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London, Gb

BMS Group is a dynamic and independent specialist (re)insurance broker with a global presence. With operations across the UK, US, and internationally, BMS Group is recognized for its entrepreneurial spirit, collaborative culture, and client-focused approach. BMS Group provides innovative risk transfer solutions, blending deep industry expertise with cutting-edge analytics and a commitment to excellence. • Leading the development and implementation of a comprehensive risk and compliance framework to ensure sustainable and profitable business growth.• Providing independent oversight and challenge within the second line of defense, driving alignment between business operations and governance requirements.• Managing emerging risks by identifying, assessing, and mitigating key exposures while ensuring timely escalation and resolution of material issues.• Partnering with senior stakeholders, including the Group Risk Director, Group Compliance Officer and General Counsel, to deliver insights and ensure compliance with U.S. regulatory and statutory requirements.• Overseeing risk management tools and facilitating training to enhance compliance awareness and embed a culture of risk management across the organization.• Managing team, fostering professional development and high engagement that aligns with organizational priorities.• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure we achieve compliance and risk by design in the most frictionless manner.• Collaborating with boards and committees to provide clear, actionable reporting on risk and compliance issues, ensuring informed decision-making and alignment with organizational goals.

Hamilton, Bm

The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) regulates Bermuda's financial services sector. The BMA supervises, regulates and inspects financial institutions operating in the jurisdiction. It also issues Bermuda’s national currency, manages exchange control transactions, assists other authorities with the detection and prevention of financial crime, and advises Government on banking and other financial and monetary matters. The Authority develops risk-based financial regulations that it applies to the supervision of Bermuda’s banks, trust companies, investment businesses, investment funds, fund administrators, digital asset businesses, money service businesses, corporate service providers and insurance companies.Board Committees:Audit & Risk Management CommitteeCorporate Governance & Ethics Committee

White Plains, New York, Us

Transforming small credit union formed in 1965 to increase wealth and eradicate poverty in modern age.• Developed a three-year strategic plan; revised Nominating Committee, onboarding more Board Directors; secured numerous grants, completed Board Governance training of all Board Directors, beginning digitalization transformation.• Grew net income over 4 times over 2 year period enabling us to declare a dividend the first time in over 25 years.

Zurich, Zurich, Ch

Key Responsibilities:• Consulted on key strategic and group projects, providing advisory support to the Business Excellence Managing Director. • Developed roadmap to enhance and standardise risk assessment and feedback loop globally. • Created a strategic roadmap to address target operating model driving greater business enablement and solid governance.• Drove operational excellence through targeted initiatives, enhancing cross-functional collaboration and process improvement.• Partnered with leadership to implement solutions for optimizing business performance.• Supported governance and compliance functions, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives.

Zurich, Zurich, Ch

Role Overview:Role resulted from the 2023 organizational transformation. This senior role is part of a global team having responsibility for Americas region that represents ~$11B in premium and enabling 7 Managing Directors. The team focused on operational excellence, driving continuous improvement through process optimization and data-driven insights. We championed a culture of accountability, providing transparency on key performance indicators to inform strategic decisions and measure success, and supported in strategic, governance and operational problem solving. Key Responsibilities:• Strategic Collaboration: Chief of Staff & business partner to US P&C RE CEO, cultivated and maintained partnerships with key stakeholders across the Swiss Re group.• Initiative Leadership: Led cross-functional initiatives that drove business growth, operational excellence, and client satisfaction.• Growth Strategy Support: Assisted in the creation and execution of growth strategies and action plans for target markets, ensuring alignment with corporate goals and market dynamics.• Executive Reporting: Developed and presented executive-level reports and strategic recommendations to business leadership, including reporting to the CEO and Board of Directors.• Governance Execution: Ensured agreed controls are in place and executed to keep risks within tolerance. • Group Strategy Execution: Drove the implementation of the Group Strategy and Must Win Initiatives, ensuring local execution aligned with global objectives.• Team Leadership: Led Divisional Operation officers and Executive Assistants across Americas.Achievements:• Led the establishment of the new Executive Office in Americas.• Established the network and collaboration partners to successfully execute financial & resource planning and optimize footprint strategy. • Stabilized the newly established team after the transformation successfully achieving all deliverables and above average employee engagement scores.

