Happy consulting. Even happier executing.

Delivery through spirited initiative and resourcefulness.

Team 7 Associates brings pragmatic delivery and execution to ambitious start-ups, comfortable working through uncertainty and the unknowns that come with growth.

WE BELIEVE IN

Deliveryover presentation
Progressthrough uncertainty
Contextbefore assumptions

Consulting is useful. Execution changes things.

We combine experienced advice with practical delivery. That means designing the finance and operational foundations that help a business launch, adapt and grow — then staying involved to make them work in the real world.

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Specialist experience,
built for action.

Finance system
implementation

Finance-system implementations with deep expertise in insurance, particularly the MGA space.

Insurance
operations

Designing and executing fit-for-purpose processes, including cross-border outsourcing models.

Data & accounting
reconciliation

Successful reconciliation projects across tax, run-off books, acquisitions and divestments.

EXPERIENCE THAT TRAVELS WELL

“More than 25 MGA start-ups supported with best-in-class operational and finance processes.”

An ACCA-qualified, experienced team with international delivery across the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific — always recognising local context and requirements.

The experience behind the practice.

Team 7 Associates is led by Tom Lawson, whose career began in business finance and accounting and grew — through a strong technical grounding — into data analysis and then the systems and databases beneath it. That breadth has meant leading and managing teams through periods of rapid expansion, most recently helping scale a specialty MGA services group from 10 people to 150, and from launch to $1bn of premium written.

ACCA-qualified (FCCA), a former ACCA global prize-winner, and a graduate in Economics and Management from The Queen’s College, Oxford. Delivery experience spans the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific — always with an eye to local context and requirements.

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  1. 2018–2025
    Pine Walk Capital

    Senior operational and commercial lead at a services group delivering wrap-around operations to 15 MGAs; grew from 10 to 150 people and to $1bn premium written.

  2. 2016–2018
    Eaton Gate

    Group Information Manager at a start-up MGU writing direct-to-consumer classes, building the workflow, policy production and accounting ledgers from quote to bind.

  3. 2010–2016
    DUAL International

    Group data, information and finance roles across an international MGA group (now part of the Howden Group), which grew from $100m to $750m premium during his tenure.

  4. Early career
    Reed Business Information

    Commercial Accountant — management accounts and multi-territory consolidation (London, Houston and Singapore) for a B2B publishing group.

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