Towergate Health & Protection has bolstered its executive leadership team with the appointment of Andy Samuel as chief technology officer.

He joins Towergate Health & Protection from Vizolution. With over 25 years’ experience, Samuel (pictured) has a track record for developing and leading technology strategies to grow businesses. He has worked across financial services, aerospace, government and telecommunications.

His initial focus will be on how to best execute the company’s short-term objectives and develop longer-term systems strategy to support its commercial and operational success.

Samuel said: “This is a great opportunity with an ambitious and forward-thinking company. I am looking forward to working with colleagues from across the business to get to know them and to understand the needs of our clients.”

Iain Laws, CEO, Towergate Health & Protection, added: “We are pleased to welcome Andy as we continue to strengthen our team to deliver our growth strategy to lead us successfully into the future.

“Rapid technological advancements are constantly evolving our colleague, client and partner expectations. It’s imperative, therefore, that we have the expertise to enable us to take advantage of the right tools to help power our growth with efficient systems that make it easy to do business with us and maximise the time available to talk to new and future clients.”