Tony Shearer - Chairman

Tony (61) is Chairman of the Company. He also chairs the Audit Committee and is a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees. He is Non-Executive Chairman of Caxton FX Ltd (the foreign exchange trader), Gees Haulage Limited (haulage), Triple Plate Junction (the AIM-listed mineral explorer), Updata plc (the software provider), and UK Wealth Management (independent financial advisors). He is also a Non-Executive Director of Harvard International plc (the AIM-listed consumer electronics group) and Sanctuary Partners (the privately owned dealer in metals and minerals).

Tony has held main board executive positions in listed companies M&G Group (1988 to 1996) and Singer & Friedlander Group (2003 to 2005, as Finance Director and Chief Executive). He has worked in investment management, banking, life assurance, general insurance and Lloyd’s of London.

Tony is a chartered accountant, having spent over twenty years with Deloitte Haskins & Sells, of which eight years were as a partner specialising in financial services.

Paul Wilson - Non-Executive Director

Paul Wilson (58) is a Non-Executive Director of Abbey Protection plc and chairs the Nomination and Remuneration Committees. He also sits on the Audit Committee.

Paul is a Senior Advisor at Bain & Co, where he was previously a Senior Partner, responsible for their Financial Services practice. He is also a Non-Executive Director at R J Kiln & Co Ltd, (general insurance underwriter in Lloyd’s market) and a Group Board Member at Unigestion (wealth management). He is also Chairman of Action Against Hunger, an international charity addressing nutrition and water issues in crisis situations.

Paul has over twenty five years experience of the Financial Services industry and has been a leader of several professional services businesses.

Colin Davison – Chief Executive Officer

Colin Davison (50) founded ATP in December 1996 as a sister company to ALP. Colin was Managing Director of ATP until December 2004 when ATP became a trading division of Abbey Protection. In January 2004, Colin was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Abbey Protection Group, following a management buy out of the majority shareholding in the Group.

Colin has overseen the growth of ATP to the £13 million gross premiums and other income business it is today and has been responsible for the introduction of its new products. Colin also took the lead role in the acquisition of Accountax in October 2008.

Prior to joining ATP, Colin worked for the Inland Revenue for six years, then spent a further six years working for IRPC (now CCH Fee Protection), a competitor fee protection provider.

Chris Ward – Group Managing Director

Chris Ward (50) joined ALP in 1993 as Business Development Director. He became its Managing Director in 1996 and joined the Group Board in 2002. Chris is responsible for all aspects of the Group’s legal business divisions with gross premiums and other income in excess of £24 million and has overseen the development of the ALS and ATE divisions, as well as the establishment of the Group’s captive re-insurer, Ibex.

Having worked in the insurance industry since 1979 Chris has had underwriting, sales and marketing responsibilities, largely with the Prudential, where, prior to leaving in 1992, he was Casualty Account Manager for the London Market with responsibility for the professional indemnity and contingency accounts.

Adrian Green – Group Finance Director, Secretary

Adrian Green (45) joined Abbey Protection Group at the end of 2006. He has experience in general insurance covering both underwriting and broking. Following seven years with Fortis Insurance in various positions, he joined Folgate Insurance Company Ltd in 1997 and was promoted to Finance Director in 2002. Following the sale of Folgate Insurance Company Ltd to Towergate Group, he managed the run-off of the Folgate business before being appointed Regional Finance Director for Towergate.