Takeover reports from ex-CEO cause no fear for Brightside’s Holman

Martyn Holman

Martyn Holman, the new chief executive of Brightside Group, has stated that there is no animosity in his relationship with ex-CEO Arron Banks and is looking forward to continuing to work with him.

Mr Holman told Insurance Age: "Arron and I have still got a great relationship and in his role as chief executive of Southern Rock [which is] a large provider of ours I will still be working with him."

And he also responded to news that Mr Banks was seeking private equity backers to delist the broker following his resignation from the CEO role.

"We are a plc company and therefore anyone can look at putting together a bid to place in front of shareholders," he noted.

"Anybody who knows Arron

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