AXA XL appoints chief data and analytics officer in London

AXA XL has appointed Ashok Krishnan as chief data and analytics officer in London.

Krishnan was previously chief data officer and customer experience director at AXA Hong Kong. In that role he led analytics, AI and data science, customer experience, insights, customer relationship management marketing and data management and governance functions for AXA’s life, health and P&C insurance businesses.

Before joining AXA in 2013 he held positions at Prudential and Xchanging, focusing on strategy, distribution, operations and transformation and finance functions.

In his new role Krishnan reports to Matthieu Caillat, chief operating officer at AXA XL.

Caillat said Krishnan’s “extensive expertise and background in analytics and data science, combined with his knowledge of the P&C insurance market, will further strengthen AXA XL’s innovation and technology-led approach as we accelerate our data strategy.”