James is Managing Director of Woodgate and Clark Limited and of Van Ameyde UK Holding Limited. He is also a main board director of  sister company marine Van Ameyde McAuslands, the UK arm of the Van Ameyde Marine Network.

Before joining Woodgate & Clark, James spent many years working for large law firms, going on to found and grow his own commercial legal practice operating across the South West of England. During that time, he became involved with the Van Ameyde Group in both the UK and Europe, handling several key acquisitions including that of Woodgate & Clark in 2015. James joined the company in January 2023, becoming Managing Director in June 2023.

Mike has worked in the insurance industry for 29 years, moving into loss adjusting in 2002 as a liability adjuster and progressing to a national role as Director of Operations. After re-locating to the South-East, Mike took up a role as London Market Director in 2015 with a major loss adjuster where he held leadership roles in Real Estate and Field Operations, developing and implementing field team development programmes. He also has extensive experience in delivering transformation programmes, both in terms of business growth and operational excellence. Mike joined Woodgate & Clark as Operations Director and main board director in January 2025, and has overall responsibility for loss adjusting services in the UK.

Simon is a main board director, leading our client services team, responsible for both existing and new business development. He is a chartered loss adjuster with a comprehensive understanding of claims, having handled complex, high-profile, and varied losses throughout his career.

Simon has been successful in a range of claims and management positions, enabling him to not only develop his technical expertise, but also to grow his talents in people management, customer service and design solutions for clients, most recently as a board director with Quadra Claims Services.

Martin started his career working in brokers before moving on to the claims department at a major insurer, dealing with commercial, motor and domestic claims. He then moved into loss adjusting as a general adjuster, getting more involved in building claims, it was then he transferred to a building network as contractor manager for the North West.

In 2006 Martin set up his own contracting company undertaking insurance-related repairs. He completed work for many major insurers and loss adjusters. In 2021, Martin joined as head of Quadrassist.

With a 30-year career in loss adjusting, Richard is an accomplished and trusted loss adjuster for all types of property damage claims. Richard spent 15 years with a major insurer, where he had responsibility for quality standards, service performance and staff training. He has been a valued and respected member of the Woodgate & Clark Specialist Services team since 2017, handling a variety of household, heritage and commercial major losses, most recently heading up our Specialist Services team in the North. Richard leads our Specialist Services division across the UK.

Glyn has worked in insurance claims handling for over 25 years, with over 20 of those spent in loss adjusting. Starting his career as a claims handler with exposure to all classes of property and motor claims, Glyn moved into commercial property with another major insurer and from here to adjusting in 1999. After a couple of spells as a general adjuster, he briefly worked as a fraud investigator before moving to a large loss adjuster, where he progressed from adjusting to operational management 12 years ago. Glyn joined Woodgate & Clark in January 2022.

Colum has been an integral part of Woodgate & Clark for nearly 40 years. During this time his role has evolved significantly, handling some of our most complex litigated and major losses and becoming a senior member of the business in various roles, most recently as Technical Director. Colum is a trusted referral point, providing technical support and advice to our adjusting teams, whilst actively leading our current mentoring and development programme and referrals/approvals process. As Director of Major Loss Operations Colum plays a significant role in the development of our major loss team and services building upon our well-respected, established major loss proposition, and creating development opportunities for our people and the business.
 

With over 30 years’ experience in the insurance industry, Ian has been an integral part of the business for 9 years. He has significant experience in the management of personal injury, third party property damage, material damage and motor claims, as well as a particular interest in indemnity and policy coverage issues. Ian has previously held senior managerial positions in a number of adjusting practices and, being an experienced mentor, further supports the business in its commitment to personal and career development. Ian’s focus is the continued evolution and growth of the liability operations team to both develop and positively maintain successful and enduring relationships with new and existing clients.

Marion is founder and Director, Spotlite Claims, and became an entertainment claims adjuster in 1988.

A fluent French and German speaker, over the last 30+ years she has handled some of the most complex international entertainment claims, encompassing both property damage and shoot interruption in film, TV and advertising arenas and several significant UK and international studio and back-lot fires. During the pandemic, she coordinated the handling of large volumes of COVID-19 shut-down claims for all sectors of the entertainment industry, including promoters of rock and pop events and film and TV.

