Direct Life appoints non-exec director

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Mike Dodd, previous CEO of Sirius Financial Solutions, has joined Direct Life as a non-exec director.

He brings 39 years of business, IT and entrepreneurship experience to his new role.  He spent nine years at Sirius Financial Solutions, where he was business development director and later CEO of the UK business.  Prior to that he spent 20 years at Quotel, the pioneer of computer quotation systems to the UK insurance industry. Dodd is the latest hire for Direct Life - in January 2017 the company appointed the former British Friendly CEO Mark Myers as a non-exec director.  Last October, COVER revealed that Direct Life and LifeQuote were involved in a management buyout from owner ...

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