Marc Bicknell

Railway Enginemen's Assurance

Marc was appointed as Chief Executive at Railway Enginemen’s Assurance Society in October 2016. He previously served as a non-executive director on the Management Committee at Railway Enginemen’s between January 2016 and October 2016. Marc is a Chartered Accountant by profession and has substantial senior management and board level experience.

Prior to joining the Society Marc worked on external audit and internal audit roles, initially with PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he qualified and latterly in the public sector. Whilst at PwC, he worked on a number of financial services engagements, including Norwich Union and Royal London and also carried out a number of pension scheme audits. His involvement in the friendly society sector goes back many years and Marc previously served as a non-executive director of Druids Sheffield Friendly Society prior to its transfer of engagements to the Oddfellows. At Railway Enginemen’s, alongside his Chief Executive role, Marc also lead on compliance and secretarial matters and business development.

Marc is enthusiastic about mutuals working together in the interests of their members and would see membership of the AFM Board as a means of strengthening relationships, particularly between the smaller societies.