Everest appoints Alan Fairhead to its board in Ireland

Everest Insurance has appointed Alan Fairhead to the board of Everest Insurance Ireland as an independent non executive director.

Fairhead has more than 40 years of industry and international trading experience. He is a former chief underwriting officer of general insurance at Zurich Insurance, before which he spent more than 20 years at the Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance group.

Vincent Vandendael, chief executive of Everest Global Markets, said: “[Fairhead’s] many decades of underwriting and general management experience, and his countless achievements, will greatly benefit our Everest Global Markets team.”