Validus Re Chief Executive Officer Kean Driscoll has been named President of the parent company Validus Holdings, Ltd., effective immediately. Driscoll will remain in his CEO role at the reinsurance unit.
Driscoll has been CEO of Validus Re since since 2012. With 17 years of reinsurance industry experience, Driscoll was a founding member of Validus and previously served as its Chief Underwriting Officer.
Ed Noonan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Validus, commented; “Kean has been an outstanding leader and valued partner in guiding Validus Re’s successful growth and diversification since our founding. The entire Validus Group will benefit from Kean’s discipline and creativity and we are delighted to have him as our President.”
