Mason Owen Financial Services completes MBO from parent company
Commercial property agency Mason Owen & Partners has sold its majority shareholding in broking arm Mason Owen Financial Services and its subsidiary companies to the current management team led by managing director Andrew Gibbons, pictured.
Broking manager Michael Longfellow, development executive Keith Burn, head of legal indemnity Alex Bielinski and regional director – legal indemnity Samuel Gosney also participated in the MBO.
Both Mason Owen & Partners (Holdings) and MOP will continue to retain a minority shareholding in Liverpool headquartered MOFS and the two separate businesses will continue to work closely together, as they have since the insurance business was formed in 1988.
In a joint statement MOP and MOFS reported
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