Josh leads Wotton Kearney’s Underwriting Agency strategy and industry relationships. He works closely with Partners to shape and deliver the firm’s growth strategy and client solutions in this important market. With a career spanning legal, commercial, and business development roles across the UK, Europe, and Australia, Josh brings a distinctive cross-disciplinary perspective to our insurance client engagement and growth.

Josh is known for driving innovation across the business – from data strategy and technology implementations to launching new client solutions and forging unique industry partnerships, including with the Underwriting Agency Council and the Lloyds Development Group.

With a background as both a lawyer and commercial executive, and more than 12 years of experience working with insurance sector clients, Josh has deep insight into the industry’s key players – from underwriting and operations to claims teams across capacity insurers, underwriting agencies and TPAs. These relationships give him valuable insight into the unique operational challenges and strategic priorities of underwriting agencies in Australia.

In addition to his role at Wotton Kearney, Josh is a faculty member at the College of Law, where he regularly presents on stakeholder engagement and personal brand development for in-house legal teams.