Towergate acquires Northern Ireland broker

Towergate has acquired Northern Ireland broker Dawson Whyte.

Belfast-based Dawson Whyte has five offices across Northern Ireland.

Directors Gordon Whyte, Brian Dawson, Hugh McKinty and Michael McClurg and the other regional directors will remain with the business alongside its 80 employees.

McKinty will take on the role of Towergate managing director for Northern Ireland within the broking division, reporting into Kenny Hogg, regional managing director of the newly enlarged region, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Towergate group chief executive Mark Hodges said: “Dawson Whyte is a business with an exceptional reputation and impressive history. It is well known across Northern Ireland for the delivery of excellent customer service. We are delighted to welcome this pre-eminent business and its management team into the Towergate Group. 

Dawson Whyte chairman Gordon Whyte added: “We have spent a considerable amount of time understanding the opportunities for our business to flourish within the Towergate Group. As a result, we are confident that the attitude and approach of our new colleagues is ideally suited to our own ambitions for our brand and for our people.”