Brit's search for new group CFO concludes with RSA veteran

Specialty re/insurer Brit has hired RSA's Gavin Wilkinson as new group chief financial officer (CFO), replacing  Mark Allan who has recently been named CEO of its Lloyd's syndicate Ki.

Wilkinson will assume his new role in May 2021 and will also join the executive committee and board of Brit.

Allan will step down from his role as Brit CFO once Wilkinson has started his role.

Wilkinson joins Brit from RSA where he is currently CFO, Scandinavia. During his 10 years at RSA he has held a number of senior finance roles including CFO of RSA UK & International, CFO of RSA Ireland and group performance & capital director. He started his career at Deloitte, where he qualified as an accountant, working within its financial services practice.

Matthew Wilson, group CEO of Brit, said: “Gavin was the stand-out candidate for the Group CFO role, and we are delighted that he will be joining Brit. He brings a strong technical skillset, deep expertise in leading finance functions within non-life insurance and an impressive track-record of driving performance throughout his career.

“Critically, Gavin has demonstrated himself as a key strategic partner to boards and management teams. His energy and dynamism strongly resonated with the culture we have created at Brit and I look forward to working closely with Gavin in his new role.”

Wilkinson commented: “Brit is an exciting company that is willing to do things differently, with a strong culture of innovation. Matthew and the management team have developed an ambitious vision and a clear strategy, I look forward to working with them to help deliver on this.”