Michael Hughes Email & Phone Number

My extensive background with experience in wealth, insurance and reinsurance in North America, Asia and the Caribbean has given me both breadth and depth in experience from a technical and leadership perspective.My current role as the Regional Manager for Gen Re's Canadian Life and Health business is an exciting opportunity to sheppard a start-up operation, build a profitable book of business, create an engaging and high-performing culture while helping my clients achieve their goals is an incredible opportunity that I could not pass. Working with my global Gen Re colleagues is also very rewarding and creates fantastic opportunities to cross-pollinate successes from other markets into Canada.I am also very passionate about employee engagement and while at SUn Life, had increased the annual engagement score from 77% to 89% for my team. I have attracted top talent to key leadership roles and together we have built a highly motivated and effective team of finance and actuarial professionals that have had big, positive impact on the Sun Life Individual Insurance line of business; I believe strongly in investing in continuous improvement so the team can focus their valuable, but limited time on value-added initiatives. I have been successful in large offices, where navigating a complex matrix organization is critical for success, as well as in small offices where to be successful, you need to be a jack of all trades. I drive results and can explain complex issues in easy to understand terms; I excel at taking these complex issues and create win-win outcomes that drive value to the organization.Key leadership manifesto:• Collaborative business partner;• Attract and develop top talent;• Out of the box thinker;• Create win-win opportunities;• Adaptable across cultures and in fast-paced environments.

Listed skills include Actuarial Science, Insurance, Risk Management, Financial Risk, and 20 others.