Stephanie Ogden announces new executive team for HDI Global UK and Ireland
Newly appointed CEO for HDI Global’s UK and Ireland business, Stephanie Ogden, has announced her new executive team with effect from Monday 2 September 2024. This follows the announcement in June outlining the alignment of HDI’s Commercial and Specialty operations in the UK and Ireland.
Simon Hunt, Gemma McWilliam and Oliver Davies have been appointed to Chief Finance Officer, UK & Ireland; Chief People Officer, UK & Ireland; and Chief Distribution Officer, UK & Ireland respectively.
Adam Dewdney has been appointed to the role of Chief Actuary, UK & Ireland; John McCammon as Chief Compliance Officer, UK & Ireland and Varan Selvarajah as Chief Risk Officer, UK & Ireland.
Additionally, the firm’s existing underwriting directors will join the executive team, namely Adam Curran, Director of Specialty Underwriting, UK & Ireland; Antonia Osborne, Director of Commercial Underwriting, UK & Ireland; and Jade Wilcox Director of Delegated Authority Underwriting, UK & Ireland.
The executive team is comprised of employees from HDI’s Commercial and Specialty operations enabling the firm to leverage best practice from across the whole organisation. The business will finalise its executive team with a appointment of a new Chief Operations Officer and Chief Claims Officer. Recruitment is underway for both roles.
Commenting on the new appointments, Ogden said:
“Our UK & Ireland business has seen consistently strong, profitable growth and our success is testament to the dedication and commitment from our talented employees across the whole business. Our new executive team draws on this experience and expertise. I am confident that under its leadership we can continue this impressive growth while meeting the needs of our clients and brokers as a trusted, reliable partner in times of transformation. We have aspirations to be a leader in the UK and Ireland for clients looking to partner over the long-term with an extensive range of Commercial and Specialty products across a variety of risk transfer and risk services.”
Ogden continues: “I would also like to congratulate all those with new and expanded roles within our organisation. Nurturing and developing our existing talent, while recruiting new people with fresh thinking is important to me and I am excited about what our business can achieve as we all move forward together.”
About HDI Global SE (HDI)
As a Corporate & Specialty lines insurer, HDI Global SE (HDI) meets the needs of SMEs, industrial companies, middle market and corporate customers with insurance solutions that are specifically tailored to their requirements. In addition to HDI's prominent position in the German and broader European market, the company has access to its own worldwide HDI Global Network covering more than 175 countries through its own HDI foreign branch offices, subsidiaries, affiliated companies, and network partners. Acting as the Partner in Transformation, HDI Global SE leads roughly 5,300 International Programmes and offers its multinational customers compliant coverage worldwide.
HDI Global SE is the Corporate & Specialty Division of the Talanx Group and has been a leading insurer for several decades. More than 5,000 employees in this division generated insurance revenue (gross) of approx. EUR 10.0 billion in the year 2024 (according to IFRS 17).
The rating agency Standard & Poor’s has given the Talanx Primary Group a financial strength rating of AA-/stable (very strong) and AM Best has assigned the A+ Rating. Talanx AG is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in the MDAX.
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