Hood Group expands tech team with new senior appointment

Hood Group expands tech team with new senior appointment

Data and technology driven insurance specialist, Hood Group, has expanded its technology team with the appointment of Danny Spraggon as infrastructure and service manager.

An experienced leader with 18 years’ experience managing IT environments and systems, Danny joins Hood Group from London based B2B global advertising company, Gyro, where he served as Head of IT EurAsia.

In his new role, Danny’s remit will cover a wide range of technology initiatives from hosted cloud solutions, to maximising the group’s investment in new technology systems. Managing a team of seven and reporting to Head of IT, Claire Foster, Danny will be working with development and system architecture managers to deliver best in class support, data security and a robust IT platform.

Hood Group CEO, Simon Hood, says: “This is a significant new appointment that further supports our aim and the initiatives that drive that ambition to transform insurance and the customer experience. Technology is the enabler for delivering the transformation – from the use of data and analytics to drive customer value, delivering innovative propositions to our partners, through to working with start-ups. Our investment in technology and optimising it effectively is critical to the success of our business and this is why I’m delighted to welcome someone of Danny’s calibre to our team.”