EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE

We have built an exceptional team of like-minded individuals at Cogent. People who thrive on responsibility and accountability. People who always put Clients first and who relish the opportunity to add real value to your business within the framework that our independence provides.

Senior Management

Nick Metcalf

Chairman
English

Nick was elected to the Lloyd’s Market Association Board in 2001, sitting on the Underwriting and Claims, and the War, Civil War and Finance Guarantee Committees. He spent 30 years in total in the Lloyd’s Market before joining Liberty Syndicates as Chief Executive Officer in 2007. Nick joined the Board of Cogent in May 2019, having retired as President and Group Managing Director of Liberty Specialty Markets in 2017.

Mark Bishop

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
English
French

Mark began his career as a Marine and Energy Broker in Lloyd’s before moving to the Middle East to run the captive insurance business of a major regional conglomerate, gaining valuable experience of placing risks into the Lloyd’s Market from overseas. After three years in the Middle East, Mark returned to the UK and joined Cogent, rising to Managing Director of the Non-Marine division. Mark was appointed CEO of Cogent in 2001.

Duncan McKechnie

FINANCE DIRECTOR & COMPLIANCE OFFICER
English

Duncan qualified as a chartered accountant after reading PPE at Oxford. He has worked in a variety of financial management and control roles in financial services, corporate finance, property development, automotive and aerospace component manufacturing before joining Cogent in 2003. He was appointed Finance Director in 2004.

Andrew Agnew

Non-Executive Director
English

Andrew joined the board of Cogent in 2019 having spent 40 years in the Lloyd’s Market with specialist expertise in the energy sector. He founded Agnew Higgins Pickering & Co in 1998 and, after its sale to JLT in 2007, became Chairman of JLT Specialty before moving to Arthur J Gallagher in 2011. He joined the Board of London International Insurance Brokers Association in 2012 and was Chairman from 2016-2018 and Chairman of Gallagher Specialty until 2018.

Broking

Dermot Flood

Head of Business Development
English

Charles Kettlewell

Head of Property & Casualty Broking
English

Richard O’Brien

Head of Accident & Health
English

Debbie Morris

Production Lead - Latin America
English

Rob Hough

Production Lead - Political Risks
English

Richard Baker

Production Lead - South Africa
English

James Wallace

Senior Broker
English

Thomas Rowlands

Senior Broker – Property
English

Steve Petto

Senior Broker - Property
English

Olly Hargreaves

Senior Broker - Property & Political Violence
English
French
Spanish

Callum Cairney

Broker - Property & Political Violence
English
Laurie McIntosh

Laurie McIntosh

Broker - Trade Credit
English
German
Italian

Anthony Berkeley

Senior Broker - Delegated Authorities
English

Ryan George

Senior Broker - Casualty
English

Angelo Semeraro

Senior Broker – Financial & Specialty Lines
English
Italian

Peter Baggs

Senior Broker - Accident & Health
English

Sean Murray

Senior Broker - Accident & Health
English

Timoteo Malagoli

Senior Broker - Accident & Health
English
Italian

Luca Cavallo

Senior Broker - Accident & Health
English
Italian

Paul Holmes

Account Handler / Broker – Accident & Health
English

Gary Moses

Senior Broker – Aviation
English

Broker Support

Craig Nicholls

Head of Middle Office
English

Rebecca Bassenger

Senior D&F Account Handler
English
Spanish

Lee Horne

D&F Account Handler
English

Richard Coleman

D&F Account Handler
English

Glenn Geeson

Senior DUA & Facilities Account Handler
English

Kate Major

Project Coordinator
English

Jenny Harris

Senior Account Technician
English

Alessandro March D’Angelo

Account Technician
English
Emma Tonkinson

Emma Tonkinson

Account Technician
English

Claims

Vanessa Rose

Head of Claims
English

Gary Dyer

Senior Claims Broker
English

Administration & Support

Anthony Cross

Anthony Cross

Financial Controller
English

Christian Ross

IT / IBA Accounts
English

Sharon Abbott

Finance IBA Accounts
English

Paris Lodge

Executive Assistant
English

Megan Ewing

Travel Co-Ordinator, Administration and Compliance
English

Hayley Williams

Office & Administration Assistant
English

CAREERS

Join our team.
We’re always
talent-spotting.

We’re always on the look-out for talent and potential – strong, like-minded people who can make a difference to our Clients and our businesses.

We provide a stimulating working environment, a progressive attitude and employee-ownership opportunities. We like to speak plainly and honestly, encouraging innovation. If that sounds like your kind of work environment…

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