Matt Edwards steps down as CLARK UK chief executive

Joshua Sargent named new CEO

Jaskeet Briah
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CLARK UK’s chief executive and co-founder Matt Edwards has announced that today (31 August) will be his last with the business.

Having founded the insurtech 10 years ago alongside Alain Desmier, managing director at Contact State, Edwards is now stepping down to refocus efforts on family and to "have more time for living life." Edwards is also relocating outside of England this week to "move my family onto the next chapter", he detailed in a LinkedIn post. Joshua Sargent, former chief operating officer, is succeeding Edwards as chief executive after seven years with CLARK UK. Initially, he joined the business in 2018 as a general manager. "In the last 10 years the business has gone from bedroom start up, li...

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