The Clear Group has named Oscar Holloway as managing director, M&A. Most recently, he was head of Europe at Miller Insurance Services and he has also served as senior vice president at Marsh and group M&A director at JLT.

Mike Edgeley, group chief executive officer of The Clear Group, said: “We’ve made no secret of our intent to appoint an M&A leader as we continue to grow Clear’s footprint throughout the UK, Ireland and Continental Europe. Oscar brings us significant global M&A experience to advance this exciting strategy.”

He added: “Howard Lickens has led on M&A activity since the Clear Group was established and we are delighted that Clear will continue to benefit from Howard ’s experience and wisdom in his important role as executive chairman of the Clear Group Holdings Board, together with continuing to work with Oscar on M&A activities.”