Q&A: Open GI group CEO Simon Badley

Open GI CEO Simon Badley
Open GI

Almost a year into the role as group CEO of Open GI, Simon Badley sat down with Insurance Age content director Jonathan Swift to talk about how he plans to build on existing foundations to make the software house the technology 'partner of choice' for brokers, MGAs and insurers.

What attracted you to the CEO role at Open GI?

“I had come to a point where I wanted a change. I left Aviva in 2011, did three years running [software firm] Avelo, sold it; then spent five years working with [acquirer] Iress learning how to build software for what is a similar value chain. There are differences, but the reality is that the technology [Iress was selling] was there to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and flow of not just quotations and applications, but data to enable a

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