New AIFA boss Stephen Gay has batted away suggestions the trade body picked the wrong man for the job as he unveiled his first major project as director general: a top-to-bottom strategic review of the organisation.
The former director of distribution development at Aviva says he has been "pleasantly surprised" by the messages of support he has received since being named as Chris Cummings' successor in September. Some AIFA members queried Gay's appointment, questioning his mainly life office-affiliated background, but he has previously been employed as a business consultant to IFA network Sesame and says he is well prepared to lead the body to 2012 and beyond. "Typically those people who commented on my appointment fell into two categories: those with reservations and those who have met me," Gay ...
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