Tony Shearer - Chairman

Tony (59) is Chairman of the Company, Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees. He is a Non-Executive Chairman of Uruguay Mineral Exploration Inc. (the AIM listed gold mine and exploration company), of Jerrold Holdings (the secured lender to the residential and commercial sectors), of Yorkshire Investment Group Ltd. (the independent financial advisers), and of Caxton FX (the foreign exchange trader). He is also a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of AIM listed minerals trader Wogen plc.

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 Lloyds of London.

Tony is a chartered accountant, having spent over 20 years with Deloitte Haskins & Sells, of which 8 years were as a partner specialising in financial services.

Paul Wilson - Non-Executive Director

Paul Wilson (56) is a Non-Executive Director of Abbey Protection plc and chairs the Nomination and Remuneration Committees. He is also a member of the Audit Committee

Paul is Senior Advisor at Bain & Co and is also a Non-Executive Director at R J Kiln & Co Ltd and a Group Board Member at Unigestion.  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 (47) 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 £11.5 million sales business it is today and has been responsible for the introduction of its new products. He has also arranged several bespoke insurances for ‘one off’ tax solution arrangements which have generated fees in excess of £300,000 for the Group.

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

Chris Ward – Group Managing Director

Chris Ward (47) 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 sales in excess of £20 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 (43) 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.