Interview: Martin Oliver: Grafting the Gallagher way
Having joined Gallagher last year as MD of personal lines, Martin Oliver explains why he’s there to stay, his relationship with Grahame Chilton and how the role plays to his experience and strengths.
Almost seven years after leaving Kwik Fit Financial Services, two other jobs and a couple of Post profiles later, Martin Oliver finds himself in the spacious boardroom of a shiny new City of London
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