James River Group Holdings, Ltd. has announced that Patricia H. Roberts and Thomas L. Brown have been elected to its Board of Directors, alongside the additional appointment of Kirstin M. Gould to the Board.
With the appointment of Gould, the Board has increased in size from 10 to 11 directors.
“We are very pleased to welcome Tom and Kirstin to our board,” said J. Adam Abram, James River Non-Executive Chairman.
“Tom and Kirstin have valuable financial, risk management, and corporate governance expertise, with deep knowledge of the specialty property and casualty insurance industry. We have been fortunate to attract directors who are independent and will bring a wealth of experience and expertise to our Board.”
Roberts has served on our Board of Directors since July 2019. She is the retired President and Chairman of General Star Management Company and retired President and Chairman of Genesis Management and Insurance Services Corporation, two wholly-owned subsidiaries of General Reinsurance Corporation (Gen Re).
She joined Gen Re as an excess casualty underwriter and progressed through a variety of leadership and operational roles during her 35-year career with the company.
Brown, meanwhile, served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of RLI Corp. (RLI), and currently serves on the board of First Midwest Bancorp, Inc., where he is a member of the Audit and Enterprise Risk Committees.
Prior to joining RLI, Brown was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where he served as the Central Region Financial Services Leader and led teams responsible for various financial services clients primarily in the insurance sector.
And finally, Gould previously served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of XL Group Ltd, having joined the company in 2000.
She held various leadership roles until XL was acquired by AXA in 2018, and currently serves on the board of Pacific Life Re Global Limited where she is a member of the Risk, Audit and Remuneration Committees.
Prior to joining XL, Ms. Gould began her career in private practice with the law firms Dewey Ballantine LLP in New York and Clifford Chance LLP in New York and London.
