Hood Group names Post Office’s Paddock as CEO
Hood Group has hired Paul Paddock as CEO, replacing Simon Hood, who stepped down last year.
Paddock joins Hood Group after almost nine years at Post Office Insurance, where he most recently served as interim CEO.
Prior to this, he was deputy CEO and director of product and pricing, playing a
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