Appointments

Davies, a specialist professional services and technology company serving insurance and highly regulated markets, has appointed Matt Button as deputy group CEO.

The group also unveiled its Vision-2030 strategy to grow annual revenues from £803.8 million to £2.5-3 billion by the end of 2030.

The strategy that will see the firm focus investment across four central pillars: technology and AI; organic growth and cross-selling; geographic and solution expansion; and Operational Excellence. 

Button will assume day-to-day leadership of Davies’ three go-to-market business units, including across operations, sales, and marketing. Reporting to group CEO Dan Saulter, Button will be responsible for driving organic growth and service on a global basis.  

He joined Davies in 2015, and has served as group M&A director, before becoming CEO of Davies North America, now Davies’ largest business unit, following its launch in 2019.

Over the past 10 years Davies’s M&A program has seen the business increase revenues more than 25-fold.

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Dan Saulter, CEO, said: “I am looking forward to working closely with Matt as he returns to a global role, having successfully grown our North America operations from zero to nearly $500m annual revenues in the past five years.  

“We are proud of our ten years of uninterrupted growth, and we are looking forward to executing on our Vision-2030 goals.”

Button added: “I am very much looking forward to working with Dan and the rest of the team to deliver our global expansion plans and continuing to support our efforts to drive organic growth and great outcomes for clients.”

Following Button’s promotion to deputy group CEO, the firm will run a short internal process in early 2025 to appoint a new CEO for Davies North America. 

In the interim, senior Davies executive, Dhara Patel, will step up to interim CEO of Davies North America until the role is filled.

Earlier in 2024 Davies announced the appointment of Amber Wilkinson to the role of group CFO, a role she takes up in January 2025.

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