OAMPS CEO Keith McIvor will “tick off a few items on my bucket list” before looking for his next business opportunity.

Mr McIvor, 45, resigned from OAMPS on Thursday after four years’ service, the last three as CEO. He will leave the company at the end of the year.

His success in developing the Wesfarmers-owned national brokerage company into a focused and profitable business was praised last week by Wesfarmers Broking CEO Steve Lockwood.

He told insuranceNEWS.com.au in a Breaking News bulletin that Mr McIvor’s resignation “is his own decision, and we wish him well”.

“He has solidified the business into a strong and focused operation, and he has unified OAMPS around a strong management team.”

Mr McIvor, a New Zealander who has worked in broking for 25 years, was a senior manager at Wesfarmers’ NZ brokerage Crombie Lockwood when he joined OAMPS in 2008 as Head of Operations. He became CEO in July 2009.

In a note to staff, he says OAMPS now has “a strong client-centric focus via the introduction of a company vision, client aspiration, values, propositions and most recently the launch of client service standards”.

“I can confirm my commitment is to ensure that we continue to push forward hard with our current initiatives [so I can] leave the organisation and team in great shape.

“Then I want to take a few months to catch up with family and tick a few items off the bucket list before I look at my next challenge.”

Mr Lockwood told insuranceNEWS.com.au Wesfarmers Broking will “look internally and externally” to replace Mr McIvor.