Zurich, Zurich, Ch

Role Overview:Appointed to the Americas Executive Leadership Team, directly reporting to the President & CEO. This highly specialized developmental role was designed to expand, deepen, and strengthen holistic system exposure, acumen, and relationships in preparation for future senior leadership responsibilities. Role was planned for 9 months, an organizational restructure shortened the duration.Key Responsibilities:• Strategic Collaboration: Worked closely with peers across the region to ensure sound strategic design, communication, and operational execution of critical strategic priorities.• Leadership Initiatives: Led and amplified key initiatives that evolved company culture and drove system value through commercial projects.• CEO Collaboration: Partnered with the CEO of Reinsurance Americas in their role as Regional President, overseeing the development and management of regional cost plans, funding requests, and other strategic initiatives, including the future of work and footprint strategy.• Team Leadership: Led a diverse team of approximately 120 business services colleagues, located throughout the region with a significant hub in Mexico City. Ensured the delivery of business services to the Division’s client management and underwriting teams.Achievements:• Successfully collaborated on strategic priorities to enhance regional operations.• Championed initiatives that strengthened company culture and added commercial value.• Managed and developed regional cost plans and strategic initiatives in partnership with the CEO.• Led a large and diverse team, ensuring the effective delivery of essential business services across the region during an organizational transformation.

Zurich, Zurich, Ch

Proposed and led the creation of a new team resulting in improved operational efficiency and more robust governance in the first line. We had responsibility for $28B L&H and P&C Reinsurance Business Unit and reported to Reinsurance COO. We were the first port of call for partners regarding operational risk, compliance and audit topics. Some organizations, refer to as first-line risk management.• Devised the strategy to drive solid governance and latest digital analytics to enhance internal controls capacity.• Synthesized key findings and recommendations, influencing strategic decisions at the senior management level.• Coached and developed a global team of 40 FTEs (Associates to Senior Vice Presidents) achieving above average engagement scores.• Managed and strengthened relationships with 60+ senior stakeholders, fostering cross-functional collaboration.• Designed and implemented risk management strategies, increasing audit scores, reducing control deficiencies and increasing self-raised issues.• Provided expertise, advice, and challenged business partners to develop strategies to balance business objectives with appropriate governance of operational, financial and compliance risks.• Managed strategy and responses to regulatory examinations, reviews and inquiries and internal and external audits. • Led educational efforts for first line of defense staff to ensure awareness of and adherence to policies, standards, and procedures, disseminating best-practice guidance.• Leveraged data and analytics to enhance control environment and improve data quality.• Improved global client onboarding KYC and due diligence, reducing turnaround time by 20% while adhering to requirements of AML, ITC, KPIs etc.• Forged cyber breach response plan; partnered with CISO to test system; direct cybersecurity awareness sessions.

Zurich, Zurich, Ch

In response to external auditors’ material deficiency finding, served as governance thought partner to Board/Executive Committee in crafting governance (including ERM and reputational risk management) strategy for Firm’s Reinsurance Claims and Reserving and Technical Accounting. Led a global team of embedded governance experts to execute the global operational risk and compliance initiatives.• Responsible for the evaluation, development, implementation and maintenance of the global Governance strategy for P&C/L&H Reinsurance Claims, Reserving and Technical Accounting.• Developed business controls, risk control self assessments and guidelines which were consistent with risk appetite.• Determined global applicability of regional issues detected.• Managed implementation of global Group Risk & Compliance initiatives.• Appointed Business Continuity Manager for a location with 400+ employees—recognized as best globally. Updated exercises/scenarios to incorporate traditional/non-traditional security incidents/threats; developed online capacities/feedback across risk management, real estate, senior leaders; identified and corrected vulnerabilities.

Zurich, Zurich, Ch

Mandated to create a Center of Excellence Services and Analytics hub for underwriting standards, tool management, auditing, and compliance topics, first on a regional level, then a global level in 2010. Managed external audit team.

Boston, Ma, Us

PORTFOLIO RISK MANAGER, GE INSURANCE SOLUTIONS (2004 – 2006)• Introduced new Enterprise Risk Management program into portfolios: assisted with design and implementation risk governance programs/risk management processes nationally to ensure consistency in risk assessments, control monitoring and testing, and procedure reviews/approvals—mitigated $500M of risk in own portfolios.• Launched a feedback loop for experts-leaders discussions; managed setting of corrective action levels and consequences.• Led Sustainability Champion efforts: partnered to develop framework for reputational risk mitigation/sustainability goals and monitored portfolio for adherence to Firm’s sustainability business risk profile.GLOBAL CASUALTY FACULTATIVE RISK MANAGER, GE INSURANCE SOLUTIONS (2003 – 2004)• Resolved 96% of transactions within expected turnaround time—worth $7B in premiums—via a risk lens.NORTH AMERICA CASUALTY FACULTATIVE RISK MANAGER, GE INSURANCE SOLUTIONS (2002 – 2003)• Executed projects saving $2M over three years and simplified submission process that decreased by 20% completion time.RISK MANAGER, GE CAPITAL CORPORATE (2000 – 2001) • Completed GE Risk Management Leadership Program for experienced Risk Management professionals.