Anne Hughes, Network services director, Willis Towers Watson Networks

Anne Hughes is part of the Insurance Business UK Women of Influence 2018

Anne Hughes, Network services director, Willis Towers Watson Networks
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Network services director
Willis Towers Watson Networks

With more than 35 years of general commercial insurance experience, focusing on staff management, Anne Hughes has developed an excellent understanding of broker networks in the UK. Starting as a graduate trainee with Commercial Union, Hughes moved across to the broking fraternity early on in her career. Following spells as both a general and construction industry broking specialist, Hughes was part of the team that developed and launched one of the earliest broker networks in the UK, the Willis Commercial Network, in the late 1990s. Now known as Willis Towers Watson Networks, the organisation will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2019.

“I am passionate about good people management, and I enjoy seeing those whom I manage develop and move onto bigger and better things,” Hughes says. “I am also very proud of all we have achieved in Willis Towers Watson Networks. Being part of the team since networks were an idea on a piece of paper, launching the proposition back in 1999 and actively contributing to its continued development ever since have been a privilege and a great personal development experience for me. I have learnt so many new skills over the years.”

Hughes believes the industry has made great strides in how it promotes and champions women in the workplace. “Being realistic, it will take time to see the results of such commitment,” she says, “but it is great that change is now actively happening. The challenge for women is to make sure they take advantage of this sea change. The opportunities to progress one’s career now exist more than ever before, but it is still up to the individual to make it happen. Women need to have the capability, but just as importantly, they also need to have the belief and drive to succeed.”

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