# Randall & Quilter new Chairman, William Spiegel, hails ‘huge market opportunity’

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- Published: 2021-04-08T08:25:24+01:00
- Author: Giles

**Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd**, (LON;RQIH), the leading non-life 
global speciality insurance company focussing on Program Management and Legacy Insurance
businesses, today confirmed that, further to the announcement made 9 July 2020, 
Ken Randall has retired as Executive Chairman with William Spiegel succeeding him
in the role. Ken has also stepped down as a Director of the Company.

> **William Spiegel , Executive Chairman, said:** “It is an immense honour to succeed
> Ken, who has been one of the world’s leading insurance entrepreneurs for over 
> 30 years. More importantly he has been an important mentor and friend to me.
> Ken retires from R&Q having played a pivotal role in building a truly unique specialty
> insurance company. Today we have a market value of nearly £500m, over 300** **
> employees in nine offices around the world and compelling propositions in the 
> growing legacy insurance and program management markets.
> From a personal perspective, I am very excited to step into the role of Executive
> Chairman. We have a huge market opportunity in front of us. We will continue to
> execute our growth strategy and move the business forward, and I look forward 
> to updating you on our strong progress at our upcoming full year results.”

> **Alan Quilter, Randall & Quilter** **Group CEO and co-founder, said:** “I first
> met Ken in 1974 at Lloyd’s and we worked together on and off until we founded 
> R&Q in 1991. The last 30 years have been an incredible journey for us as we’ve
> successfully established R&Q as a highly regarded specialty insurance group with
> leading propositions across our two core business lines. Ken’s direction, energy
> and vision have been key to this success, while he has been pivotal in building
> an outstanding senior management team which is now taking the Group to the next
> level. 
> Ken retires from R&Q with the business in great shape. I wish Ken all the best
> for his retirement.” 

> **Ken Randall **, commented: “The one constant since I co-founded R&Q is the quality
> of its people, from Alan who I’ve worked with since the start through to William
> as my successor, and it is these people who have underpinned our success.
> I therefore retire as Executive Chairman with a mixture of pride in the business
> I have helped build and excitement, as a shareholder, for its future. Having known
> him for many years, I have great confidence that William is the right person to
> lead the business forward. Not only does he share the entrepreneurial flair that
> is part of R&Q’s DNA, but since joining he has demonstrated a clear ambition to
> further accelerate R&Q’s growth across its two core businesses and beyond.
> I would like to thank everyone at R&Q, our shareholders and the many friends and
> partners we have in the industry for their support over the years and I look forward
> to closely following R&Q’s continued progress.”

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