Martin Oliver to become chief executive of former Erinaceous for Barbon
Barbon Insurance has appointed Martin Oliver, the managing director of Kwik-Fit Financial Services, to the position of chief executive.
Leslie Goodman, who has been interim executive chairman of Barbon since November 2007, will relinquish that role.
Oliver is expected to take up the role within the next couple of months, subject to FSA approval.
Tim Redburn, chairman of Caley, Barbon’s holding company said: “We are delighted to have attracted Martin Oliver to become Chief Executive of Barbon. He has an impressive track record with Kwik-Fit and I am confident he will lead Barbon to even greater success in the future. We are very grateful to Leslie Goodman for all he has done in steering Barbon through a very difficult period to a position where it can now look forward to the future with confidence.”
After four years at Britannia, Martin Oliver joined Kwik-Fit Insurance as finance director. He became business development director in 1999 and managing director in 2002.
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