RESOLUTION RE - Key Persons
Andrew Yorks - Chief Investment Officer
Job Titles:
- Chief Investment Officer
- Chief Investment Officer With Resolution Life US
Andrew Yorks is Chief Investment Officer with Resolution Life US where he is responsible for the overall management of the company's $30 billion investment portfolio. He is part of Resolution Life's nine-member leadership squad which is responsible for setting the overall strategic direction of Resolution Life's US market and plays an important role with the other platform CIOs in developing the Group's investment strategy and process.
Andrew has nearly 30 years of experience in investments and was most recently Senior Vice President, Head of Alternatives and Private Debt Strategies at Lincoln Financial Group where he oversaw $18B of private equity, hedge fund and private debt strategies, and 20 manager relationships for Lincoln's general account. During his tenure he built diversified portfolios within an asset liability driven framework while selecting and monitoring managers to execute investment strategies for a broad array of insurance products. He also led the investment team analysis in Lincoln's acquisition of Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston.
Prior to Lincoln Financial Group, he held leadership positions at several asset managers including BlackRock and Alliance Capital.
Andrew has an undergraduate degree from Lehigh University and an MBA in Finance and Management from New York University.
Job Titles:
- Chief Human Resources Officer
Carrie joined Resolution Life US in September 2023 and serves as a member of the company's executive leadership team. She has more than 20 years of experience building and managing large-scale human resource strategies.
Prior to joining RLUS, Carrie worked at U.S. Bank as Executive Vice President and Head of Human Resources for Wealth, Corporate, Commercial, and Institutional Banking. She also spent several years as Senior Vice President of HR at Wells Fargo and its predecessor organization, Wachovia.
Carrie earned a B.A. in psychology from the University of North Carolina, Wilmington and an M.A. in industrial/organizational psychology from the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. She is a board member of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Charlotte, a member of Women Executives of Charlotte, and a mentor for Wings for Growth, an organization supporting the development of women who aspire to be leaders.
Job Titles:
- Group General Counsel
- Member of the Executive Committee
Claire joined Resolution Life in 2022 as Group General Counsel.
Previously Claire was CEO at Legal & General Home Finance. Prior to this, she worked in a variety of CEO and senior legal roles within the Legal & General Group,. Claire trained and qualified at Jones Day, a global law firm.
Claire has an MA in Law from the University of Cambridge.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Chief Executive Officer, Resolution Life USA
- Chief Executive Officer, Resolution Life USA Resolution Life USA
Conor joined Resolution Life US in 2022.
In his most recent position, Conor was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Brighthouse Financial. He was responsible for all financial and operational matters, product and business development, and the ongoing execution of the Brighthouse financial strategy.
Prior to joining Brighthouse Financial, he held multiple senior positions at MetLife including the CFO for MetLife's Latin America region. Prior to that, he led MetLife's international strategic planning organisation, responsible for global business strategy including M&A in international markets. He was also CFO for MetLife's EMEA region, Head of Investor Relations, and CFO of MetLife Investments. Conor joined MetLife from PwC in New York, and began his career at Grant Thornton in Dublin, Ireland and is a certified public accountant and chartered accountant by background.
Job Titles:
- Board Director
- Global Head of Blackstone Insurance Solutions
Gilles Dellaert is the Global Head of Blackstone Insurance Solutions (BIS). Prior to joining Blackstone in April 2020, Mr. Dellaert served as Co-President and Chief Investment Officer of Global Atlantic Financial Group. He previously worked at Goldman Sachs in its Reinsurance Group which became Global Atlantic upon its separation in 2013. Prior to that he was with Goldman Sachs in its Credit Trading business and with JP Morgan.
Mr. Dellaert holds a bachelor's degree from Ghent University in Belgium
Job Titles:
- Board Director
- Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone Insurance Solutions
Ida Hoghooghi is a Senior Managing Director and the Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone Insurance Solutions (BIS).
Ms. Hoghooghi joined Blackstone in March 2022 after over 16 years at Goldman Sachs, where most recently she served as Chief of Staff to the Chairman and CEO and Secretary to the Management Committee. She also held leadership roles in investor relations, corporate communications and legal. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Ms. Hoghooghi was an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.
