Davies appoints Matt Button as Deputy Group CEO as firm invests for the future and unveils its Vision-2030 strategy

Davies, the leading specialist professional services and technology company serving insurance and highly regulated markets, today announced the appointment of Matt Button as Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer. 

In his new role, effective January 1, 2025, Matt will assume day-to-day leadership of Davies’ three go-to-market business units, including across operations, sales, and marketing.  Reporting to Group CEO, Dan Saulter, Matt will be responsible for driving organic growth and service on a global basis.  Matt joined Davies in 2015, and has served as Group M&A Director, and latterly as CEO of Davies North America, now Davies’ largest business unit, following its launch in 2019. 

In the interim, senior Davies executive, Dhara Patel, steps up to serve as interim CEO of Davies North America, while a short internal process will select the permanent replacement. Dhara joined Davies in 2023 following Davies’ acquisition of ACM, USIS, PGCS and ICA and was promoted to President and Deputy CEO of Davies North America in July 2024.  

Alongside the Deputy Group CEO announcement, Davies unveiled its Vision-2030 strategy that will see the firm focus investment across four central pillars: Technology & AI; Organic growth & cross-selling; Geographic & solution expansion; and Operational Excellence.  The firm aims to grow annual global revenues to £2.5-3.0 billion by the end of 2030. 

Dan Saulter, Group CEO, said: “I am looking forward to working closely with Matt as he returns to a global role, having successfully grown our North America operations from zero to nearly $500m annual revenues in the past five years.  We are proud of our ten years of uninterrupted growth, and we are looking forward to executing on our Vision-2030 goals”  

Commenting on his appointment, Matt added: “I am very much looking forward to working with Dan and the rest of the team to deliver our global expansion plans and continuing to support our efforts to drive organic growth and great outcomes for clients.” 

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