BIBA names Shayne Halfpenny-Ray as head of policy and public affairs

As of 14 November

John Brazier
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The British Insurance Broker’s Association (BIBA) has announced the appointment of Shayne Halfpenny-Ray as its new head of policy and public affairs.

Halfpenny-Ray joins from Phoenix Group where he held the role of social affairs manager, working with government departments such as the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department for Business and Trade. He was previously public affairs manager at the Chartered Insurance Institute where he provided the secretariat services for the Insurance & Financial Services APPG and sat on both the Access to Insurance Steering Group and BIBA's Access to Insurance Committee. BIBA stated he will be taking responsibility for "key elements" of BIBA's policy, representation and lobbying work t...

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