Autonet Insurance appoint a new Director of HR

(PRWEB UK) 19 October 2012

Autonet Insurance, the UK’s leading independent van insurance broker and the Insurance Times – Personal Lines Broker of the Year 2010 announces a new Director of HR, Penny Copeland.

As a business Autonet are continuing to grow year on year and as a result Penny has been appointed the Director of HR for the company bringing an abundance of experience with her.

Working within the insurance industry for over 25 years Penny has worked for Carole Nash Insurance Consultants as the Head of HR, prior to that she was at Independent Insurance and Commercial Union (now part of Aviva). Penny will lead the HR and Learning & Development teams.

Penny’s brief is to work closely with directors, senior management, the HR team and Learning & Development teams to design and implement HR and learning and development strategies that will ensure Autonet employees are the best they can be. She will be driving through initiatives that are already underway such as leadership, management development and NVQ programmes that will feed into an over-arching talent management strategy. As well as this Penny will be implementing HR frameworks and approaches that will ensure Autonet is ready and able to grasp the exciting opportunities that lie ahead.

Penny Copeland Director of HR commented: “I am delighted to be working for a forward-looking organisation that has exciting plans for the future.

“It’s great that Autonet Insurance recognises the importance that people strategies play in supporting and delivering these plans.

“I am eager to get started and I am looking forward to my exciting new challenge at Autonet.”

Penny will start her position as Director of HR at Autonet Insurance immediately and will be an asset to the company.

Ian Donaldson Managing Director of Autonet Insurance commented: “I am pleased to announce Penny Copeland as Autonet’s Director of HR.

“Penny’s experience and knowledge within the HR field and insurance industry will be invaluable to us all here at Autonet as we prepare for an exciting future.“On behalf of everyone at Autonet I would like to welcome Penny into her new role.”

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