Ms. Hoghooghi received a BA from Duke University and a JD from Harvard Law School. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Sanctuary for Families
Job Titles:
- Independent Non - Executive Director
Jason has over 30 years experience working in the Bermuda reinsurance market with Life & Annuity, traditional P&C and Insurance Linked Securities entities. Jason currently works as an independent non-executive director for several Bermuda based reinsurers having previously acted as Partner, CFO and Head of Bermuda for an SEC registered Investment advisor focused primarily in the reinsurance sector. Prior to this Jason was a partner and then managing director at KPMG in Bermuda where he worked for approximately 25 years across reinsurance market sectors.
Jason graduated from Southampton University with a B.Sc. in Economics and Politics. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales and a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Bermuda. Jason is also a Qualified Associate in Reinsurance.
Job Titles:
- Group Chief Risk Officer
- Member of the Executive Committee
Jonathan joined Resolution Life in 2017 and leads the Risk function.
Jonathan was previously deputy CEO and CFO of Aviva France, after serving as the general manager of the Heritage division of Friends Life.
Prior to that, Jonathan was group CEO of Phoenix Group after having roles as CEO of Pearl Group Limited and as CFO of Phoenix. Jonathan has held roles in AMP, as chief actuary, as well as serving as appointed actuary for a number of AMP's U.K. businesses.
Jonathan has a Bachelor of Science and Master of Philosophy in Economics from the University of Wales. He is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.
Job Titles:
- Group Chief Investment Officer
- Member of the Executive Committee
Karl joined Resolution Life as Group Chief Investment Officer in 2022.
Previously Karl worked at Allianz for 17 years first as Head of Global Fixed Income Strategy and then as Chief Investment Officer for insurance and regulated clients with Allianz Global Investors. Karl and his team managed 140 billion of Allianz and third party assets, invested in fixed income, private debt, equity and derivatives portfolios.
He started his career at Morgan Stanley in New York, Frankfurt and London, where he was a private equity analyst and fixed income derivatives structurer and trader. He also he worked as a consultant with McKinsey & Company before joining Allianz in Munich.
Karl has a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Princeton University and an MBA from INSEAD.
Job Titles:
- Independent Non - Executive Director
- Retired Executive Vice President and Head of the Global Employee Benefits Business of MetLife Inc
Maria joined the Resolution Life board in 2019 and chairs its Compensation Committee.
Maria is the retired executive vice president and head of the global employee benefits business of MetLife Inc, where she worked for 33 years. Maria held responsibility for the company's employee benefits business across 40 countries and global relationships with multinationals and financial institution distributors.
Maria sits as an independent director and Audit Committee chair of S&P Global, Inc. as well as independent director and Risk Committee chair of Wells Fargo & Company. Maria sits on the Board of Helen Keller International, is the Development Chair for Catholic Charities Archdiocese New York and is the National Board Chair of All Stars Project, Inc.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Group Chief Operating Officer
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia
Megan transferred to Resolution Life in 2020 as CEO of the Australasian region, after leading AMP Life through the separation from AMP, and appointed as Group Chief Operating Officer in 2023.
Megan has nearly 30 years' experience in the financial services industry, spanning executive, operational, finance, actuarial and consulting roles at AMP, NAB/MLC, Tower (now TAL) and Tillinghast (Consulting Actuaries). Megan's prior roles have included CEO AMP Life, Group Executive Insurance and Strategy at AMP and General Manager Bancassurance & Direct and General Manager Group Insurance at NAB/MLC.
Megan is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia, a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance, holds a Master of Economics from Macquarie University, a Master of Business Administration (Executive) from the Australian Graduate School of Management at the University of New South Wales, and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Megan is a Director and Immediate Past President of the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance.
Job Titles:
- Board Director
- Senior Managing Director of Blackstone Insurance Solutions
Michael Hovey is a Senior Managing Director of Blackstone Insurance Solutions (‘BIS'), where he leads Acquisitions & Partnerships. Prior to joining Blackstone in early 2021, Mr. Hovey worked in the investment banking industry for 23 years, the last 17 of which were at Morgan Stanley where he was a Managing Director and Head/Co-Head of Insurance Investment Banking for North America. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in 2004, Mr. Hovey was a Vice President in the Financial Institutions Group, Investment Banking at Lehman Brothers.
Mr. Hovey received a B.S. from the University of Colorado Boulder, where he graduated summa cum laude.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- CEO New Markets
Nardeep joined Resolution Life in 2021 as CEO of New Markets.
