Hywel started his insurance career in 1981, working in various roles with Humberside Area Health Authority, Canada Life and Brookhouse Insurance brokers. Since then, Hywel has worked at Aviva as head of IFA Marketing, AXA Insurance as head of Product development.

Hywel spent 3 years with Cigna International as Commercial Director and  prior to that, 6 years as VP Product Development for American Express International Insurance Services

Most recently, Hywel spent 8 years at AmTrust Europe Ltd as General Manager Accident & Health and joins us at Optio as joint Head of Accident and Health in 2021.