Interview: Derek Coles: Out of the shadows
Ryan Direct Group CEO Derek Coles is ready to come out from under the radar at a company that has grown from 45 people to 475 under his stewardship.
For a company celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, it is perhaps surprising that Derek Coles’s Ryan Direct Group is still seen as something of an enigma by the wider insurance industry.
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