ALARM Midlands: Blowing in the wind

Helen Chadwick

Station Manager, Staffordshire Fire & Rescue Service

Helen Chadwick, with 22 years of dedicated service as a Station Manager at Staffordshire Fire & Rescue Service, brings a wealth of experience in operational response. As a National Tactical Wildfire Advisor, her expertise extends beyond local boundaries. With a passion for enhancing community safety and increasing diversity within the Service, Helen has become respected leader in fire management. Her commitment to excellence and strategic thinking, she is ready to share insights gained from a career dedicated to firefighting and public safety.

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Peter Grocock

Public Sector Practice Leader, Aon

Peter leads Aon's Public Sector team in the South West, Wales and Central Region. This includes responsibility for colleagues based in our Bristol and Leicester offices, and also those based full time at home.

His role includes working as Client Director for a diverse range of clients including Local Authorities of various shapes and sizes, police and fire services and several government agencies. He also leads on new business tenders across the region.

Peter has over 40 years' experience in the insurance industry,predominantly with major brokers and insurers. He has been with Aon since 2012 and prior to that was at QBE, Sedgwick and Marsh.

Peter is a member of Aon's Public Sector Leadership Group and as such has a keen interest in helping shape new industry initiatives such as climate risk solutions, leasehold right to buy markets , and seeking alternative approaches to finance risk.

Peter is based in Bristol but travels widely across the region.

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Matthew Hardwick

Senior Risk Consultant, Zurich Municipal

Matt has over ten years' experience of risk management, with extensive experience in supporting senior managers, corporate leaders and operational managers in understanding what good looks like, and how to embed these practices across their organsiations. Matt has worked across the public sector, extensively with local authorities, as well as taking an active lead with third sector organisations. 

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Harvin Kaur

Graduate Trainee Risk Consultant, Zurich Municipal

Harvin has joined Zurich Resilience Solutions for a six month business graduate rotation, having previously completed rotations in global property Underwriting in the London market and claims proposition and market insights. Prior to joining Zurich, Harvin completed a placement year at Enterprise Rent-a-Car and an eight-week internship at HSBC, leading a project on cost efficiencies for the mortgage teams. Harvin graduated from Aston University in 2020 with a First Class Honours Degree in BSc Business & Management, and is currently working towards achieving her Diploma CII. 

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Aidan Kerr

Director Public Sector Solutions, Swiss Re

Aidan leads on Swiss Re's engagement with government, the public sector and industry bodies in the UK and Ireland.

Aidan has over 20 years' experience in banking, consulting, government, and insurance.

Before joining Swiss Re, Aidan was COO at Flood Re, which enables affordable home insurance to be available for people at risk of flooding in the UK. Aidan led the design, build and operation of Flood Re which has, to date, helped over 500,000 homes access affordable flood cover.

Prior to Flood Re, Aidan was the Head of Investment and Funding for flood risk management at the Environment Agency.

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