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TECHNOLOGY
Tom Woolgrove Chief Executive Officer
Tom joined Premium Credit as CEO in January 2016 . He was previously Interim Deputy CEO at OakNorth Bank , a new challenger bank combining traditional banking and digital services to offer debt finance enabling smaller businesses to grow .
Before that , Tom completed an appointment as Interim CEO of Flood Re , the new industry led , Government enabled , reinsurance vehicle for safeguarding affordable UK flood insurance . His last permanent executive role was as a member of the Direct Line Group Executive Committee , leading
UK Personal Lines , the largest business unit . Tom was a significant contributor to the successful Direct Line Group IPO , including road shows and ongoing engagement with investors and analysts . He was President of the Chartered Insurance Institute in 2014 and a member of the ABI ’ s General Insurance Committee . Other roles were at Lloyds Banking Group , HBOS and Gemini Consulting . Tom has experience of acquisitions and disposals , as well as delivering integration benefits . He has an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business , where he was a Fulbright
Scholar , and holds a Masters degree in Engineering and Management from Oxford University .
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