The Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR) has announced the appointment of Lynesha Lightbourne as Assistant Director of Public Policy and Government Relations.
Lightbourne arrives with 18 years of business development, financial services, and high net worth client service experience, and joins ABIR from the Bermuda Business Development Agency (BDA), where she was Business Development Manager.
In her new role, Lightbourne will report to Suzanne Williams-Charles, Director of Policy and Regulation.
She will assist in developing and advocating ABIR and member companies public policy related to doing business in Bermuda and other key jurisdictions such as the United States, the European Union, and the United Kingdom.
Her responsibilities will include regular meetings with government officials and committees and other relevant bodies in Bermuda, and monitoring policy issues of interest to the ABIR membership, including all aspects of immigration, taxation in Bermuda, healthcare reform, public health regulation, public outreach and workforce development.
“Lynesha is a valuable addition to our team,” said John Huff, President & CEO of ABIR. “She is an excellent communicator with great knowledge of corporate governance and compliance, and she has a history of building strong professional relationships.”
“Lynesha will help us to further ABIR’s work in representing the policy interests of our expanding membership and in advocating for the industry and for Bermuda,” Huff added.
Prior to joining ABIR, Lightbourne worked for five years at the BDA, most recently as Business Development Manager, Wealth Solutions, a role in which she developed and implemented databased initiatives to attract companies and jobs to Bermuda.
