Ross hails Swinton's "significant transformation" as he rules out more retail buys
CEO says Swinton deal took a year to complete as Ardonagh confirms that Autonet MD Ian Donaldson has been involved in negotiations.
David Ross, chief executive officer of Ardonagh Group, has described the negotiations to buy Swinton as “massively complex”.
“Janice [Deakin, deputy CEO] and I were saying last night that it was a year ago next week that we went to Paris for the first time on this deal and we feel like we can handle the Brexit negotiations at this point,” he commented.
But closing the deal is not the only challenge for Ardonagh, as it now faces the task of integrating Swinton into the business.
Ross noted
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