The UK’s fastest-growing insurance affinity specialist, Junction, today announced the appointment of a new Business Development Director.
Colin Graham joins Junction from Barclaycard, where he was Head of Corporate Development and Business Strategy for Barclaycard US. He will play a vital role in further developing Junction’s expanding client base.
Junction’s Business Development team is responsible for bringing in new Partners, developing additional products within existing partnerships and forging into new products/markets. New propositions are tailor-made to meet each Partner’s specific objectives around target customers and brand values, often leading to the creation of new and innovative business models. Junction works with its panel of insurers to ensure competitive quotes can be returned for the maximum range of customer types.
Peter Thompson, Managing Director for Junction, said: “In the last financial year Junction secured three major new partnerships, taking customer numbers to more than 1.5 million. We are aiming to build on this success with further deals in the coming months. I’m delighted to secure Colin, whose extensive experience across Financial Services will bring new insight to the Junction business that will prove invaluable.”
A Cambridge graduate with a Masters in Computer Science, plus an MBA from City University in London, Colin Graham joined Barclaycard US. Prior to this he focused on financial services as an Associate Director for KPMG, and previously, Merrill Lynch.