Fidelis MGU has announced the appointment of Deborah Leen as Head of Human Resources (HR), where she will be based in London and will report to Rinku Patel, Group Chief Operating Officer and CEO of Pine Walk, effective immediately.
At the same time, the company also confirmed that Leen will also become a member of Fidelis MGU’s Executive Committee.
In her new role, she will be responsible for overseeing the company’s talent strategy, which heavily focuses on finding best-in-class talent from across the entire industry, while also ensuring that it continues to align with the firm’s diversity, equality and inclusion goals.
Overall, Leen brings more than 25 years of experience towards the role. In her most recent role, she served a HR director for the investments division at Arrow Global Group.
Prior to taking on that role, she was interim Head of HR at Fidelis Insurance. Additionally, Leen has also held several senior HR roles at various companies, including Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management, Insight Investment, Gulf International Bank and ING.
In her new role, Leen will also be joined by two further recent appointees to the Fidelis MGU Executive Committee. Ben Fortune, Bermuda Chief Underwriting Officer, who has been with Fidelis since 2015 and Simon Crone, Head of Partnership Underwriting and EEA Chief Underwriting Officer, who has been with the company since 2019.
Further, Fidelis MGU also confirmed that it has promoted Nadia Beckert to Senior Underwriter of its Reinsurance division, Jordan Ray to Senior Underwriter of its Renewables division and Henry Edwards to Head of Contingency, all of which are effective immediately.
Richard Coulson, Chief Executive Officer of Insurance, and Chief Underwriting Officer said: “I am delighted to welcome Deborah back to Fidelis MGU. Her experience will be vital as we look to expand and strengthen our excellent teams in London, Bermuda and Dublin.
“I am also excited to welcome Deborah, Simon and Ben to our Executive Committee, these promotions demonstrate their dedication to ensuring Fidelis MGU continues to be a market leader in London, Ireland, and Bermuda. A special congratulations to Nadia, Jordan and Henry on their promotions. These promotions demonstrate our aim to reward those showing long-term commitment to our company.”
