Kate Lyons Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

Munich, Bavaria, De

• Leading a multi-disciplined team to revolutionise the life and health insurance landscape through strategic partnerships with carriers, distributors, Insurtechs and technology providers.• Setting and executing the UK strategy to unlock new profit pools and drive business growth .• Championing a proactive approach to stakeholder engagement, securing budget approval and resource. • Driving transformation by leading innovation across the UK protection business with a focus ON data led analytics. • Delivering new propositions to market including product development, customer journeys, infrastructure, and technology. • Leading and executing complex negotiations with insurance partners and technology providers.

Edinburgh, Scotland, Gb

• Defining and executing a go-to-market and commercial strategy to expand the Life Insurance offering within a successful General Insurance protection business.• Taking a data driven approach to create a unique proposition combining internal and external sources of data. • Driving long term value, establishing a commercial strategy to generate substantial long-term growth. • Engaging and influencing Board stakeholders to secure strategic support and alignment.• Leveraging innovation through data led analytics to enhance the economics of direct-to-consumer sales, improving both acquisition and conversion metrics.• Applying design thinking to address customer challenges and business needs, creating impactful, innovative solutions. • Building cross-functional alignment to ensure a scalable and sustainable solution.• Integrating extensive Life and Health experience into a banking and general insurance context to drive performance and innovation.

Chesterfield, Missouri, Us

• Initially recruited as Commercial Director for EMEA, promoted to Head of RGAX in 2022. • Leading a multi-disciplined team, focused on transforming the life and health insurance industry in partnership with carriers, distributors, Insurtech companies, start-ups, and technology providers. • Defining and executing business strategy for RGAX, aligning to the broader global RGA strategy, to grow and develop the business in tandem with the local office. • Managing complex projects concurrently and creating stakeholder alignment to deliver scalable solutions. • Adopting a data led approach to innovation as well as monitoring and optimizing product performance.• Identifying opportunities to invest and partner with start-up and scale-up businesses to create new growth opportunities. • Responsible for the budget and financial results of RGAX UK. • Establishing and leading a model of design thinking implemented across RGAX globally. • A member of RGA UK’s Executive Committee, Senior Management Team, Diversity Equity and Inclusion committee and Consumer Duty Steering Committee. • An investee Board Observer for various start-up firms supporting their growth and ensuring strategic alignment.

London, Gb

Chesterfield, Missouri, Us

Responsible for RGA's insurance relationships in England.

Chesterfield, Missouri, Us

• Negotiating reinsurance opportunities and influencing key decision makers.• Identifying and developing new, sustainable opportunities that creates a competitive advantage. • Responsible for developing strong relationships with key Life Insurers in the region. • Leveraging expertise across the Group (locally and internationally) to enhance RGA’s position in the market. • Identifying opportunities for investment into third party companies to create a competitive advantage.

• Primarily responsible for establishing and maintaining an approved product list for personal insurance• Researching and assessing the underlying quality of insurance contracts• Liaising with research houses and Business Development Managers to further my knowledge of insurance products• Providing in-house training for other Authorised Representatives within the firm • Providing personal, quality advice to clients and assisting in building and protecting their wealth and achieving their financial goals• Building and developing the client base through internal referral sources • Improving and sustaining the company's relationships with external referral sources

Post Graduate Legal Practice

Law Llb Hons