Ariel Re promotes multiple staff across global teams to advance talent strategy
Ariel Re has promoted a number of employees across its Bermuda and London operations as it continues to invest in talent development and support its “academy firm” model.
The global reinsurer confirmed a series of promotions spanning actuarial, analytics, finance, operations, risk technology and underwriting functions, reflecting its focus on building internal capability across key business areas.
In actuarial, the company promoted Jack Strong to deputy head of capital modelling and Will Ross to senior actuarial analyst.
Within analytics and technology, Kristy Schwaegerl has been named SVP, head of infrastructure services, and Simon Wray SVP, head of application services. Neil Pohlman has been promoted to VP, head of portfolio planning, Roman Sklyar to VP, technical lead, and Brian Darling to VP, head of portfolio management. Valentina Putrino has been promoted to senior analyst, catastrophe analytics, and Rahul Choudhry to senior software developer.
In capital and risk, Andy Kerr has been promoted to SVP, capital, and Alan Pittendrigh to VP, PMO and risk.
In finance and operations, Grace Sousa has been named SVP, head of operations, while Neil Figureido and Tiago Ferreira have been promoted to reinsurance analyst, and Rhys Callely to senior syndicate accountant.
In underwriting, Giovanni Maccioni has been promoted to SVP, underwriter, Carolina Medeiros to underwriter, and Louise Andrews and Megan Zimmerer to assistant underwriter. Sarah Morgan has also moved from SVP, property underwriting, to head of property, as previously announced.
Ryan Mather (pictured), chief executive officer of Ariel Re, said: “These promotions demonstrate Ariel Re’s approach to nurturing talent within the business. As part of our ‘academy firm’ approach, it is vital we continue to invest in our people, recognise performance, and support the development of our colleagues across the organisation. We want to thank each of these individuals for their contributions to the success of Ariel Re and congratulate them on their promotions.”
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