Alan Leach, MA (Cantab), MSc (London Business School), Director: Alan has responsibility for developing relationships with clients from the financial and other sectors at an international level. With a background in strategic research and consulting, Alan has extensive pan-European and global experience in areas that include affinity and partnership marketing, automotive financial services, bancassurance, customer behaviour, extended warranties and insurance for consumer products, retailer financial services, and travel insurance and assistance. Moreover, projects in which he has been involved include benchmarking card-related loyalty schemes for a major international payment card company, evaluating opportunities in creditor insurance in China, India, South Korea and Taiwan, and analysing automotive finance competitors and products across multiple European countries. Alan is a fluent speaker of English, French, Italian and Spanish and can be contacted on .
David Parry, MA (Cantab), PhD (Cantab), Managing Consultant: David held a research fellowship in modern French history at Hertford College, Oxford before he began his career in business intelligence for financial services, and he is the co-author (with Pierre Girard) of France since 1800 (Oxford University Press). He has over ten years’ experience in financial services market analysis, and has been involved in a wide range of projects concerning retail banking and both life, and non-life insurance in Europe, including market sizing and forecasting, competitor intelligence, brand analysis and the use of IT in financial services. At Finaccord, he has worked on pan-European reports about online aggregation of banking and insurance products, commercial non-life insurance brokers, travel insurance and assistance, affinity and partnership marketing in UK financial services, and automotive financial services in Europe. David, who speaks fluent English and French, can be contacted on .
Bernd Bergmann, BA (Kent), MA (Newcastle), MPhil (London), Consultant: Bernd is responsible for co-ordinating research on consumer financial services in Germany and also assists with Finaccord's pan-European and international projects. Since joining Finaccord, he has developed ground-breaking new research about affinity and partnership schemes in financial services in Germany and has designed and supervised research into the behaviour of German consumers in the context of a large variety of financial products ranging from legal expenses insurance to mortgages and from breakdown recovery insurance to private pension insurance. He has also contributed to a variety of pan-European research projects including those focused on home emergency insurance and assistance, mobile gadget and telephone insurance, and travel insurance and assistance. In addition to his native German, Bernd is a fluent speaker of English, French and Italian. He can be contacted on .
Simon Tottman, MA (Cantab), Consultant: Simon is responsible for developing Finaccord's’s Major Global Markets series, which incorporates a number of research products dedicated to consumer financial services issues across key developed and emerging markets. With a strong focus on the retail banking and insurance sectors, Simon has overseen projects related to bancassurance and consumer payments, along with travel insurance and assistance. Having published a pioneering report on the packaging of insurance and assistance with payment cards and bank accounts, Simon has a keen insight into the diverse provision of financial services in many of the world’s most significant markets outside of Europe, along with an understanding of the local socio-economic factors affecting the design and distribution of these products. He is also involved in the assessment of current and future trends regarding issues such as e-money and m-commerce, and contributes to a variety of Finaccord’s international projects. Simon is bilingual in English and French, and can be contacted at .
Roberto Napolitano, MA (Bologna), MSc (LSE), Marketing Co-ordinator: Roberto is responsible for Finaccord's international marketing, sales and communications, liaising both with clients and the media. He ensures that Finaccord consultants are mentioned in both national and international media for their research on different topics in global financial services. Prior to joining Finaccord, Roberto built extensive experience as a corporate communications and marketing executive for various international organisations including LSE, Olympic News Service, Cohn & Wolfe (WPP), London Medical Group, GMPR Group, Synthesio, PromiseCorp and others. Roberto is fluent in English and Italian and speaks conversational French. He can be contacted at .
Tobias Schneider, MA (Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Warsaw), MSc (LSE), Consultant: Since joining Finaccord Tobias has participated in projects concerning automotive financial services, bancassurance, and insurance and assistance associated with payment cards and bank accounts, and automotive financial services, with particular expertise in Central and Eastern European markets. Prior to joining Finaccord, Tobias worked as a political analyst in Albania and as a lecturer at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Tobias is fluent in English, German and Polish and speaks conversational French. He can be contacted at .
Edward Wilford, BA (Dunelm), MPhil (Cantab), Consultant: Edward completed an MPhil in Linguistics at the University of Cambridge before joining Finaccord where his work has ranged across bancassurance, both consumer and fleet automotive financial services, and extended warranties and insurance for mobile and non-mobile consumer products in both established and developing markets. He speaks German, Spanish and Welsh to conversational levels and can be contacted at .
