With four service lines, 12 industry groupings, approximately 11,000 people in 23 locations across the country, Deloitte in the UK has the scale, scope, and intellectual power necessary to address the most complex of business challenges.

Our UK Financial Services practice is made up of over 1,500 market-leading specialists in Audit, Tax, Consulting and Corporate Finance and offers the full spectrum of professional services – together in one unique firm.

We place our banking, insurance and investment management clients at the centre of our thinking and make sure they are equipped with the most advantageous and relevant strategies available. By constructing effective, multi-disciplinary teams we deliver outstanding advice and practical solutions that both embrace the bigger picture and also resolve smaller day-to-day issues.

Fortis (Insurance, UK) is a leading provider of award-winning personal and commercial lines insurance solutions in the UK. Its successful customer–centric strategy has been to its align activities to how customers want to buy insurance, predicated on delivering high quality products, manufactured at costs better than market norms.

Fortis’ unique multi–distribution capability enables the company to deliver its products face–to–face, by phone (inbound and outbound), over the Internet and via innovative SMS technology. Aligning itself with its partners general insurance strategies, Fortis is able to offer end–to–end white label capabilities in product development, marketing, campaign management, sales, fulfilment and claims, providing a seamless integration with its partners’ brands.

Insuring in excess of 6.7 million customers and working with a range of partners, Fortis is recognised for delivering consistent, innovative and high–quality customer experiences. In 2007, Fortis was awarded ‘General Insurer of the Year’ at the British Insurance Awards, and ‘Most Innovative Application of Technology’ and ‘Most Effective Insurance Initiative of the Year’ at the ifs Financial Innovation Awards.

Fortis UK is part of Fortis, a leading international provider of banking and insurance services to personal, business and institutional customers. The company ranks among Europe’s top 20 financial institutions with a presence in 50 countries.

A specialist executive search and resourcing consultancy, Wrightson Wood was established in 1978 and as such is celebrating its thirtieth year anniversary. We offer senior level resourcing, research and consultancy services across a variety of functions within consumer services (specifically retail financial services, insurance, life & pensions, retail, telecoms and utilities) in the UK and overseas. We adapt our approach to address the needs of both established and start up businesses as well as the subtleties of mature and emerging markets and are doing increasing amounts of business in Africa, the Middle East and Russia. Well networked at senior levels within their specific markets we are experienced in sales and marketing, operations, general management and finance. We also have particular expertise in key technical skills such as human resources, analytics, CVM and credit risk.

Importantly, Wrightson Wood is more than just an executive search firm. We aim to participate in the activities of our chosen marketplaces to influence change and drive businesses forward. We believe this creates a much stronger relationship, gives us a much better understanding of the dynamics and activities of our clients and candidates and can help shape search mandates, all of which significantly increase the likelihood of success. More market participative than conventional search firms, we get involved with the clients’ business activities on a regular basis helping them with constructive introductions, the sharing of business ideas and facilitating networks between individuals and business generating value through understanding and trust.