Michigan-domiciled property and casualty holding company, Conifer Holdings, Inc., has appointed Isolde G. O’Hanlon as Acting Board Chair, effective immediately.
O’Hanlon was elected to the Conifer Board of Directors in 2017, serving as the Chair of the Audit Committee since March 2019.
She also serves as a Compensation Committee and Finance & Investment Committee member.
O’Hanlon has more than 25 years in the insurance investment banking field.
She has extensive experience in providing advice and capital raising to specialty property casualty carriers, and insurance distribution firms along with advising public pension funds and private equity on investments in the Insurance Industry.
Concurrently, J. Grant Smith has been elected to serve on the company’s Board of Directors. With this addition, the Conifer’s Board of Directors increased its number of members to 10.
Smith currently serves as the President and Chief Operating Officer for Waterford Bank, N.A.
He executed the successful merger of Clarkston Financial Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary Clarkston State Bank in January 2020 with Waterford Bancorp.
During his first three years as President and Chief Executive Officer, Smith designed and implemented the turnaround plan for the Corporation, which ultimately resulted in the recapitalisation of the Corporation and achieved record profitability and performance results post-recession.
