Driving Excellence and Shaping our Future
Mark Mcilquham
Having spent over 20 years as a partner at Deloitte working exclusively in the insurance sector and ultimately becoming CEO of the Financial Services Audit and Advisory Business
(which employed over 1000 people), Mark joined Acrisure in 2021 with a mandate to build a UK Retail platform from scratch.
In just two years, he has overseen 15 acquisitions and now leads 800 colleagues across the entirety of the UK having recently been elevated to CEO of Acrisure UK. Whilst continuing to grow out the Retail platform, his new role includes oversight the Wholesale, Reinsurance Corporate Advisory and divisions in the UK.
Katherine Cross
Kat joined Acrisure UK Retail as Chief Financial Officer in February 2024, having previously worked for Tysers for over 20 years in a number of senior Finance roles.
Kat was CFO of the original Tysers firm when it sold to Integro in 2018 and subsequently became Deputy CFO of the enlarged organisation, seeing it through its sale from private equity ownership to new owners in 2022. Around the same time, Kat took on the role of Chief Risk and Compliance Officer until her departure in late 2023.
Shahram Shayesteh
Shahram has gained experience in compliance and risk over the past 11 years in the insurance industry. Shahram has a proven track record of implementing practical, efficient control frameworks.
As the former head of compliance for a large mutual insurer, shahram gained extensive experience in implementing regulatory change and automating control frameworks. Other experience includes designing compliance frameworks and developing RegTech for broking, underwriting MGAs and networks, as well as carrying out Section 166 reviews on behalf of the regulator.
Keith Jackson
Keith is currently a Non-Executive Director of Acrisure UK Retail and chair of the Board Risk Committee. Keith was previously the Director of Supervision for General Insurance & Protection at the FCA.
Prior to this, he held a range of senior risk, compliance & audit roles within Aon, Aviva, Bupa and Towergate. Since retiring from full time employment, Keith and his family run a small sheep farm in the North Yorkshire Moors.
Simon Cooter
Simon is a Director for Acrisure UK Retail, including acting as Chair for the Broking businesses. He is also Non-Executive Director of Sutton Winson Limited and Eleven Network.
He has more than 30 years’ experience in the UK general insurance market, having most recently worked as Commercial Lines and High Net Worth Director at Covea Insurance. Prior to that, he was Director of Market Management and Regional Operations at Brit Insurance and Small Business Director at RSA.
