Rob Smale
Chairman

Born in Wales, Rob Smale lives in Hampshire and was until this year the Transformation Director at Ageas UK. Prior to that Rob was Claims Director at Ageas for 13 years. Originally a mining engineer Rob joined Aviva in 1996 and became Director of Claims for its direct arm. In 2003 he moved to Ageas where he helped lead its rapid growth including the establishment of an entirely new claims function for Tesco Underwriting. He was responsible for disrupting the motor and home supply chains with the Solution Centre and Solution Network concepts respectively. Whilst at Ageas Rob’s team won over 30 industry awards and gained a reputation for innovation which included one of the first applications of artificial intelligence in the claims space. In his time at Ageas Rob was on the Supervisory Board of the Insurance Fraud Bureau and a founder ambassador of I Love Claims..

Eddie Longworth
Chief Executive Officer

Eddie has previously been an independent claims and supply chain development consultant for 25 years. Working on 3 different continents and for many of the top UK insurers and vendors, Eddie has a national reputation for innovation and finding new solutions to suit changing and challenging situations.

Often asked to advise on new claims technology solutions Eddie also brings significant experience of the worlds of insurtech, customer experience design, and supply chain integration. Renowned for his ‘straight talking’ he has a passion for excellence and an intolerance of the ordinary! Driven, passionate, and focused on delivering real results for clients, he provides strategic and operational leadership skills that help to transform business performance.

Darren Combellack
Director

Darren is a Director of Combellack Vehicle Recyclers Ltd, a Cornish family-run business, founded in 1983 by his father James and his mother Sally.  Darren joined the family business straight from school, taking over the role as general manager in 2007.  In his time in this role, Darren has been responsible for introducing huge technological leaps to the company, bringing the sale of used car parts and salvage vehicles forward into a nationwide audience.  Darren became a director of e2e in 2016, and is very proud to be a part of such an organisation.  Outside of work, Darren is kept busy by his young family; 3 children, his partner, and Fleur, the family beagle.  They can all often be found out and about, enjoying the Cornish countryside and coastline of a weekend.      

Allen Prebble
Director

Like many automotive recycling business owners, Allen is the second generation of his family to run Silverlake, and in his 30+ years at the helm he has taken the business from a small traditional breaker’s yard to a multi-million pound enterprise.  Allen takes his responsibilities as the owner and Managing Director of the company seriously and has kept Silverlake at the forefront of the vehicle recycling industry by constantly looking for efficiencies in the multiple processes involved in automotive recycling.  In addition, Allen is keenly aware of the business’ socio-corporate responsibility to the community surrounding it, and he sponsors many local events and charities, including a county-wide scheme that provides a free service promoting fire and crime prevention initiatives and supporting vulnerable and elderly people, particularly victims of burglary and domestic violence.  Outside work Allen has a number of interests, including motor racing, both watching and competing, travel, theatre and fine dining.

Hamish Irvine
Director

Based in Scotland, Hamish is an original member of NSG, now e2e, since it launched in 1985.  Having been in the business for 50+ years. Hamish went to college to study agriculture but his career took a different direction to his studies and he became a specialist dismantler of sports cars.  Since then the business has expanded handling a diverse range of motor vehicles to include  cars, vans, motorcycles, HGVs, farm machinery, tractors and plant. Hamish loves the winter, not only because it is a busy time for the business, but it also gives him the opportunity to enjoy his passion for snowboarding and ski-ing in the Scottish resorts and the Alps.

Chris Morgan
Director

Chris is a director at ASM Auto Recycling, where he has worked for the past 40+ years.  His focus is operations, service quality and consistency and the overall day to day running of the business.  He brings a practical perspective to the e2e Board where he has been a director for several years.   Throughout his career Chris has proactively supported the evolution of the industry whereby salvage and recycling agents have overcome traditional thinking, remodeling their businesses to become professional partners who operate to the highest service standards, protecting the environment and ensuring regulatory compliance.  He is proud to be an instrumental member of the e2e Board which has been at the forefront of setting new industry standards and continues to innovate. Apart from bringing up four children in his spare time, Chris enjoys rallying his Mk1 Lotus Cortina, cycling and has recently become a born again motor cyclist; which some might say really does  confirm his midlife crisis!