Howden in management restructure as broking CEO retires

It means insurance broking, reinsurance broking and underwriting will report to David Howden.

The restructure comes as José Manuel González (pictured), CEO of Howden broking group, will retire from executive positions.

González, who took on the broking leadership role in June 2018, will remain as a special adviser to David Howden and chair of Howden Iberia, which he founded.

A-Plan and Aston Lark will also be rebranded under the Howden name.

All changes will be in place by 1 October this year.

Howden said: “As we begin the next phase of our growth it is critical that we have the right structure in place so that we are aligned as one to harness our collective power, protect our culture, and to ensure we face our clients and markets as one business.

“We will do this with our retail, specialty, reinsurance and underwriting leaders working together as a single management team.”

Howden’s top team

Under the streamlined management, the UK and Ireland broking operation will fall under the remit of Barnaby Rugge-Price, currently deputy chair of Howden Broking Group.

Deputy chair Paul Redgate, CEO global speciality, and Mark Wood, head of global practices, will support him.

Sarah Hughes, currently CEO UK specialty, will lead Howden Specialty. This will bring together the current UK specialty, global specialty and Howden CAP businesses.

Carl Shuker will lead the UK&I retail broking operations.

Andy Bragoli, currently executive chair of global specialty will become global head of placement.

Luigi Sturani will continue to lead the broking operations in Europe, supported by Salvador Marin as CEO Northern Europe and Danny Sever as chairman.

Howden’s operations in Turkey will become part of its Europe region.

Howden M&A ambitions 

Howden is gearing up for a new round of global acquisitions following on from a successful refinancing. 

Last month, it was announced that Peter Blanc will lead Howden’s mergers and acquisitions business. 

Blanc will oversee a £1b war chest for acquisitions and talent recruitment.

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