Our Team

Stuart has been the driving force behind some of the UK’s leading insurance businesses including Stuart Alexander, AJ Gallagher and Bluefin. He has served as Vice President of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII); Chair of the CII Broking Faculty; Deputy Chair of the British Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA), and Chair of BIBA’s Large Brokers Committee, demonstrating his commitment to quality standards.

Chris has built a market leading reputation for outstanding client service, a skill he learned early in his career at Royal Insurance and Midland Bank Insurance Services, and which he embodies today. With his renowned professionalism, energy and drive, he founded Jelf Group in 1989, growing it to be the British Insurance Awards, Broker of the Year in 2015, prior to its sale to Marsh & McLennan. Chris combines an unswerving commitment to the principle of seamless advice with always seeking to exceed expectations.

Ewan started his career with the family business in 1992, initially looking after the personal motor and household clients. He progressed into handling all lines of commercial related business across the organisation and ultimately, led the business to develop a very strong reputation in the Scottish market for service and delivery.In addition to his insurance career, Ewan is a professional men’s curling champion, having played for his country over 250 occasions in the World Junior Curling Championships, World Men’s Curling Championships, European Championships, European Mixed Championships and Olympic games.

Over the last 20 years Darren has enjoyed success in a variety of senior roles for both regional and global insurance brokers, focussed on strategic leadership, client experience, employee engagement and organic growth. Most recently, Darren was a shareholder and Board Director at Stackhouse Poland. Darren is on the Executive Committee of Partners& and leading Partners&’s high calibre and vastly experienced Private Client team.

James is a financial risk specialist with experience working with a wide range of clients during his time at Aon, Barclays Wealth Management and Mercer. He joined Partners& in 2020 to design and lead our wellbeing, health and protection proposition which has gone from strength to strength due to the combination of his people skills and his technical expertise.

Since starting his career with Alexander Forbes as a graduate trainee, Jonathan has built a leading reputation and specialist knowledge in the food and drink and M&A sectors, most recently at JLT and Marsh. Jonathan is also very active in a number of charities and is a committee member of Kids Out, a Director of Birmingham Food Council and has recently co-founded BFPS Black Leaders Network.

Jonathan is responsible for sourcing, evaluating and structuring investments within the financial services and insurance industry for Capital Z, a specialist investor in the UK and US insurance distribution and underwriting market. Prior to Capital Z, Jonathan was a Senior Vice President of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, specialising in corporate finance and merger and acquisition transactions in the insurance and reinsurance sectors.

Tracey’s client service experience includes working with a range of businesses, from start-ups to multinational FTSE 100s requiring complex global placements. In the last 15 years, she has turned her attention to specialising in media, arts and entertainment before moving into the operational side of the business.

With over 25 years’ experience in the insurance industry, Ian has held diverse roles across personal and commercial lines – starting out in personal lines broking with both local and national insurance brokers before transitioning to the technical underwriting sphere within an insurer. His journey led him to commercial broking where he seized opportunities to lead an SME team, serve as a Client Service Director, and eventually transition into the dynamic realm of projects and business change. His passion lies in leveraging his wealth of experience and expertise to drive innovation and excellence in every project, continually striving to exceed expectations and deliver exceptional results.

Rowanne started as a client facing broker in 2003, holding client director and market director roles at Oval, Willis Towers Watson and Marsh. Building her technical knowledge and market relationships over the years, she joined Partners& in March 2021. Rowanne looks to make sure that we understand what the best in the market looks like and ensures that our clients can benefit from it.

With over 25 years of insurance experience, Richard has designed and placed a range of insurance programmes for clients across all sectors. Using his passion for health & safety development and risk identification methods, he continues to build ‘business resilience’ into insurance programmes that deliver year on year on set objectives. Richard is also a member of our BEAT programme, which was introduced to drive Inclusion & Diversity into our business practice, raise awareness about mental health in our sector and support clients and colleagues alike.

Emily worked in a variety of sales and marketing roles for Capita, GE Capital and Santander before joining her family business RTIB, a specialist fine art insurance broker, where Emily led the finance, HR, marketing, and operations functions. In 2023, RTIB joined Partners& and Emily joined the People team supporting the M&A function, before taking on her current role.

Tom has worked in the insurance broking industry for 20 years, building a reputation for his integrity, expertise, and people-first approach. In 2018, he founded Blackford (acquired by Partners& in 2025), recognising the need for an insurance brokerage that prioritises values, relationships, and a personal touch. His leadership is rooted in the principles he learned during his early days in scouting—trust, responsibility, and a commitment to doing the right thing. He believes that insurance should be about more than just policies—it’s about partnerships, understanding, and delivering solutions that make a difference.

Linsey is CII qualified with over 20 years’ experience in the insurance sector in leading organisations including Marsh McLennan and Aviva. Deeply passion about building an insurance business that places the client at the heart of all that we do, she brings her experience in leadership, business development, underwriting and proposition design to her role.