Key People

Jason Smart F.Inst.L.Ex., MIoDGroup Chief Executive Officerjsmart@elite-insurance.co.uk
Jason is the Group Chief Executive Officer for the LitComp Ltd group of companies which includes Elite Business Development Limited t/as Elite Litigation Services and Elite Insurance Company Limited.

Jason qualified as a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives in 1998. He was a college lecturer in law and has twenty years experience as a litigation lawyer with a number of prominent law firms. Jason established Perfect Consulting Ltd in 1998 and Legal Reports & Services Ltd in 2000.

In 1999, he established Company & Commercial Services Limited, which provided risk assessment services to insurers specialising in ATE legal expenses insurance.

He is also the former secretary of the Association of Medical Reporting Organisations, the leading medico-legal reporting trade body and a former member of the Law Society's Personal Injury Panel.
Russell SmartGroup Chief Operating Officerrsmart@elite-insurance.co.uk
Russell is the Chief Operating Officer for Elite Business Development Limited t/as Elite Litigation Services.

Russell started his professional career in 1984 with a subsidiary of British Caledonian Airways where he rose to become assistant manager of flight operations.

From 1987, he spent 11 years working in the corporate hospitality sector, undertaking various roles from managing large events for blue chip companies to designing IT based management systems.

In 1998, Russell co-founded Perfect Consulting Limited, with his brother Jason, as a company sourcing and supplying medical reports and in 2000 they established its Subsidiary, Legal Reports & Services Limited, to specialise in non-medical expert witness reports.
Paul Lavender FCA, CF, MABRPGroup Finance Directorplavender@elite-insurance.co.uk
Paul is a Chartered Accountant with wide ranging experience in financial services and a variety of other sectors. He has held senior finance roles in public and private companies and has successfully completed numerous mergers, acquisitions and IPO’s. He has been Group Finance Director since 2001.