The Board
Holding Group Board
Ross Lazaroo-Hood
Founder
Formerly the Group CEO, Ross’ main responsibilities for the Holding company includes the general oversight and management of the group businesses, as well as the development and success of Landmark Holding group strategy with the overall vision for its future expansion.
Ross has extensive experience of the Lloyd’s and London company markets. He has worked in the insurance industry for over 25 years specialising in Professional liability and ATE, where he gained expertise in UK and international insurance including being Class Underwriter and Division Head for Lloyd’s of London Syndicate 1919’s Professional Indemnity Division.
Ross is a graduate of the UEA and has spent time in Barbados, Malaysia, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom including his home of Northern Ireland.
Sitki Gelmen
Founder
Sitki is responsibility for the development and implementation of Landmark Holding Group’s financial strategy plus looking at new business opportunities.
A qualified and accredited Engineer with over 10 years’ experience in project and business management. He began his career in the Insurance sector in 2010 when he commenced with Greenwich Underwriting, becoming a Board Member in 2015 and was appointed as CEO in 2016.
Sitki has vast experience in all aspects of finance, corporate governance and claims.
Sitki is a graduate of Kingston University and has spent time both in Turkey and the United Kingdom.
David Robinson
Founder
David’s responsibility is for all the operational needs of the group.
David has 30 years of experience in the London Insurance Market holding senior market positions including Director of Underwriting at London Insurance Market Exchange (LIME) Underwriting, Class Underwriter at Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group’s Lloyd’s Syndicate 3210. He had also worked at DA Constable Syndicate 386 and BP Theakston Syndicate 1101.
David has significant experience within the Financial Risk, Professional Liability, Property & Casualty Insurance, Indemnity, and Commercial Insurance.
Peter Staddon
Non-Executive Chairman
Peter springs from being the Managing Director of the Managing General Agents Association (MGAA) and has not long retired from that role. Peter was the driving force behind developing the MGAA into where it stands today.
He was appointed to the Board and the Grants Committee of The Insurance Charities in 2009.
Peter has over 25 years of delegated authority experience, coupled with many years leading the insurance industry through market initiatives and educational forums.
Anne Dwyer
Board Adviser
Audit and Assurance Partner and Head of Property and construction at Kreston Reeves.
Degree in Mathematics from the University of Loughborough, Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
Anne qualified as a chartered accountant in 2003 and subsequently worked at BDO StoyHayward in their property team before joining Kreston Reeves in 2009.
She has over 15 years’ experience in audit and assurance and has a wide portfolio of clients which are predominately medium and large sized companies ranging from AIM listed to owner managed businesses.
Steve Lockwood
Board Adviser
Mr. Steven Lockwood serves as Principal at Belinos Consulting Limited.
He is a highly experienced insurance professional in the London Insurance Market, with over 20 years regulatory and compliance experience and over 10 years of operating at a senior management level.
He has been a Director and the Compliance Officer for two Lloyd’s insurance groups and has been registered as an Approved Person by the FCA.
In 2004 Steve launched his own consultancy and since then has been working closely with the senior management of London Market insurers and brokers. He holds a BA (Hons) in History.