My role is responsible for leading the Management Liability (primarily) and Financial Institutions product lines across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) with focus on developing and executing the underwriting strategy and business plans and delivering on underwriting excellence. Key duties and responsibilities are:• Oversee Financial Lines country portfolios, identifying hot spots, market trends and opportunities and work with local senior management to deliver targeted financial and… Show more My role is responsible for leading the Management Liability (primarily) and Financial Institutions product lines across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) with focus on developing and executing the underwriting strategy and business plans and delivering on underwriting excellence. Key duties and responsibilities are:• Oversee Financial Lines country portfolios, identifying hot spots, market trends and opportunities and work with local senior management to deliver targeted financial and non-financial results.• Develop and execute rigorous portfolio management framework to improve underperforming portfolios and maximize growth for best performing business units.• Provide the assurance that businesses adhere to underwriting governance, compliance principles and regulatory standards• Ensures effective leadership and management of people, pursuing active talent management, driving capability development and creating a high performance culture in the organization.• Lead business development opportunities, including enhancing proposition development and product innovation.A core member of the EMEA and Global Financial Lines Leadership team Show less

Joined Zurich as a Senior Underwriter and moved to the role of Head of Commercial D&O in 2011.Duties of the role focused on:• Responsible for a $70,000,000 portfolio of Directors & Officers Liability, Fiduciary Liability, Employment Practices Liability and Commercial Crime.• Leading an underwriting team of 15 people in London and UK regions focused on the placement of coverage for nationally sized, publicly traded and privately held companies and set-up of schemes/facilities.• Grow… Show more Joined Zurich as a Senior Underwriter and moved to the role of Head of Commercial D&O in 2011.Duties of the role focused on:• Responsible for a $70,000,000 portfolio of Directors & Officers Liability, Fiduciary Liability, Employment Practices Liability and Commercial Crime.• Leading an underwriting team of 15 people in London and UK regions focused on the placement of coverage for nationally sized, publicly traded and privately held companies and set-up of schemes/facilities.• Grow new business over targeted individual and team goals year over year, while maintaining renewal business at over 93% retention rate with a focus on improving & maintaining profitability. • Developing relationships with national and global brokerage firms located in London and regionally. Developed and facilitated coverage and risk seminars at broker offices. Established new broker relationships and explored alternative distribution channels to increase account pipeline.• Manage client relationships, the majority of which are FTSE100 and large multi-national commercial clients, through face-to-face meetings. Promoting the Zurich brand and creating cross-sell opportunities. • Drive Product Development across all products. Also drafting policy language with in-house and external coverage counsel to meet client and company requirements.• Work closely with Finance team on future financial planning, expense management and monthly and/or quarterly results. Also liaise with Pricing and Reserving actuarial teams on rating models, loss ratio walks and other metrics that influence financial performance.In 2011, I was recruited in two-year intensive Leadership Talent pool program called “Underwriting Leaders of the Future” that focuses on the training and development of next generation leaders for the Zurich Group. A core member of the Zurich UK Extended Leadership Team. Show less

American International Group is a leading international insurance organization with offices in more than 130 countries. I joined the Management Liability Commercial team in the position of Underwriter and was promoted to Senior Underwriter in December 2004 and Assistant Vice President in December 2005. In the 3 years I worked with the Group, my main accomplishments were:• Appointed portfolio manager for the UK Major Risk portfolio. Grew and serviced a £35,000,000 portfolio, consisting of… Show more American International Group is a leading international insurance organization with offices in more than 130 countries. I joined the Management Liability Commercial team in the position of Underwriter and was promoted to Senior Underwriter in December 2004 and Assistant Vice President in December 2005. In the 3 years I worked with the Group, my main accomplishments were:• Appointed portfolio manager for the UK Major Risk portfolio. Grew and serviced a £35,000,000 portfolio, consisting of Directors & Officers Liability, Employment Practices Liability and Fiduciary Liability. The portfolio achieved 15% growth with strong new business wins and renewal retention ratio at 95%.• Lead a team of 4 underwriters in London focusing on the placement of coverage for nationally sized, publicly traded and privately held companies. In addition, acted as technical referral point for my team as well as the International Risks and the Corporate Risks teams in London.• Collaborated with Marketing and Product Development towards creating new product propositions on Fiduciary Liability insurance and D&O Liability for Limited Liability Partnerships. In addition, I was a key contributor in the development of the D&O Corporate Guard 2006 and the AIG POSI 2006 wordings. Show less

I joined the Professional Risks team focusing on the placement of Directors & Officers Liability, Fiduciary Liability, Employment Practices Liability and Commercial Crime Insurance for UK and International risks in the London market. My role and responsibilities focused on:• Managing client relationships for small, medium and large publicly traded and privately held UK and International companies.• Collaborating with internal departments and international Aon offices to ensure risks… Show more I joined the Professional Risks team focusing on the placement of Directors & Officers Liability, Fiduciary Liability, Employment Practices Liability and Commercial Crime Insurance for UK and International risks in the London market. My role and responsibilities focused on:• Managing client relationships for small, medium and large publicly traded and privately held UK and International companies.• Collaborating with internal departments and international Aon offices to ensure risks were insured in accordance with the placement strategy and requirements set by the client.• Building strong relationships with London market and international insurers.• Appointed Internal Reviewer 6 months after joining the team. Responsibilities focused on monitoring regulatory compliance and documentation of findings in accordance with internal Group guidelines. The role required a good understanding of internal policies, good communication skills and attention to detail. Show less