Canopius - Global specialty insurance & reinsurance

Sam Harrison

Sam is the Group Chief Underwriting Officer for Canopius. Sam started his distinctive 30-year insurance career at the Commercial Union in 1995, and moved to QBE Syndicate 1036 in 1998. By 2001, he had become Head of Offshore Energy…

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Neil Robertson

Neil was appointed as Group CEO of Canopius in January 2022 having joined the business as Group Deputy CEO in in May 2021. Neil leads Canopius in setting and achieving its strategic ambitions, furthering its distinctive approach and delivering…

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Nick Betteridge

Nick joined Canopius in 2011 and has been Group Chief Actuary since 2018, leading Pricing, Reserving and Capital across the Group. Prior to joining Canopius he worked as an actuarial consultant for Lane Clarke & Peacock. Nick has recently…

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Gabrielle Folliard

Gabrielle joined Canopius as Group Head of Claims in 2019 and is now Chief Claims Officer, where she leads the global claims team and has overall responsibility for claims strategy at a group level. She previously served as Head…

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Mark Newman

Mark joined Canopius in August 2016 as Chief Executive APAC & MENA, with responsibility for the Singapore, Australia and Lloyd’s China operations. He began his insurance career broking with Sedgwick in London, before moving to J&H as Senior Vice…

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Lisa Davis

Lisa joined Canopius as President and Chief Underwriting Officer in September 2020 to build on the strengths of the US operation and Lloyd’s syndicate to create a multi-platform approach to serving the US specialty insurance market. She became CEO,…

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Gavin Phillips

Gavin joined Canopius as Group CFO in January 2022 and holds executive responsibility for Finance, Actuarial, Investments and M&A. He has extensive experience in financial leadership and insurance. Starting as a graduate in Lloyd’s, he joined PWC in 1993…

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Barbara Turner

Barbara joined Canopius in 2013 as Group Head of HR. She has more than 30 years of HR management experience at major international financial services organisations. She is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.…

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Kate Roy

Kate joined Canopius as Chief Operating Officer in early 2022. She is a highly experienced COO having worked in broker and carrier organisations as well as with outsourced service provider during her 33-year career. She joined from Willis Towers…

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