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COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE UK
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Newcastle & the North East
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FOR ALL YOUR GENERAL INSURANCE RECRUITMENT NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE UK
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  Martin Farrar ACII - Director

Martin joined Independent Appointments in 1988 and became co-owner of the company following an MBO in October 2004. He began his insurance career in 1972 with Legal & General, becoming a corporate broker at Bowrings in 1974 and subsequently moving into a development role with Cornhill 10 years later. Martin is responsible for co-managing the company but maintains an active involvement in recruitment, concentrating on commercial appointments at all levels throughout the Yorkshire region.

Martin Farrar | Tel: 0113 244 0846
Eve: 01937 530 088
| Email: mfarrar@iauk.co.uk
 
 
 
  Steve Rhodes ACII - Managing Consultant

Steve has worked for Independent Appointments since 1996, after spending 18 years as a commercial underwriter with Sun Alliance primarily in Leeds and Bradford. With a lengthy career in the Yorkshire insurance industry, Steve has unrivalled and invaluable local market knowledge. He specialises in, and complements, the team in the recruitment of commercial and senior personal lines staff across all sectors within the Leeds & Yorkshire area.

Steve Rhodes | Tel: 0113 244 0846
Eve: 0113 293 3664
| Email: srhodes@iauk.co.uk
 
 
 
  Simon Hemingway ACII, CPRS - Senior Managing Consultant

Simon joined Independent Appointments in 2003 having previously spent 3 years in insurance recruitment. Prior to this, he spent 11 years as a commercial underwriter working for General Accident and Sun Alliance in Leeds. Simon is responsible for leading the Leeds General Insurance Team and specialises in the recruitment of both commercial and senior personal lines personnel within Yorkshire for both insurer and broker markets.

Simon Hemingway | Tel: 0113 244 0846
Eve: 07887 838 299
| Email: shemingway@iauk.co.uk
 
 
 
  Gillian Jones - Managing Consultant

Gillian joined Independent Appointments in 1992 as an office administrator/receptionist and after several promotions became a Managing Consultant in 2001 based out of the Head Office in Leeds. She has responsibility for the recruitment of personal lines, general administration and call centre staff throughout Yorkshire, working closely with both insurance company and broker clients.

Gillian Jones | Tel: 0113 244 0846
Eve: 07967 090 408
| Email: gjones@iauk.co.uk
 
 
 
  Simon McGill - Regional Manager

Simon joined the company in 1998 having previously gained extensive experience in the underwriting, broking, risk management and recruitment sectors. He commenced his career at Ecclesiastical before joining Sheffield broker Cooke & Mason for 7 years. He works across all product areas but has primary responsibility for executive positions throughout the South of England whilst concurrently managing the South West operation.

Simon McGill | Tel: 0117 927 2259
Eve: 07855 388 203
| Email: smcgill@iauk.co.uk
 
 
 
  Martin Heywood - Regional Manager

Martin entered the insurance industry in 1986 with the Guardian Royal Exchange and having progressed his career to Senior Commercial Underwriter joined Lombard Continental in 1997 as a Corporate Sales & Development Executive. Martin moved into recruitment in 2000 and in September 2002 joined Independent Appointments where he acts as Regional Manager for the North West and provides a service as Senior Consultant within the Insurance and Legal sectors.

Martin Heywood | Tel: 0161 839 4199
Eve: 07958 331 135
| Email: mheywood@iauk.co.uk
 
 
  Ollie Adegoke - Managing Consultant

Ollie has worked for Independent Appointments for over 3 years and manages General Insurance recruitment activity covering both the Commercial and Claims sectors in both company and broker environments. Prior to this Ollie worked at Independent Insurance for 6 years as a Commercial Underwriter and for 2 years in recruitment at Badenoch & Clark.

Ollie Adegoke | Tel: 0161 839 4199
Eve: 07739 148 403
| Email: oadegoke@iauk.co.uk
 
 
 
  Claire Warburton - PA/Support Consultant

Claire joined Independent Appointments in September 2007 as a Personal Assistant to the consultants within the Manchester office. Claire has since progressed within the company and now takes on the role of Personal Assistant/Support Consultant to our North East region in addition to retaining some of her support role within the North West. Claire's background prior to joining Independent Appointments includes, Resource Consultancy work for another recruitment operation and a role within the insurance industry at a local insurance broker.

Claire Warburton | Tel: 0161 839 4199
Eve: 07739 842155
| Email: cwarburton@iauk.co.uk
 
 
 
  Jo Anne Holland - Managing Consultant

Jo initially spent over 5 years working for two legal practices in Criminal, Matrimonial & Personal Injury Departments before joining Independent Legal Appointments in October 2000. Jo specialises in the recruitment of all Legal staff including secretaries, paralegals and solicitors in South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, operating from a base in Sheffield.

Jo Anne Holland | Tel: 0114 272 9899
Eve: 07748 048 663
| Email: jholland@iauk.co.uk
 
 
 
  Hannah Pearson - Personal Assistant

Hannah joined Independent Appointments in November 2005 as a Personal Assistant to provide support to the General Insurance Consultants in Leeds. Since August 2006 Hannah has provided full PA support from the Leeds office to Jo Anne Holland in Sheffield and Christine Santon in Newcastle, covering both Insurance and Legal Recruitment.

Prior to joining, Hannah obtained a degree in English Language from Lancaster University and spent nearly 2 years as a Receptionist at a Personal Injury Solicitors.
 
 
  Sarah McEvoy - Personal Assistant

Sarah joined Independent Appointments in August 2006 as a Personal Assistant to provide support to the Consultants within the General Insurance Team. Prior to joining, Sarah worked for eight years within recruitment administration as a senior member of the team dealing with all administration.
 
 
 
  Leanne Killourhey - Personal Assistant

Leanne has worked at Independent Appointments since 2004. Her role is to provide administrative and secretarial support to the Consultants and to ensure the smooth running of the office. Prior to joining, Leanne spent 5 years working for a mobile phone network
dealing with customer retention and the administration of mobile number porting.
 
 
 
  Louise McCluskey - Senior PA

Louise began supporting the General Insurance, Legal & Financial Services divisions of Independent Appointments, Manchester office, in May 1996, building on a secretarial career that spanned 6 years previously, at the Department of Education, Manchester University. She provides unrivalled knowledge of our needs and systems in giving the support our consultants require.
 
 
 
  Julie Gregg - Personal Assistant

Julie provides full PA support to the Consultants. Julie has been with Independent Appointments for nearly 20 years and provides invaluable market and technical knowledge.
 
 
  Tanya Widdop - Personal Assistant

Tanya joined Independent Appointments as a Personal Assistant in January 2007 having worked for the previous 4 years in various administrative roles. She provides full administration support to the Consultants.
 
 
 
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