Former Swinton distribution director, Richard Beaven becomes COO of Brightside

Richard Beaven has joined Brightside as chief operating officer (COO).

He took up the post on 15 April. Prior to this he was distribution director at Swinton and, according to his Linked In page, left the broker in July last year, after being made redundant. The broker had warned that there were 268 people at risk of redundancy in February 2018. 

Ardonagh Group bought Swinton for £165m in September last year.

In his new role Beaven will report to Group CEO Brendan McCafferty who said this