About Us

Philippe Meyenhofer was named CEO of PartnerRe Ltd. and joined the PartnerRe Board in April 2024.

Mr. Meyenhofer’s tenure at PartnerRe commenced in 2010. Since then, he has taken on diverse leadership roles, most recently as CEO of Specialty Lines from 2020 to 2024. Prior to this, he was CEO for P&C EMEA (2019-2020), Deputy CEO for P&C (2018-2019), Head of Specialty Casualty (2013-2018) and Head of Financial & Professional Lines (2010-2013). He was previously with Transatlantic Re, has over 17 years of industry experience and a proven track record of business leadership.

Mr. Meyenhofer holds a Master’s of Law from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is also a Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriter (CPCU).

Jon Colello was named President of PartnerRe Ltd. in April 2024, and has executive responsibility for all Non-Life underwriting globally.

Mr. Colello has extensive reinsurance experience having spent the entirety of his 25-year career in the industry. Prior to joining PartnerRe in 2019, as CEO P&C Americas, he was President North America at AXIS Re in the US where he served as a member of the Reinsurance Leadership Team having held various leadership positions within AXIS Re since 2004.

Mr. Colello holds an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Business from the University of Vermont.

James Beedle has executive responsibility for the Company’s P&C Asia-Pacific regional business unit, its Global Clients and Broker Management unit and its Marketing & Business Intelligence team. Mr. Beedle is also CEO of Partner Reinsurance Asia Pte. Ltd.

Mr. Beedle has over 30 years of experience in reinsurance and reinsurance broking, strong strategic leadership capabilities and deep regional knowledge of Asia-Pacific markets.

Mr. Beedle joined PartnerRe in 2017 as Head of Asia-Pacific P&C & CEO Partner Reinsurance Asia Pte. Ltd. from Willis Re, most recently as Senior Managing Director of Willis Re Asia-Pacific. His previous roles within Willis Re include COO Willis Re Australia and CEO Willis Re Japan.

Mr. Beedle has a BA (Hons) in Economics from the University of York, England, is an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute and Executive Committee member of the Singapore Reinsurers’ Association.

Lisa Bolger is responsible for the Company’s HR, Corporate Communications, Culture and Leadership functions.

Ms. Bolger has been with the Company for over 19 years and has held many senior leadership roles in Finance, HR and in the Office of the CEO, most notably: Deputy Head Financial Planning and Analysis 2009-2013; CFO Partner Reinsurance Europe SE 2013-2017, Global Financial Operations Director 2017-2018, and HR Operations Director 2018-2021.

Ms. Bolger joined PartnerRe in 2004 from ESG Re and prior to that worked for KPMG.

Ms. Bolger is a Fellow of the Chartered Accountants in Ireland and has a MSc in Business and Personal Coaching from University College Cork, Ireland.

Paul Brennan has executive responsibility for the Company’s Life and Non-life Reserving and Non-Life Pricing functions. Mr. Brennan is an accomplished actuarial leader with over 25 years of experience in the global reinsurance industry. 

Mr. Brennan spent over 20 years at Swiss Re in senior leadership positions in Reserving, Pricing and Group IFRS 17 implementation. Most recently he has been responsible for the Reserving and Regulatory work for Swiss Re’s EMEA P&C Re portfolio. Prior to Swiss Re, Mr. Brennan was a reserving actuary at St Paul Re.

A Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries, Mr. Brennan also holds a BSc in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Edinburgh and a Masters in Statistics from the University of Southampton.

Markus Frank has executive responsibility for the Company’s Information Technology and Facilities Management functions.

Mr. Frank joined PartnerRe in 2003 as Senior Project Manager and was appointed Head Global Business Operations Support (Business Analysis, Project
Management and Application Management) in 2005, becoming the Head Global Operations Office in 2010. He was appointed to the position Head Non-Life Technical Accounting and Claims in 2013 and assumed responsibility for the Company’s facility management. In 2017 Mr. Frank was named Group Chief Information Officer.

Prior to joining PartnerRe Mr. Frank spent seven years at Accenture as consultant for IT and process projects in the (re)insurance industry. He began his career at Frankona Re.

He has over 26 years of industry experience and holds a Master’s degree in Mathematical Economics from the University of Augsburg, Germany, and a PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Marek Garwacki has executive responsibility for the company’s non-life underwriting office, spanning portfolio construction, underwriting controls and infrastructure.

Mr Garwacki has over 20 years of industry experience. Since joining PartnerRe in 2012, Mr. Garwacki held numerous leadership roles, including as Head of Customized Solutions and Chief Underwriting Officer Motor EMEA, Head of Portfolio Construction Specialty Lines, and most recently, as Head of Group Retrocession.

