Steve Wright
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Steve Wright

Director - Insurance & TechnologySpecialist in Insurance, Technology & Change

Steve leads Gerrard White’s Insurance and Technology division, where he manages the team whilst remaining hands on in delivering the market’s best talent to Insurer, Broking, MGA, Insurtech and London Market clients within Technology, Transformation, and ExCo Search and Selection.

With over 10 years of experience recruiting both permanent and interim insurance and technology talent, Steve supports the complex hiring needs of acquisitive and long established insurance businesses in both the UK and North America.

Hiring expertise includes:

  • C-Suite: CTO / CIO / IT Director

  • ExCo Search and Selection: CFO / CEO / NED / COO

  • Transformation: Programme and Project Management, Business Analysis, PMO

  • M&A: System Integrations, Data Migration, IT Due Diligence

  • Insurtech / SaaS Platform: Agile Delivery, Engineers, Technical Leads

  • Security: Infosec, Architecture, Consultancy

  • Architecture: Enterprise, Solutions, Data, Cloud, Applications, Security, Network

  • Data: Cloud Data Engineers/Analysts (Azure/AWS/GCP), MI/BI/Data Warehousing, Architects, ETL, Data Scientists

Steve and the team offer extensive value to clients of all sizes across technology, transformation, data, ExCo, and operations, so get in touch to discuss how we can support you in hiring the insurance market’s best talent.

Jobs by Steve

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Head of Complaints - General Insurance
GlasgowNegotiable

Head of Complaints - 6 MONTH INSIDE IR35 CONTRACT - Major UK Insurer - Hybrid/Glasgow Join one of the UK's leading insurance providers as a Head of Complaints on a 6 month inside IR35 contract. Wor...

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Head of Complaints - UK Insurer
ManchesterNegotiable

Head of Complaints - 6 MONTH INSIDE IR35 CONTRACT - Major UK Insurer - Hybrid/Manchester Join one of the UK's leading insurance providers as a Head of Complaints on a 6 month inside IR35 contract. ...

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Head of Complaints - UK Insurer
ManchesterNegotiable

Head of Complaints - 6 MONTH INSIDE IR35 CONTRACT - Major UK Insurer - Hybrid/Manchester Join one of the UK's leading insurance providers as a Head of Complaints on a 6 month inside IR35 contract. ...

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