Phil is MetLife’s Head of Individual Protection for the UK having joined the business in February this year but has been at the forefront of the UK Protection market for well over a decade, holding senior roles across insurer, technology and distribution businesses. A columnist and commentator for the trade press as well as a regular on conference and event platforms, Phil has a reputation for forthright views eloquently and often humorously expressed.

Having begun his career as an adviser, Phil knows the challenges faced by those at the "coal face" of Protection sales and has used this background and his subsequent experience to devise and implement successful strategies and partnerships for firms such as Direct Life & Pensions, Vitality Life, UnderwriteMe and, most recently, Reassured.

Phil is also an ambassador for Women in Protection and, away from insurance, Youth Chairman for one of Hampshire's largest non-league football clubs, AFC Portchester.