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Howard Lickens Joins Konsileo as Chair
Independent chartered commercial insurance broker Konsileo has appointed Howard Lickens as Chair.
Howard is a highly respected insurance industry leader with more than forty years’ experience and an exceptional track record of building and scaling high growth insurance brokerages.
He founded Clear Insurance Management in 2001 where he was Chief Executive and latterly Executive Chair. Clear doubled in size every 3 years under Howard’s leadership. Howard stepped down as Executive Chairman in December at which point Clear had grown to over 1,100 employees and £1bn of GWP.
Throughout his career, Howard has worked closely with management teams and investors to drive sustained growth, operational excellence and successful strategic outcomes.
Howard is the latest appointment to Konsileo’s strengthened board. The business was joined by US insurance, operations and investment executive Joe Zuk in June 2025. Geoff Lloyd, a former HR leader at FTSE100 firms Meggitt and Serco joined investment director Judy Welch as non-executive director in December 2023.
Konsileo co-founder and CEO John Warburton said:
“I first met Howard more than fifteen years ago when I was at Allianz. Back then he struck me as one of the most thoughtful people in insurance with a deeply rooted drive to build an organisation with high quality advice, trusted relationships and independence at its heart.
When we launched Konsileo he was the first person I sought out for guidance. His mentorship in those early days, and his introduction to Brokerbility, was material to our growth.
Having Howard’s deep market insights and intuition for culture and client excellence in broking really augments our board and I’m so pleased that Konsileo will benefit even further from his experience.”
Howard Lickens said: “Konsileo has a genuinely different business model rooted in the values I’ve always held dear in insurance broking – treat the client right, give the broker tools to be excellent in doing so, and treat brokers with respect. It’s no surprise that they’ve outpaced their peers on organic growth, and I’m delighted to support the company’s next phase of growth as it approaches £100 million of gross written premium.”
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