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Liberty Mutual Insurance elects Jacqui Canney to Board of Directors

14th April 2026 - Author: Beth Musselwhite -

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Tim Sweeney, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Mutual Insurance, has announced that ServiceNow’s Jacqui Canney has been elected to the company’s board of directors.

Liberty Mutual Insurance logoCanney joined ServiceNow in August 2021 and has served in her current role as Chief People and AI Enablement Officer since January 2025. In this role, she leads the company’s global talent strategy and workforce planning initiatives, focusing on a people-centred approach to transformation and helping employees, customers, and partners build confidence and capability in AI.

Prior to joining ServiceNow, Canney was Chief People Officer at WPP and Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer at Walmart.

She also spent more than two decades at Accenture, where she held senior global human resources leadership roles across Digital, Technology, Operations, Communications, and M&A, among other areas.

Canney brings extensive board and nonprofit leadership experience, including serving on the boards of Suffolk Construction, Project Healthy Minds, Wonder, and Curriculum Associates.

Sweeney said, “We are pleased that Jacqui has joined our board of directors. She is a proven leader in global talent strategy and large-scale transformation, with deep experience helping organisations grow while strengthening culture and the employee experience.

“Jacqui’s expertise around future-proofing the workforce by putting people first and empowering them with technology and generative AI will be invaluable as we evolve how work gets done and continue building the capabilities we need for the future.”

Canney added, “I’m proud to join the Liberty Mutual board of directors. Their purpose and long-standing commitment to helping people feel secure reflect values I believe in deeply. I look forward to working with the executive leadership team to support the company’s growth and build an environment where people can do their best work, whatever the future brings.”