Tenterden
Pittlesden Barn, High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6HT
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01580 766 174
Visit us: 9am-5pm
Tenterden
Pittlesden Barn, High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6HT
About Tenterden
We’ve really got to know our designated account handler over the years, and value their support, confident that they always have our best interests at heart. They understand our business and can deal with our enquiries quickly and efficiently. We’re located near the Tenterden office, so we’re just a short drive away from the team should we require a face-to-face meeting. Our business has multiple risks, so we want to make sure that the cover is appropriate to support every eventuality and NFU Mutual help us to do so.
Our team

Doug Jackson
Senior Partner & NFU Group Secretary
Doug has over 15 years of experience in business consultancy prior to moving into insurance. He worked most recently for a multi-national consultancy…

George Ashby
Partner (Farming) & NFU Group Secretary
George joined the business in Spring 2017, based mainly in the Whitfield office. He looks forward to converting his past experience in the British Arm…

Darren Smith Cert CII
Partner (Corporate & Commercial)
Darren has worked for the business for over 16 years across all areas of the agency before being appointed Partner in September 2017. His main role no…

Stuart Doughty ACII
Senior Insurance Executive
Stuart has worked with various areas of the business since 1977. He now specialises in reviewing farming and commercial clients' insurance cover. The…

Jodie Dane
Private Client Executive
Jodie has worked for the agency since 2010 after graduating from university with a BA (Hons) in Financial Services and Business Management. She has he…

Ben Gardiner
Insurance Executive
Ben joined the agency in 2017, predominately based in the Whitfield and Ashford offices following a background in the hospitality industry. He is full…

Jane Summerfield Cert CII
Insurance Executive
Jane joined the customer service team in Ashford in 2012 as a dedicated Account Handler helping customers with enquiries for personal, business and fa…

Claire Coles
Customer Services Manager
Claire joined the business in 2019 as Insurance Executive with a background in project management. She works across all three offices, Ashford, Tenter…

Emily Browning
Key Account Handler
Emily joined the agency in January 2021 as part of the customer service team, following three years’ experience working for a local insurance broker…

Charlotte Moulton
Customer Service Supervisor and Key Account Handler
Charlotte joined the team at the end of 2018 as part of the Customer Service team, having worked in the health insurance industry for 5 years. Her rol…

Lara Jackson
Customer Service Supervisor and Key Account Handler
Lara joined the agency in December 2020 as part of the customer service team. She’s looking forward to developing good relationships with customers, w…
Izzy Browning
Customer Service Adviser
Izzy joined the agency in 2023 as part of the customer service team. She is looking forward to helping existing and new customers with any queries the…
Harry Carter
Customer Service Adviser
Harry joined the customer service team in 2023 and is based in the Ashford office. He is looking forward to helping our existing clients with their i…

Steff Ceylan
Customer Service Adviser
Steff joined the agency in 2010 and currently works Tuesdays and Fridays, predominantly based in Ashford. She’s part of the customer services team and…
Jorden Evans
Customer Service Adviser
Jorden joined the agency in 2022, and is based in our Whitfield office. She joined the team with seven years' customer service experience and is looki…

Jack Hambrook
Customer Service Adviser
Jack joined the team in 2022 and is based in our Ashford office. He is joining the team with 3 years' customer service experience and is looking forwa…

Gemma Jeffrey
Customer Service Adviser
Gemma joined the business in 2018 as part of the customer service team and her main role is to assist existing customers with any enquiries they have…
Ryan Thundow
Customer Service Adviser
Ryan joined the agency in 2022, as part of the customer service team and is mainly based at the Ashford office. Ryan’s role is to assist customers wit…

Callum Waters
Customer Services Adviser
Callum joined the agency in 2023 and is based predominately in the Ashford office. He is joining the team with previous customer service experience ha…
Chloe Watson
Customer Service Adviser
Chloe joined the agency in November 2023, having worked for the previous 8 years in various customer service roles. She looks forward to being able t…

Tyler Oiller
Customer Service Adviser and Claims Handler
Tyler joined the agency as part of the administration team in 2020 and moved into the customer service team in 2021. He can help our clients with any…
Hannah Pearson
Customer Service Adviser and Claims Handler
Hannah joined the team in 2022, and is based in our Ashford office, she is joining the team with five years' customer service experience and is lookin…

Alexandra Osborne
Claims Handler
Alexandra joined the agency in 2020, having worked in various customer service roles for 8 years prior to joining. She is part of the dedicated claims…

