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David Harrison was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford where he gained an Honours degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1964 and was subsequently appointed a partner in the family firm of Harrison Son Hill & Co. where he remained in practice until 1976 when the firm merged with RSM Robson Rhodes.
David had previously joined the Lloyd's of London insurance market as an Underwriting Member in 1970. In 1977, he founded the eponymous Underwriting Agency of Harrison Brothers where he was Chairman and Chief Executive for more than 22 years, building the Company up to a premium income under management of £168,000,000. Harrison Brothers merged with Sedgwick Oakwood Capital Plc in 1999 where David continues as Deputy Chairman of the Company, now renamed Argenta Private Capital Ltd. In 2007 Argenta will have an annual premium income under management approaching £1bn.
In 1999 David realised the potential of selling insurance products on the internet and founded Insurancewide.com Services Ltd. He continues to be Chairman of the Company which is now one of the three foremost Aggregators in the UK with an annual premium income approaching £20m.
David was appointed a non-executive Director of Præmium Portfolio Services Ltd and SMArt Operators Ltd on 30th November 2006.
After graduating with an engineering degree from Imperial College London Roland Ward joined Ford Motor Company where he worked on new car designs.
Roland left Ford to join Bank of America in London and worked in various managerial positions focusing on treasury and investments. He was appointed General Manager of the Bank's operations in Switzerland where he developed their Private Banking and Trade Finance business. Roland was also Executive Assistant to the President and was seconded to the White House in Washington for a short assignment on President Reagan's Private Sector initiative for Public Health.
He left Bank of America to join Salomon Bros in London as part of the team that launched The Mortgage Corporation and was very active in developing the Mortgage Backed Securities Market.
Roland joined Clerical Medical Investment Group in 1996 as Finance Director and worked on CMIG's demutualisation and acquisition by Halifax. Following the merger of Halifax with Bank of Scotland Roland served as Finance Director, Financial Services and as a Director of various other group companies including Chairman of the international operations where he was instrumental in developing the European business.
Roland has served as a director of a number of Gloucestershire based enterprises including The Gloucester Royal Hospital, The Gloucestershire Development Agency and The Training and Enterprise Council.
Roland is married with two children, lives in Gloucestershire and is a keen golfer.
John Martin joined Præmium with over 20 years experience in running IFA businesses. John has held senior management positions in national IFAs and established two IFA businesses including City IFA Radcliffe & Newlands where he remains a director. He is co-founder of Market-Share, a consultancy to new providers on distribution, and played a major part in the development and launch of the first online property stock exchange.
Stephen Forbes-Buckingham joined Præmium in December 2010. With over 25 years' experience in the financial services arena, Stephen joined as Head of Operations before taking over as Chief Operating Officer in July 2011. Stephen spent the previous ten years working for Edward Jones in the UK as Head of Operations where he was responsible for all areas of the Operations and trading divisions within the UK. Prior to this Stephen held senior roles within Deutsche Bank and Dresdner Kleinwort Benson.
Stephen has played an active role in the retail market as a member of APCIMS, EMX standards board and is a member of the Securities Institute.