gilles normand Chief Executive Officer, Swinton Insurance Advisory Councillor of the French Chamber
Born in Paris in 1968 and moved to Hale in 2012. Married, three children who are enrolled in a British college in Manchester. Present: - CEO of Swinton Insurance (Manchester) since January 2015, a subsidiary of Covéa. Swinton is the largest high street personal and small business insurance broker in GB, with 2 million customers served through contact centres, 350 branches and 4,700 staff. - Chairman of Medical Insurance Company (Dublin) a subsidiary of Covéa which provides liability cover to surgeons since 2002 in France, Switzerland and Spain. - Foreign trade advisor for the French government. - Advisory Councillor of the French Chamber of GB. Past: - CEO of MMA Holdings (Reading), the parent company of Covéa subsidiaries in GB (6,000 staff in total, 4 million customers). As such, has overviewed the completion of the merger of MMA and Provident in 2012, now Covéa Insurance, the acquisition of Sterling Insurance in 2014 and the setting up of Hebble Law in 2015. - Marketing and CRM executive director at MAAF (Niort), subsidiary of Covéa. Gilles NORMAND graduated in MS both from ESSEC business school and Sciences Po Paris and is a former reserve officer of the French army. About Swinton Insurance: see page 16
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