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New CEO for MCE
There’s been a reshuffle amongst senior management at leading bike insurance firm MCE. Julian Edwards, the current CEO, is moving to become executive chair, and Alan Atkins comes in as the new CEO.
Atkins has been working in the insurance and finance sectors for more than three decades, and has worked at firms including PremFina, RBS, Bank of America, Premium Credit, Castle Trust and NIG.
Outgoing CEO and new executive chair Julian Edwards said, “On behalf of MCE Insurance, I am delighted to welcome Alan, who I have known personally for 28 years, to the senior management team. Alan has an impressive leadership track record and a reputation for innovation and driving growth. We look forward to working with Alan as the Group focuses on further market opportunities and delivering excellent products and services to customers”.
New CEO Atkins said, “MCE Insurance is a great company and one that I have dealings with since joining the industry 30 years ago. It is an impressive leader in motorcycle insurance with fantastic people and I am absolutely honoured to be given the opportunity to help shape its future. The key objective will be to continue being the leader in our industry and the first choice for our customers. My focus will be on achieving that for the benefit of all our stakeholders and staff. I will be working closely with the Julian and Exco Team over the coming months so that we can look at all our strategic opportunities, and at pace. I have been on the MCE Insurance board since May 2022 and have a good understanding of where the business has its strengths and what actions we should take across our portfolio.”
Alan Atkins becomes CEO of MCE Insurance (centre rear with BSB riders Jason O’Halloran left, Tom Sykes front centre and Peter Hickman right) IT’S BEEN A disappointing year in WSBK for Kawasaki factory rider Jonathan Rea, with hopes of another title slipping away. But the sixtime world champion was honoured last month for his services to motorcycle sport with an OBE presented at Buckingham Palace by Princess Anne. The OBE follows the MBE he was awarded in 2017.
Speaking about the award, Rea said, “I am truly humbled and honoured to be recognised yet again at this level for my achievements and contribution to motorcycling. It seems like only yesterday I was collecting my MBE from Prince William at the Palace, but to receive an OBE from The Princess Royal and be amongst so many amazing names and legends who have also received one, is beyond anything I could have imagined. It really is such a privilege for me to have been made an OBE in the late Queen Elizabeth II’s New Year’s Honours and to collect this honour not just for myself, but on behalf of my family, the wider Kawasaki Racing Team, and my fans in Northern Ireland and across the world.”
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