AXA UK | Director Commercial Customer Risk Management and Sustainability | Advocate for Fire Safety & Business Resilience | Strategic Risk Planning | Liveryman | Freeman of the City of London | Chairman BAFE.
After 24 incredible years at AXA Broker UK, I'm retiring from my role as Director of Commercial Customer Risk Management and Sustainability at year-end. It's been an honour leading our market-leading risk team, driving a sustainability focus for our customer and contributing to AXA's success. Over the years I have worked on projects with passionate colleagues in the UK & Ireland but also in many countries across the AXA world including, more recently, with the teams at AXA Climate in Paris and AXA Global Business Services (AXA GBS) in India. I have also been lucky to engage with many people I can now call friend across other insurers, brokers and many companies and organisations that are too many to mention here - you know who you are! AXA Broker UK will soon appoint my successor to lead a fantastic, engaged and committed team delivering market leading advice and solutions to our customers — the advert is coming shortly. I'm excited, whilst stepping away from full time commitment, I will have opportunity to engage some time in fire/security sectors through NED/advisory positions including AI and possibly some market solution disruption. Thank you to all my colleagues over many years, AXA Broker UK you are a fantastic business with great people, culture and provide opportunity to develop as far as your ambition stretches. Still a few weeks of full engagement however I am looking forward to staying connected from January onwards! #KnowYouCan 😊
Congratulations on an outstanding career in the insurance sector, Dougie. You’re known and respected by everyone, a true testament to how fully you’ve thrown yourself into making the value chain matter to all involved. Wishing you all the very best in your retirement, and look forward to catching up soon!
Truly the end of an era! You. I hope no one underestimates what you have achieved over that time, built a brilliant team & taken on a number of ‘extra curricular’ challenges that have further added to AXAs credibility and reach. I have no doubt that experience will be in high demand & hope to continue to see you out there going forward. In the meantime, thanks for all your help over the years.
Certain people you meet in life who you just completely respect.Dougie - you are very much one. Your guidance over the last 16 years is very much appreciated and that dry sense of may I say it Scottish humour will certainly be missed by many in AXA. All the best my friend
Congratulations Dougie. It has always been a pleasure to know you and work with you. You are a great team leader and a team builder. Always found time to provide advice and guidance no matter how many challenges you were undertaking. I wish you every success in whatever you take on next. Cheers mate.
Many congratulations Dougie, hope we continue to benefit from your experience and solid advice across the insurance, fire and security sectors for many years in your NED roles. 👏🏻
Congratulations Dougie, it was always such a pleasure to work with you! One of the AXA greats, wish you so much success working with other great businesses as a NED! Those companies will be incredibly fortunate to benefit from your experience!
One of the industry’s true gents, a pleasure to have worked on numerous projects over the years with you Dougie hope you have a long happy and healthy retirement whilst keeping your eye in with a few projects. You’ve certainly earned it my friend.
Dougie - you are a true gentleman and an absolute risk management and sustainability legend ! . Thank you for your support and guidance over the years. Wishing you all the very best in your next adventures
Congratulations Douglas Barnett it was a pleasure working alongside you during our time at AXA. Good luck for your next adventure in the world of NED 👍
Marketing and Broker Development Director at AXA
6dIt’s been a pleasure Douglas Barnett - I will miss that early-morning smiling face as we get the 06.30 from GLA to LCY. Best of luck in your new opportunities!