Benny Higgins

Group Chairman

Kevin Spencer

Group CEO

Kevin is the founder and majority shareholder of Markerstudy Group. He spent his early days with a small provincial broker, then became an Agency Consultant and later, the Managing Director of Lloyd's broker Edgar Hamilton and Wellard. Kevin considers the creation of Markerstudy Group to be his proudest achievement.

Gary Humphreys

Group Chief Underwriting Officer

Gary is the second largest shareholder and joint founder of Markerstudy Group. After a career in underwriting in the Lloyd’s market, he joined forces with Kevin Spencer in 1997 to establish the MGA that became Markerstudy. Gary continues to head up the insurance operations, as well as contributing to the development of other companies within the Group.

Keith Barber

Group Chief Financial Officer

With a first class degree in Economics and Business Economics at Southampton University, Keith qualified as a Chartered Accountant and took positions in Ernst and Young and KPMG.  Following various Financial Controller roles within Equity Group, he joined the board of Markerstudy Group in 2005, and is a shareholder. Keith is now responsible for overseeing the divisions of Finance, Legal, Risk and Compliance.

Chris Payne

Group General Counsel and Company Secretary

Chris worked in the motor, pharmaceutical, gaming and betting sectors before being headhunted by Markerstudy to establish the Group Legal department.

Lizzie Smith-Foreman

Director of Group Marketing & Communications

Following a Masters degree in Marketing, Lizzie’s career path lead her to insurance, firstly with Denplan (part of AXA) and then Groupama Insurances. Joining Markerstudy in 2010 and building her department, she is responsible for keeping pace with the rapidly expanding needs of the business.

Martin Wills

Managing Director

Martin trained as a building services engineer and co-founded Vision with Tony Copeland in 1995. He handles all operations within the company, including logistics and claims.

Michael Brittain

Finance Director Group Services

With over 25 years' experience in senior finance and accounting positions, Michael joined Markerstudy in March 2006 and has been involved in all stages of the group’s growth, including playing an active role in all acquisitions.

Steve Cross

Group Head of Claims

Steve has held senior positions at MT Motor Policies, Link Insurance and GHL Insurance Services. He now has overall responsibility for all group claims activity.

Amanda Fox

Head of Broker Development

Tanya Gerrard-White

Director of HR & Talent Development

Formerly a recruiter in London and the US, Tanya set up her own business and Markerstudy became a client. She now heads up the ‘people’ parts of the group.

Gary Hueting

MISL Chief Operating Office

Elaine Fell

Insurance Accounts Controller

Tim Marsden

Head of MI & Analytics

Graham Partlow

Head of Group Projects

With over 30 years' experience in service roles, specifically contact centres, Graham joined Markerstudy in December 2014 as Group Contact Centre Manager, and transferred to Head of Group Projects in 2016.

James MacBeth

Managing Director

With a background in the motor trade industry, James joined Auto Windscreens in April 1992 and now enjoys an encyclopaedic knowledge of all facets of the business. He was promoted to Managing Director in 2019.

Barnes Atkinson

Group Head of Transformational Change

Richard Morley

Operations Director

Gaining a wealth of knowledge in classic car and motorbike insurance, along with call centre management, Sureterm Direct beckoned, and in 2012 Richard headed up Operations. Following a restructure, he is now Operations Director for the Markerstudy Broking division.

Ross Barrington

Managing Director

Ross was Director of Telematics at Capita when Markerstudy acquired the businesses of BDML Connect, Lancaster Insurance and Sureterm Direct in 2013. He was appointed Managing Director of Markerstudy Broking, formerly Markerstudy Retail Group in 2017 following his role as Divisional Head of Retail in 2016.

Simon Marsh

Managing Director

At 17, Simon started a logistics business, soon operating a fleet of 200 vehicles. After firsthand experience of unpleasant road incidents, he progressed to in-vehicle safety technology.  This passion continues in his current role of founder and MD of VisionTrack.

Adam Miller

Group Head of IT

Adam joined Markerstudy in January 2015 as Deputy Head of IT with 20 years’ IT experience in the insurance industry. During this period, Adam has been instrumental in leading the operational IT teams who deliver the core systems and services that underpin all of the group businesses. Adam received promotion to the position of Group Head of IT in July 2018.

Ann Pelaez

Head of Operational Performance

Steve Smith

MGA – Head of Finance

Will James

Head of Technical Underwriting

Simon Hughes

Group Head of Data & Analytics

Mark Pratt

Head of Motor Claims Service and Supplies

Colin Tester

Head of Risk

Alex Bourne

Head of Compliance