James Tragett
Marketing Executive
James joined the agency in June 2021. His main role is to lead and deliver the marketing strategy, working closely with the team as well as external a…

Stuart Guest
Business Development Executive
Stuart joined the business in 2017 following a career in London working for investment banks and brokers as an equity sales trader for pension funds a…

Aidan Tree
Business Development Executive
Aidan joined the agency in 2023, as part of the business development team. He previously worked as a sales supervisor at Hugo Boss for just under 3 ye…
Trevor Southerden
Business Development Executive
Trevor joined the agency in 2023 as part of the commercial business development team. He has previously worked at various companies in both the autom…

Charlie James
Commercial Sales Supervisor
Charlie originally joined the NFU Mutual office in Warminster, but in March 2018 moved to Kent and joined the Ashford, Tenterden and Whitfield Agency…

Hazel Clements
Motor and Personal Sales Supervisor
Hazel became part of the new business team in 2019 and is from an agricultural background so she understands the current industry challenges. She is m…

Maisie Cox
Sales Executive
Maisie joined the agency in 2019 as an apprentice. She was part of the administration team for over a year. After completing her apprenticeship, she m…

Annette Grimmer
Sales Executive
Annette joined the new business team in July 2022 and is mainly based in our Ashford office. She has 30 years’ experience in the education sector and…

David Hunt
Sales Executive
David joined the business in October 2021. He has worked in various areas of the insurance industry for over 20 years including motor, household, high…

Miranda Wilkinson
Sales Executive
Miranda became part of the Admin team in 2022, having previously worked in the advertising industry. She has now transferred to our New Business Team…

Jay Humphries
Sales Executive
Jay joined the agency in 2023 and is part of the new business sales team, having worked in the insurance industry for 6 years before joining. He is li…

Lee Phillips
Bespoke Insurance Adviser
Lee joined the agency new business team in 2015, after 10 years in the motor industry. He advises private clients on products which are specifically…
Demi Burns
New Business Developer
Demi joined the Agency in February 2020, primarily based in the Ashford Office. Her role is to contact existing customers and find out if we are able…

Angela Davis
Financial Adviser
Angela is an NFU Mutual Financial Adviser who will be happy to discuss investments, protection and retirement planning either in our office or in the comfort of your own home.
Linda Holden
Financial Services Co-ordinator
Linda is part of a dedicated team who can help customers with their financial planning needs including protection, pensions and investments. She'll ha…

Erica Butler
Operations Manager
Erica joined the agency in September 2020, working across Ashford, Tenterden and Whitfield offices, but mainly based in Ashford. Erica has a backgroun…
Stevie Young
Senior Insurance Administrator
Stevie joined the agency in September 2019 as part of the administration team. Stevie looks forward to developing relationships with customers and hel…

Abigail Cullip
Insurance Administrator
Abby joined the agency in May 2022 as part of the admin team, having previously worked within Agriculture for 9 years, mainly livestock and has a pass…

Kim Duckworth
Insurance Administrator
Kim joined the agency in February 2022, as part of the administration team, for the last 5 years she has been working as a client administration manag…

Toby Furner
Administration Apprentice
Toby joined the Agency as part of the administration team in July 2021. He will usually be one of the first people a customer will speak to when phoni…

Becky Gingell
Admistration Assistant
Becky has been with the agency network since 2007. She is part of the admin team but mainly sends out renewals along with making appointments for our reviewers to carry out annual reviews.

Susan Porter
Insurance Administrator
Susan has been with the agency since 2011 and works as part of the administration team and is primarily based at Tenterden. She provides support on bo…

Tracey Taylor
Administration Assistant
Many may recognise Tracey from the front desk when whe joined the Ashford agency in June 2018. She has been fortunate enough to have been promoted in…

Rob Bright
Risk Management Sales Consultant
Rob joined NFU Mutual in 2016, originally providing Commercial Insurance to new and existing small businesses, then transferred to Risk Management in…

Alex Walker
Non-advised Sales Consultant
Alex has been working for NFU Mutual since 2016 and working with Ashford, Tenterden & Whitfield agency since late 2018 for non-advised financial plann…

Dan Isard
Training and Compliance Performance Supervisor
Dan previously worked as an Agent in the NFU Mutual agency network for 10 years and in the Financial Services industry for 25 years. Dan has an exten…
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