Finance Monthly CFO Awards 2019 Winners Edition

www.finance-monthly.com 47 Finance Monthly CFO Awards 2019 CFO of Hyperion Insurance Group RICHARD HOUGHTON FIRM PROFILE Hyperion is an international insurance intermediary group with insurance broking and underwriting agency arms. We are one of the world’s leading insurance intermediary groups with a growth story to be incredibly proud of. Our 4,500 employees are based in offices across Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and the Americas. OUR COMPANIES The DUAL Group DUAL is the largest global underwriting agency in the world. It provides specialist insurance solutions by connecting capacity providers to new geographic markets and segments and brokers with new insurance markets. A key component to DUAL’s success has been its commitment to provide its customers with exclusive access to the strongest underwriting capital available, and its ability to build strong relationships. They base their past success on their ability to listen to the needs of their brokers and clients, giving them what they want rather than telling them what they need. Howden Howden is the world’s largest international independent retail broker with over 10,000 professionals, across 90+ territories, sharing one set of standards. Together with Howden One, our global specialist insurance broking network, we solve the toughest insurance challenges for our clients, wherever they may be. RKH Specialty A leading independent specialty lines broker, RKH Specialty creates unique risk solutions, programmes and facilities across a wide range of industries and risk classes, placing complex risks for some of the world’s largest companies. Our expertise across industries and increasing influence in global insurance markets means that our clients include some of the world’s largest companies. Our independence and scale also makes us a natural partner for retail brokers seeking to access specialist international markets. RKH Reinsurance RKH Reinsurance delivers specialty and facultative reinsurance solutions to clients across the world, with specific focus on the UK, USA, Latin American and Caribbean markets. What differentiates RKHReinsurance Brokers fromour competitors is amultidimensional approach that draws on facultative and specialty reinsurance, operations and claims. Hybrid solutions can be created that provide real competitive advantage. As a result, product innovation and evolution are central to the work we product for clients. www.hyperiongrp.com ABOUT RICHARD HOUGHTON Richard was appointed Interim CFO in December 2018. He began his career at Deloitte and then spent a decade working in the banking sector, undertaking a number of senior finance roles with the National Bank of Australia and RBS, where he was Finance Director for Direct Line RBS Insurance. Most recently he was the Interim CFO at RSA Insurance Group and Aspen Insurance. Finance Monthly CFO Awards 2019 UNITED KINGDOM