Previously he was Global Head of Life & Health Structured Solutions at Swiss Re for 10 years, the team responsible for executing complex and bespoke transactions for clients, including longevity transactions.
A trained actuary, Nardeep began his insurance career at consultancy firm Watson. He also previously worked in capital markets at Sumitomo Bank and Deutsche Bank. While at Deutsche Bank he was CEO and CIO of Abbey Life and was on the board of Paternoster.
Nardeep has a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics with Statistics from the University of Nottingham and is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries, Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute and Associate Member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers.
Job Titles:
- Chief Information Officer
Raghib Muhammad is currently serving as the Chief Information Officer where he is responsible for standing-up the technology team and infrastructure to support the creation of Resolution Life US. He is part of Resolution Life's nine-member leadership squad which is responsible for setting the overall strategic direction of Resolution Life's US market; and he works closely with the leadership squad to link IT and business strategies while leading advancements in data science, machine learning, and AI to improve business outcomes and implement value-added change initiatives.
Before joining Resolution Life, Raghib was the Senior Information Officer for the retirement business at Equitable, a leading Individual Annuity and Retirement Plan company. In this role he led a multi-year Agile transformation significantly improving accountability, autonomy, staff engagement, innovation, and overall efficiency across various disciplines within IT while improving business outcomes. He expanded the use of modern technologies such as RPA (Robotics Process Automation), AI, Speech Analytics, Data Analytics, Digital Portals, APIs, and Cloud based services to improve the customer and distributor experience as well as increase overall productivity for Individual and Group Retirement business operations.
Prior to Equitable, Raghib served in several roles, increasing in scope and responsibility, at AXA, where he led a multi-year technology driven transformation of AXA's property & casualty business in Mexico in his last position as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of AXA in Mexico.
Raghib holds a B.E. in Electrical Engineering from NED Engineering University in Karachi, Pakistan and an M.S. in Computer Science from Montclair State University in New Jersey.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Head of Group Strategy & Equity Capital
Prior to this, Rushabh led the team in London responsible for developing our Group strategy, guiding our capital deployment and leading our capital raising activities. The team also managed Resolution's new market development initiatives, such as Asia.
Rushabh joined Resolution in 2014, and began his career as a consultant at McKinsey & Co, working across the financial services, healthcare and private equity practices.
Rushabh is interested in the development opportunities available to young people, and holds or has held board positions across MyTutor.co.uk, the Department for Education's Comprehensive School Improvement Plan (CSIP) initiative, and Debate Mate.
Rushabh studied philosophy and economics at the London School of Economics, graduating with first class honours.
Okamoto-san is the Regional CEO for the Americas and Europe of Nippon Life Insurance Company. He previously served as the Executive Officer and General Manager at the Finance & Investment Planning Department of Nippon Life in Japan from 2020 to 2022 and Senior General Manager at its Finance & Investment Planning Department from 2019 to 2020.
Job Titles:
- Group Chief Financial Officer
- Member of the Executive Committee
Simon joined Resolution Life in 2021 and is responsible for the financial leadership of the business, including accounting, controlling, tax, capital raising and deployment, debt strategy and management and treasury services.
Previously, Simon was a Partner at EY, where he was responsible for a range of senior client relationships across insurance and leading EY's client services for complex strategic change. Before joining EY in 2014 he spent 15 years in Investment Banking, latterly as Head of Insurance Financing for Goldman Sachs.
Simon has advised numerous globally significant insurance groups with respect to financial strategy, acquisitions and divestments, debt and equity financing, capital management and solutions and complex group issues.
Simon has a Masters in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford.
Job Titles:
- CEO
- Chairman of the Executive Committee
- Founder
- Chairman and Founder of the Resolution Foundation
Clive is regarded as a leading life insurance executive and has significant experience in acquiring closed block life insurance businesses. He has held Board-level roles in all prior Resolution vehicles since 2003.
Prior to 2003, Clive was Chairman and Chief Executive of GE Insurance Holdings, GE's primary insurance operations in Europe, with over $3bn of premium income at that time. The businesses he led while at GE had operations in 12 countries. Before joining GE in 1998, he co-founded J Rothschild International / Scottish Amicable International, a cross-border insurance business based in Dublin. He started his career in insurance advising clients as a broker.
