Fidelis Partnership reshapes specialty leadership, names head of D&F, credit, energy and cargo

The Fidelis Partnership has promoted several senior leaders, naming four heads of business to strengthen its D&F, credit, energy and cargo offerings.

Grahame Dawson becomes head of D&F, London, having joined TFP in 2022 and previously worked at WTW for more than a decade. Mel Puskar is promoted to group head of credit, following seven years at TFP and prior roles at Genworth Financial and HSBC. Oliver Searles takes on head of energy, joining from Marsh in 2024, while Jamie Graham becomes head of cargo, having joined from Amwins in 2024.

Additional promotions include Alex Burness as senior underwriter in the property D&F team, Alex Weiss Bueno as deputy head of asset backed finance & portfolio credit, Bernard Straeter taking on the deputy active underwriter role for Syndicate 2126, Daniel Turner as senior underwriter in construction & renewable energy, and Liva Petersone as senior underwriter in the Dublin office.

Michael Davern, UK CUO and group head of D&F property and energy at The Fidelis Partnership, said: “These promotions celebrate the exceptional talent within TFP while also reflecting the outstanding growth we have achieved across the specialty classes in which we operate. Our reputation for underwriting leadership is testament to both the strength and the speed of the creative, high-conviction decisions that our underwriters make for clients all day, every day, around the globe. 

“The success of those decisions and the quality of our people are the foundations on which TFP is built, and so it gives me great pleasure that we are a business that rewards achievements with recognition, progression and responsibility. I look forward to working closely with all of these colleagues to achieve our ambitious goals in the year ahead.”

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