Shepherds Friendly CEO, Ann-Marie O’Dea was recently awarded the prestigious title of Most-Influential Personal Investment & Insurance CEO in Northern England by CEO Monthly.

Ann-Marie was commended for her unique leadership style, and for her dedication to maintaining the mutual culture at Shepherds Friendly of putting your clients first every time.

As part of her feature in the April issue of CEO Monthly, Ann-Marie said:

“As all members own the society, and there are no shareholders, everything is done for the benefit of the membership and the organisation’s ethos as a mutual gives it a different approach, meaning it can spend time and energy on understanding its members and how it can help them.”

CEO Monthly also highlighted the way that Ann-Marie has overseen various developments and innovations that have provided additional value to your clients, such as the Nuffield Health Benefits included with Shepherds Friendly Income Protection plans.

Ann-Marie commented on what this achievement means to the organisation: “It is great to see all of our hard work being recognised. This award is an endorsement of everything that the company has been working towards over the past few years.”

To read more about Ann-Marie’s achievement in this year’s CEO Monthly awards, you can read her feature their April 2023 issue of CEO Monthly.