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Three New Roles For Junction

Expansion to cope with continuing demand

Immediate release: 30 September 2008

Junction, the UK's leading affinity partnerships specialist for personal lines insurance, has appointed three new associate directors at its head office in Orton Southgate, Peterborough.

Neil Martin and Iain McLean will undertake Associate Director roles within Junction's Corporate Partnerships division, with John Hyde coming on board as the new Associate Director for Sales.

Junction is the largest personal lines affinity provider in the UK, responsible for more than 1.4 million policyholders and has grown rapidly since its launch in 2002. It helps establish mutually profitable relationships with major brands, to enable them to extend their product offerings into insurance. It has an impressive portfolio of partners including Post Office®, M&S Money, Auto Trader, Bradford and Bingley, MoreTh>n and www.yesinsurance.co.uk.

Neil MartinNeil Martin joins Junction from HBOS where he has worked for the last four years, most recently as Head of Business Partnering where he was responsible for all areas of commercial guidance, advice and negotiation across all UK and Ireland operations. His new role will see him primarily responsible for Junction's partnerships with the Post Office® and www.yesinsurance.co.uk.



Iain McLeanIain McLean was formerly Corporate Development Manager for Cable & Wireless plc, having previously undertaken roles including Director of Strategic Relationships for American Express and Change Consultant for British Airways Plc. It is a significant career change for Iain who originally began his business life as a Bio Chemist at the University of Newcastle.



John HydeJohn Hyde has 15 years' experience in the financial arena, working within sales and marketing. His most recent career moves were as Director of Sales for Homeserve GB and Head of Sales and Marketing, Affinity Partnership Programmes for The Royal Bank of Scotland.





Peter Thompson, Managing Director of Junction, said: "We are delighted to welcome Neil, Iain and John to the successful team within Junction – they are each extremely high calibre individuals with strong and proven track records which I know will significantly strengthen our overall capability for the future as we continue to grow."

"We are already the leading affinity provider in the UK and are continuing to build on our position, by working with major brands in a wide range of industry sectors. To assist more brands in extending their product offerings into insurance, we are expanding our team and continuing to innovate, designing the solutions that will deliver both important revenue and exceptional customer service."