Cirencester Friendly has made another key appointment to its senior management team.

Andy Peters has joined this week as interim director of distribution and sales.

This latest appointment continues a strategic move towards further strengthening its senior management team in order to support ambitious growth plans within the Protection market.

Peters has extensive financial services intermediary distribution experience. He has held posts, and was the co-founder and distribution director at Bright Grey and more recently Guardian, as well as national partnerships director with Royal London.

He said: “I’m so pleased to have secured this opportunity with Cirencester Friendly where I’ll be able to continue working collaboratively with great people – this is a real attraction for me. I really enjoy finding and creating great partnerships with organisations and, as a work ethic, believe they are deeply important.

“It’s a fantastic new challenge for me and I’m really keen to get delivering against their exciting strategy.”

David Macgregor, commercial director, added: “We have set some ambitious plans for the future and believe Andy is the right person to help us to move forwards and deliver on these. Using his extensive financial services experience, he will be instrumental in bringing on new, good quality advisers as well as strengthening distribution opportunities and relationships for the business with those who already support us.

“We look forward to welcoming Andy to the Society and working with him to help support us with the delivery of the Society’s objectives.”