Leadership
Our executive team is comprised of experienced insurance industry experts who bring passion, drive, and client centricity to the management of the group.
DIRECTORS
Carl Shuker
Group CEO
Carl Shuker
Group CEO
Carl Shuker began his career at A-Plan Insurance in Oxford in 1981 and has held many roles within the business. He became Deputy CEO in 2001 and led the first management buyout. He became A-Plan CEO in 2008 and is now the Group CEO having taken the business through the Hg MBO. Carl is ACII qualified and has an MBA from Henley Management College.
Andrew Galbraith
Group CFO
Andrew Galbraith
Group CFO
Andrew joined A Plan in July 2009 as Group Finance Director. Andrew has spent the majority of his career in financial services, most recently prior to A-Plan as Finance Director of AA Insurance Services. Prior to this Andrew held a number of senior finance roles in Centrica PLC having qualified as a chartered accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers in London.
Paul Blanchard
Group Technology Officer
Paul Blanchard
Group Technology Officer
Paul is the Group Technology Officer for A-Plan. Paul joined A-Plan in 2000, having previously worked for Barclays. His role covers all technology components and teams within the business. The technology function has grown in line with A-Plan’s increasing use of digital platforms, developing and introducing the tools required for staff to operate more effectively and efficiently.
Jonathan Cumpstey
Group Compliance Officer
Jonathan Cumpstey
Group Compliance Officer
Jonathan joined A-Plan in 2012 having worked in financial services since 1994 when he joined Royal Insurance, having been a practicing solicitor. Jonathan is responsible for compliance with regulatory standards across the Group’s companies. This includes implementation of changes in requirements as they happen and also to ensure monitoring against current standards to provide assurance to the respective Boards. Jonathan is also Deputy Chairman of the BIBA Motor Working Group.
Max Carruthers
Chairman
Max Carruthers
Chairman
Max has spent his entire 40-year career working within the insurance industry, including positions at Hiscox, Towergate and Open GI, where he held board positions variously as leader of operations, technology and digital trading. Max’s last employee role was as COO of AXA Commercial Lines and Personal Intermediary. Max joined A-Plan Group as Chairman in 2015.
Elizabeth Barrett
Group General Counsel
Elizabeth Barrett
Group General Counsel
Elizabeth joined A-Plan in February 2019 as Group General Counsel. Elizabeth is a dual qualified lawyer, originally specialising in insurance litigation in private practice. She has always worked in the insurance industry in one form or another. Elizabeth has held in a wide variety of roles, from Chief of Staff to General Counsel.
Elizabeth volunteers for the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, and has been awarded her French parachute wings