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Carl Sharples
An award winning creative and versatile Marketing Leader, over 25 years in business. Carl has worked across Industries with a primary focus on Financial Services, mostly working on Client side but as enjoyed time as a planner and innovation lead in the agency world. He has a strong and successful track record for the planning and delivery of high profile activities, proposition development, customer experience, brand development and making new ideas happen. His current role sees him leading Sales and Marketing at Co-op Insurance where he set up the team four years ago and is responsible for growing sales and creating brilliant engagement with Co-op Member Owners and the Insurance business. Outside of work, a keen musician, he creates his own music through his band First Light and plays bass in various covers bands, he has a passion for all things geek’dom from Star Wars, Lego and Marvel and “enjoys” endless Dad taxis requests “day and night” for his sons.