Bob Catchpole has been appointed New Business Manager at Healthwise Limited, the private medical insurance, Group Risk and specialist advisory firm based in the West Midlands.

Catchpole began his career in the general insurance industry and has over 20 years experience working for insurers in an external capacity. For the last 22 years he has operated in the healthcare market.

He was employed by the insurer Guardian Health for 11 years before making the transition from the insurer market to that of independent consultant in 1998.