Staff Promotions

As our business continues to grow and we continue to improve the services and products available to our clients following our acquisition by Jensten, it is important that we take time to reflect on our business’s success and the outstanding contributions made by the team and ensure that we set our business up for future success.

We are pleased to announce several exciting changes within Darwin Clayton.

Simon Henderson, former Managing Director of Darwin Cayton, now heads up the new Schemes and Affinities division of Jensten. In this new role, Simon will continue with overall responsibility to be responsible for Darwin Clayton and the recent Jensten acquisitions, specialists, Henry Seymour and Robert Gerrard.

Mark Harris and Ashley Hoadley have been promoted to Joint Managing Directors of Darwin Clayton. Mark now heads up the Partner Brokers/Wholesale & Technical areas and Ashley will lead the Retail division direct customer business.

Ben Smith has joined the board as Commercial Director and has taken on responsibility for our Nottingham Branch, in addition to the Southern Commercial team.

Simon Levett’s role has changed to become more operationally focussed, and he has joined Simon Henderson in the Schemes and Affinities division. Simon will now be responsible for ensuring operational focus and efficiency within the business, in his new role of Schemes & Affinities Operations Assistant Director.

These changes, together with a number of other new roles created, staff changes reflect our commitment to improving our customer & broker services, strengthening our business, and fostering career progression. Please join us in congratulating Ashley Hoadley, Mark Harris, Ben Smith, Simon Henderson, and Simon Levett and wishing them well in their new roles.