Simon Bolam
Principal, E H Ranson & Co
Left school in 1961 and joined the Royal Insurance in Edinburgh. In 1970 joined E H Ranson & Co, Insurance Brokers. In 1971 became a partner and then owner in 1972 to the present time. His firm operates from four offices in the Edinburgh area and specialises in personal and smaller commercial insurance business.
A Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute and a Chartered Insurance Broker.
1994/95 - President of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII)
1998/2000 – Chairman of the British Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA)
From 1998, until the repeal of the Insurance Brokers Registration Act in 2001, an elected member of the Insurance Brokers Registration Council.
From its establishment in 2000 to its cessation in 2005, served on the Board of the General Insurance Standards Council and chaired its Smaller Practitioners Committee.
In December 2002 appointed by the Financial Services Authority to represent general insurance intermediation on its Smaller Businesses Practitioner Panel (SBPP). From 1 June 2008 appointed by the FSA to serve as Chairman of the Panel.
Outside interests - Hillwalking and mountain biking in Scotland.
Members (click on each member for further information)
Roy Leighton (Chairman), Chairman, Nymex Europe Limited
Nick Prettejohn (Deputy Chairman), Chief Executive, UK Insurance, Prudential
Russell Collins, Head of Deloitte UK National Financial Service Practice
Iain Cornish, Chief Executive, Yorkshire Building Society
Clara Furse, Chief Executive, London Stock Exchange
Douglas Gardner, former Distribution Director Positive Solutions
Colin Keogh, Group Chief Executive, Close Brothers Group
Helena Morrissey, Chief Executive Officer, Newton Investment Management
Gordon Pell, Executive Chairman, The Royal Bank of Scotland
Andrew Ross, Chief Executive, Cazenove Fund Management
Simon Bolam, Principal, E H Ranson & Co
Patrick Snowball, Chairman, Towergate Financial Services
Alan Yarrow, Vice Chairman, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW)
Roger Liddell, Chief Executive Officer, LCH.Clearnet Group Limited