementation of our UK development strategy which delivers planned expansion of our business whilst, for our clients, maintaining the service excellence for which Alec Finch Group is rightly renowned and for our markets and business associates continuing to be a reliable and responsible partner of increasing significance”.