Alison is a Director within our Client Services team, responsible for account management and business development.  

Her 25 year career in loss adjusting has included roles in claims handling, process improvement, quality and compliance, plus employee training and development. 

Prior to joining Woodgate & Clark, Alison spent 10 years working at the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters (CILA), where she was responsible for the development of the CILA brand, sponsor relationships, volunteer engagement and the provision of CPD activities. 

Chris is a Director within our Client Services team, responsible for client account management and business development activities.

Prior to joining Woodgate & Clark in January 2024, Chris worked for 20 years for a highly regarded UK specialist insurance company. In that time, he held roles within high net worth underwriting, sales & distribution management, and underwriting & claims vendor management with exposure to both the company and London Market environments. This background has given him a broad understanding of many lines of business and an excellent appreciation of the needs of our insurer clients. 

Ellie joined Woodgate & Clark as Finance Director at the end of June 2024. 

As a CIMA qualified Chartered Accountant, Ellie is a strong and passionate leader, bringing 15 years of expertise in insurance and financial services industries. 

Ellie has extensive experience in running planning and budgeting processes, large investment projects and business cases for a large corporate and has built and maintained strong relationships with many executive teams and boards to enable the delivery of business strategy, as well as provision of strong commercial insight to elevate business performance, drive efficiencies and maximise revenue. 
 

Claire joined Woodgate & Clark as HR Director at the end of August 2024, bringing senior management experience from a diverse range of industries including national security, international aid and resilience, and pharmaceuticals. Having started her career in law with a Bachelor of Law (LLB) from the University of Exeter, and a subsequent Masters at BPP Law School, Claire brings an in-depth knowledge of employment legislation and best practice, particularly in the areas of M&A, change management, and HR practice and policy development. 

Amanda has enjoyed a long and varied career in corporate workspace management and procurement, holding a number of senior posts managing diverse property portfolios and service delivery for large financial services and global real estate firms across the UK and Europe.

As Head of Corporate Services, Amanda manages executive projects, public relations, brand, internal and external communications, the UK property estate, and procurement for the UK group.

Nia joined Woodgate & Clark in 2023 and has overall responsibility of risk management and compliance for the UK group.

Nia conducts regular reviews of the risks facing the business, assessing future ventures, and keeping abreast of regulatory developments as well as evolving best practices in compliance control. 

Nia has worked in financial services for over a decade, latterly in risk management & compliance in the insurance industry. She also has an advanced accreditation in International Regulatory Compliance. 

Gordon joined Woodgate & Clark in 2022 as Head of Business Analytics. In this role Gordon is responsible for harnessing the data the business captures every day, monitoring company performance through transparent analytics that deliver strategic insights – as well as reporting results and sharing performance narratives with our clients; providing them with the assurances they require for trusting us to handle their customers' claims to the highest standards.

Working in the insurance industry for over 30 years, Gordon has held numerous senior operational leadership and business analytics roles with major insurance and loss adjusting companies, bringing a wealth of experience with him to Woodgate & Clark.

Samantha joined the Woodgate & Clark senior operational management team as Head of TPA in April 2025. With more than 25 years of experience in a TPA environment, Sam has an in-depth knowledge of liability, property and motor claims handling, most recently leading a substantial corporate motor TPA offering as a Senior Operations Manager, using her significant experience in building teams and processes designed to deliver a customer experience focused claims journey.

Sam has a passion for people and plays an integral role in our strategy for growth and our ambition to grow a cohesive, multiskilled TPA.
 

Sarah has worked in the insurance industry for 12 years, having previously worked in the public and private sectors. Throughout her 30 year career, Sarah has obtained a wide variety of investigative experience. Having initially trained as a telecoms engineer, Sarah had a complete career change, joining the police in 1995. On leaving the police, she worked for HMRC, the IPCC (now IOPC) and for a forensic accounting firm, before joining the world of the insurance in 2013. Despite having no previous experience in insurance, Sarah was awarded the CILA Institute Prize in 2018, and she now heads up our highly experienced and qualified counter fraud team.