Duck Creek Technologies has appointed Barbara Bufkin and Diane Fanelli to its board of directors.
Duck Creek describes Bufkin as a C-suite executive leader with vast experience in the insurance and reinsurance industry, having previously served in roles encompassing operational and strategic responsibilities, business and product development, underwriting, claims, risk management, and corporate governance.
Bufkin most recently served as a senior advisor to Amwins and was a founding member of the Amwins Group Diversity & Inclusion Council.
She has also held executive leadership roles at Argo Group, Assurant, Hamilton USA, Guy Carpenter, Sedgewick Payne (acquired by Guy Carpenter), and Swiss Re.
Meanwhile, Fanelli currently serves as Chief Operating Officer (COO) at iCIMS, where she leads the company’s professional services, customer success, technical support, revenue operations, go-to-market enablement, and customer training teams.
Prior global enterprise software executive leadership experience includes COO roles at Citrix and SAP. Fanelli has also previously served as an executive sponsor of diversity and inclusion programs, including the Veterans to Work initiative at SAP.
Mike Jackowski, CEO of Duck Creek, commented, “Barbara and Diane are each accomplished and recognized experts in their respective fields, and they will add incredible value to guide Duck Creek’s long-term mission and business strategy.
“Barbara’s and Diane’s areas of expertise are highly complementary and a perfect fit to enhance our customer success initiatives, advance our partner ecosystem to benefit our insurer customers and their policyholders, and enable our global growth aspirations. It is an honour to have their talents on our board of directors.”
Duck Creek disclosed that Bufkin and Fanelli’s roles were sourced through the external board program operated by Vista Equity Partners, a global investment firm focused on enterprise software, data, and technology-enabled businesses and a majority investor in Duck Creek.