He served as a Non-Executive Director of Resolution Limited, a UK-listed life insurance Group which subsequently became the Friends Life Group PLC. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 index. He stepped down from this position in 2013.
Clive is Chairman and founder of the Resolution Foundation, a non-profit research organisation focused on the needs of low earners in industrialised countries.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Financial Services Executive
- Group As Head of Europe
- in 2017 As Head of Europe
Steve is a financial services executive with nearly thirty years of international experience.
Steve joined Resolution Life Group as head of Europe in 2018 and was appointed CEO of Resolution Re in September 2019.
Steve joined Resolution Life Group from Assicurazioni Generali, where he held various senior positions including group head of connected insurance. In that role, Steve was responsible for the group's data science and internet of things capabilities. This experience ignited Steve's passion for the application of advanced data analytics and technology solutions to insurance businesses.
Previously, Steve was head of the life business for AXA Spain and later head of the life and health business for AXA's Southern Europe, Latin America and Middle East and North Africa markets, where he had both operational and strategic responsibilities.
Steve started his career as an actuarial consultant in Tillinghast, where he worked in the London and Madrid offices.
Steve studied philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford University. He is a Fellow of the UK Institute of Actuaries.
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Job Titles:
- CEO
- Member of the Executive Committee
- CEO Resolution Life Australasia Resolution Life
Tim joined as CEO in February 2023 leading Resolution Life in the Australasian region.
Tim's extensive insurance industry background extends over 25 years in executive roles across distribution, strategy, M&A, reinsurance, product, pricing, marketing and government relations. Before joining Resolution Life, Tim was the CEO of Medical Indemnity at Avant Mutual, the largest medical indemnity insurer in Australia. Prior to Avant Mutual, Tim was at AIA Australia where he held several executive roles including CEO of AIA Health Insurance, Chief Strategy Officer, Chief Marketing Officer and successfully led significant insurance business acquisitions and integration programs in Australia and New Zealand. Tim is also a fellow of the Finsia and sits on the Board on the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI).
Kawasaki-san is the Senior general manager of global business planning department of Nippon Life Insurance Company. He previously served as General Manager in its Global Business Risk and Control Department from 2020 to 2022. Also, served as General Manager of International Accounting and Actuarial Standards Affairs Office, governments relation department from 2015 to 2020.
He has been a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries since 1990.
Job Titles:
- Chief Strategy & Development Officer Resolution Life USA
Warren Balakrishnan leads corporate development and strategy for Resolution Life in North America. In this role Warren leads the development of M&A, reinsurance, and other strategic growth opportunities for Resolution Life's US businesses across North America.
Previously, Warren was Director, M&A for Resolution Life, and was involved with creating Resolution Re in Bermuda and the acquisition of AMP Life. He joined Resolution in 2013, where he focused on the formation, capital raise and transactions of the prior US-based Resolution vehicle.
Previously, he was an attorney in the Global Insurance Practice and M&A Practice for Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in New York and London.
Warren is licensed as a solicitor in England and Wales and graduated with an honours degree in Law from St. John's College, University of Oxford. Warren is a Member of the Chartered Insurance Institute.
Job Titles:
- Non - Executive Director
- Vice Chair of the Board
Weldon has served as the Vice Chair of the Board for Resolution Life Group Holdings Ltd. since 2018. Previously, he served as Chief Executive Officer of LBL HoldCo, Inc. and its subsidiaries from 2013 through 2019.
Previously, Weldon was a member of the Executive Board of Swiss Reinsurance Company, where he was responsible for acquisitions and operations of life insurance companies in the US and the UK. His other roles within Swiss Re included serving as CEO of Swiss Re's North American life reinsurance business, and General Counsel for Swiss Re's international life operations.
Weldon serves on the Advisory Board for Vanderbilt Law School. Weldon is licensed as an attorney in the State of Texas.
Job Titles:
- Chief Operating Officer
- Chief Operating Officer and Chief Transformation Officer for Resolution Life US
Bill Bainbridge is the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Transformation Officer for Resolution Life US and has been a part of the organization since its inception in 2021. Focused on delivering exceptional service and operational excellence, Bill has been responsible for driving the enterprise-wide Digital Transformation that served as a key enabler for several successful acquisitions. He is part of Resolution Life's nine-member leadership squad which is responsible for setting the overall strategic direction of Resolution Life's U.S. market.