James Clague

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ABOUT JAMES CLAGUE

I am a highly experienced Strategic Relationship Manager, with deep experience of developing alliances with several prominent UK insurance brands.A list of my core competencies include : Strategic Account Management Trading and P&L Performance Digital Transformation Proposition Development and Delivery Bids and Tenders Contract NegotiationA strong and influential leader with the skill to lead multi-disciplinary teams and the strength of character to engage a broad range of stakeholders across product, pricing, change and IT to deliver demanding objectives.I am adept at exploiting the value of business partnerships through continuous needs analysis and strategic planning with the commercial nous to productively lead tenders, negotiate business deals and agree contracts.I have successfully navigated the challenges of growing a personal lines portfolio within the fast changing banking sector. I enjoy working on digital transformation programs, as customers adopt digital banking channels and demand an integrated end to end self service capability across their chosen digital platform.I have a track record throughout my career in different organisations of delivering innovative digital and data led solutions whether that be developing new simplified quote and buy customer journeys or from the intelligent use of data in both risk analysis and pricing and in marketing from the development of propensity to buy models.Throughout my career I have been recognized and respected for building winning teams and I particularly enjoy coaching and developing team members and supporting them in their career progression. I have worked in the Insurance industry for over 30 years for three of the largest insurers and with all the main UK retail banks in that time.