Alan Leach, MA (Cantab), MSc (London Business School), Director: Alan has responsibility for developing relationships with clients from the financial and other sectors at an international level. With a background in strategic research and consulting, Alan has extensive pan-European and global experience in areas that include affinity and partnership marketing, automotive financial services, bancassurance, customer behaviour, extended warranties and insurance for consumer products, retailer financial services, and travel insurance and assistance. Moreover, projects in which he has been involved include benchmarking card-related loyalty schemes for a major international payment card company, evaluating opportunities in creditor insurance in China, India, South Korea and Taiwan, and analysing automotive finance competitors and products across multiple European countries. Alan is a fluent speaker of English, French, Italian and Spanish and can be contacted on .
David Parry, MA (Cantab), PhD (Cantab), Managing Consultant: David held a research fellowship in modern French history at Hertford College, Oxford before he began his career in business intelligence for financial services, and he is the co-author (with Pierre Girard) of France since 1800 (Oxford University Press). He has over ten years’ experience in financial services market analysis, and has been involved in a wide range of projects concerning retail banking and both life, and non-life insurance in Europe, including market sizing and forecasting, competitor intelligence, brand analysis and the use of IT in financial services. At Finaccord, he has worked on pan-European reports about online aggregation of banking and insurance products, commercial non-life insurance brokers, travel insurance and assistance, affinity and partnership marketing in UK financial services, and automotive financial services in Europe. David, who speaks fluent English and French, can be contacted on .
Bernd Bergmann, BA (Kent), MA (Newcastle), MPhil (London), Consultant: Bernd is responsible for co-ordinating research on consumer financial services in Germany and also assists with Finaccord's pan-European and international projects. Since joining Finaccord, he has developed ground-breaking new research about affinity and partnership schemes in financial services in Germany and has designed and supervised research into the behaviour of German consumers in the context of a large variety of financial products ranging from legal expenses insurance to mortgages and from breakdown recovery insurance to private pension insurance. He has also contributed to a variety of pan-European research projects including those focused on home emergency insurance and assistance, mobile gadget and telephone insurance, and travel insurance and assistance. In addition to his native German, Bernd is a fluent speaker of English, French and Italian. He can be contacted on .
Simon Tottman, MA (Cantab), Consultant: Simon is responsible for developing Finaccord's’s Major Global Markets series, which incorporates a number of research products dedicated to consumer financial services issues across key developed and emerging markets. With a strong focus on the retail banking and insurance sectors, Simon has overseen projects related to bancassurance and consumer payments, along with travel insurance and assistance. Having published a pioneering report on the packaging of insurance and assistance with payment cards and bank accounts, Simon has a keen insight into the diverse provision of financial services in many of the world’s most significant markets outside of Europe, along with an understanding of the local socio-economic factors affecting the design and distribution of these products. He is also involved in the assessment of current and future trends regarding issues such as e-money and m-commerce, and contributes to a variety of Finaccord’s international projects. Simon is bilingual in English and French, and can be contacted at .
Roberto Napolitano, MA (Bologna), MSc (LSE), Marketing Co-ordinator: Roberto is responsible for Finaccord's international marketing, sales and communications, liaising both with clients and the media. He ensures that Finaccord consultants are mentioned in both national and international media for their research on different topics in global financial services. Prior to joining Finaccord, Roberto built extensive experience as a corporate communications and marketing executive for various international organisations including LSE, Olympic News Service, Cohn & Wolfe (WPP), London Medical Group, GMPR Group, Synthesio, PromiseCorp and others. Roberto is fluent in English and Italian and speaks conversational French. He can be contacted at .
Tobias Schneider, MA (Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Warsaw), MSc (LSE), Consultant: Since joining Finaccord Tobias has participated in projects concerning automotive financial services, bancassurance, and insurance and assistance associated with payment cards and bank accounts, and automotive financial services, with particular expertise in Central and Eastern European markets. Prior to joining Finaccord, Tobias worked as a political analyst in Albania and as a lecturer at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Tobias is fluent in English, German and Polish and speaks conversational French. He can be contacted at .
Edward Wilford, BA (Dunelm), MPhil (Cantab), Consultant: Edward completed an MPhil in Linguistics at the University of Cambridge before joining Finaccord where his work has ranged across bancassurance, both consumer and fleet automotive financial services, and extended warranties and insurance for mobile and non-mobile consumer products in both established and developing markets. He speaks German, Spanish and Welsh to conversational levels and can be contacted at .
