Our very own Mark Craig has been named ‘CFO of the Year’ at the prestigious Insurance Insider Honours! 🏆 Mark joined us in 2017 and became CFO five years ago. Since then, Mark has overseen the business quadruple in size. And achieve incredible compound annual growth of 46 per cent over the past three years. Since 2023, alongside his stellar team, Mark has managed more than 100 M&A deals including the acquisition of TigerRisk, March RS in Spain, North Risk in Denmark and VLC in the Netherlands. And earlier this year he and his team led a USD 6bn refinancing and maturity extension – one of the largest by a European private equity backed business. All the while Mark oversees a vast range of activity, whether it’s preparing first class financial statements, deal structuring, approving new initiatives, managing treasury and providing tax planning and compliance. After picking up his richly deserved prize Mark said: "It’s a great honour to receive the reward but I’m really accepting it on behalf of my incredible team. Our collective power is the key to our success. My team have worked exceptionally hard over the last few years and this award is testament to their abilities. It’s also especially gratifying to win in our 30th anniversary year and can’t wait for what’s to come.” We echo the words of the judging panel when they said “we look forward to seeing what transformative deals Howden’s CFO gets over the line in future”. Meanwhile, hearty congratulations to Kate Pennell and our fantastic marketing colleagues who received a highly commended for their amazing work on the 2023 October rebrand. A fitting tribute to their remarkable collaborative efforts. And, of course, well done to all winners and runners up on the night. #Howden30 #CollectivePower #insurance #finance
Congratulations 🤩⭐️👏
Adam Reed
2mo
Congrats Mark and thoroughly deserved.
Kate Pennell
2mo
Very well deserved Mark Craig, congratulations! And great recognition for the team behind the amazing Howden rebrand. Great work Stephanie Beesly Atif Mahmood Sarah Lamb Victoria Nash and the team at North.
Of no surprise - congratulations Mark. Wish you well.
Peter Blanc ACII
2mo
What a brilliant award to receive - well done Mark Craig!! Very well deserved 👏🍾
Congratulations
Tara Moore
1mo
Well done Mark - well deserved.
Congratulations Mark!!! & the Team! Amazing job for many years! Well deserved!! 💪
Kerry Ashington
1mo
What an achievement Mark - so proud of you!
Founder and CEO at Howden
2moWell done Mark – well deserved. It’s great to receive this industry-leading accolade and to get such ringing endorsement of our Howden approach to growth and financial management.