UK
Ireland
Nick Godwin is a Director specialising in the leadership and delivery of complex data and technology transformation across insurance and financial services. He typically works with clients as a Programme Director, Programme Manager or Lead Project Manager, providing oversight from mobilisation and strategy through to implementation and business adoption.
His expertise spans data strategy and management, underwriting and pricing technology, programme mobilisation, implementation and release management, infrastructure modernisation, operational resilience and post-acquisition integration. He also brings specialist knowledge of IT networks, contact-centre telephony, data centres and large-scale financial services infrastructure.
Experience
Nick Godwin joined the business in 2020 and has over 20 years’ experience delivering complex business and technology change across insurance and financial services.
He has held senior client delivery roles including Programme Director, Programme Manager and Lead Project Manager, leading Agile, Waterfall and hybrid programmes across data strategy, underwriting and pricing, catastrophe modelling, telecommunications, networks, data centres, cloud infrastructure and operational integration.
Earlier in his career, Nick specialised in delivering large-scale IT infrastructure programmes for financial services organisations, developing particular subject-matter expertise in enterprise networks and contact-centre telephony. He has led multidisciplinary teams across UK, European and offshore operations, combining strong technical understanding with clear communication at senior stakeholder level.
As a consultant, Nick has repeatedly been the first member of the team engaged by a new client. In his last two consecutive client engagements, he established the initial relationship and helped develop it into an ongoing, multi-year, multimillion-pound client relationship.
Notable client work and achievements
Nick has worked with clients to help them:
Transform & Integrate: Led the redesign of processes and organisational responsibilities for ingesting bordereaux data into a wider insurance ecosystem for a (re)insurer, alongside leadership of the detailed requirements-gathering phase.
Modernise: Led a multi-project data strategy programme covering enterprise platform design, data governance and management tooling, legacy pricing data and the creation of an Agile Data Lab.
Innovate: Introduced an in-house European Windstorm and Flood Catastrophe Modelling capability, leading vendor selection, technology design governance, implementation and business rollout.
Optimise: Led pricing and portfolio management initiatives, including the launch of a Pricing Sophistication Programme and assessment of migration from legacy rating platforms to Radar Live.
Integrate & Streamline: Delivered the post-acquisition migration of insurance operations onto new applications, infrastructure and contact-centre technology, removing reliance on legacy systems by the required date.
Build lasting partnerships: Acted as the first consultant engaged on two consecutive new client relationships, helping develop each into an ongoing, multi-year, multimillion-pound engagement.
Professional qualifications/memberships
Prince 2 Practitioner
APMP Practitioner
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