Mr Garwacki holds a Master’s degree in Economics and Applied Mathematics from École Polytechnique and a Master’s degree in Political Science from Sciences Po Paris, both in France.

Ingrid Gjonaj has executive responsibility for the Company’s P&C EMEA regional business unit.

Ms. Gjonaj has over 16 years of experience in the reinsurance industry with proven leadership skills and strong focus on execution.

Ms. Gjonaj joined PartnerRe in 2006 and has held senior positions in Legal, in Specialty Casualty underwriting and served most recently as Head of region, Western and Southern Europe.

Ms. Gjonaj holds an Executive MBA at Columbia Business School and London Business School. She also holds a MSc in Management at EM Lyon Business School and Master’s degree in Business Law from the Université Paris II Assas.

Greg Haft has executive responsibility for the Company’s Global Catastrophe business unit.

Mr. Haft has over 30 years of industry experience, combining a strong skill-set of actuarial, reinsurance business and leadership capabilities spanning property, casualty and specialty lines.

Mr. Haft joined PartnerRe in 2013 as Head of Catastrophe, Bermuda. In 2016 he was appointed to Head of Global Cat and Property North America, and thereafter to Deputy CEO Specialty Lines and leader of Specialty Lines’ Property, Marine and Energy (PME) unit. In 2019, he was named CEO of Specialty Lines.

Prior to joining PartnerRe, Mr. Haft was Managing Director, Head of U.S. Property Catastrophe Underwriting at Markel Corporation.

Mr. Haft holds a B.S. Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Michigan, is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and a Certified Cat Risk Analyst.

Mike Huff is responsible for the Company’s investment activities. He joined PartnerRe in 2024.

Prior to joining PartnerRe, Mr. Huff served as Managing Director – Head of Asset Allocation & Derivatives for TIAA’s General Account investment portfolio. Previously, Mike held various senior management positions in Risk Management and Derivatives at Genworth.

Mr. Huff holds a BS in industrial engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA in finance from the University of Illinois. He is a CFA Charterholder and a Professional Risk Manager (PRM).

Abina Kealy is responsible for the Company’s Finance and Non-life Operations.

Since joining PartnerRe in 2009, Ms. Kealy has held a number of executive Finance positions, most recently Group Chief Accounting Officer and Head of External Reporting. Prior to that she was CFO of Europe & APAC.

Prior to joining PartnerRe, Ms. Kealy was an audit manager in the Insurance practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers Dublin.

Ms. Kealy is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from University College Cork.

Gerd Maxl has overall responsibility for the legal and compliance functions of the Company. Mr. Maxl has more than 20 years of experience in life and non-life (re)insurance. 

Mr. Maxl joined the Company in November 2012 as General Counsel Global looking after PartnerRe’s legal and compliance matters outside of Bermuda and North America and was promoted to Chief Legal Counsel in August 2017. 

Prior to joining PartnerRe, Mr. Maxl was an associate in a law firm in Switzerland and thereafter worked for over nine years for the Zurich Insurance Group in a number of positions in Switzerland and the U.S. 

Mr. Maxl has a law degree from the University of Basel, Switzerland and was admitted to the bar in Switzerland in 2001. 

Christian Mitterer has executive responsibility for the Company’s Specialty Lines business unit.

Mr. Mitterer has over 18 years of experience in both the reinsurance and banking industries with proven business leadership skills and strong focus on execution.

Mr. Mitterer joined PartnerRe in 2012 as Senior Underwriter, Specialty Casualty. In 2015, he was named Head of Financial & Professional Lines and thereafter Head of Specialty Casualty, Europe P&C in 2016 and Head of Specialty Casualty, P&C EMEA in 2019. In 2020, he was named Head of EMEA P&C followed by his appointment as CEO P&C EMEA and appointed as CEO Specialty Lines.

Prior to joining PartnerRe, Mr. Mitterer was with AIG in Zurich and London. Mr. Mitterer holds a degree in business administration from the University of Passau, Germany.

Niall Mulvey is PartnerRe’s Chief Underwriting Officer for our Life & Health business segment.

Mr. Mulvey has over 25 years of experience in life insurance and reinsurance. Prior to joining PartnerRe in October 2025, Mr. Mulvey was Head of Greater China L&H for Hannover Re. Previously, Mr. Mulvey held senior roles within Hannover Re, including Head of Actuarial Function L&H for its Irish operation, as well as Principal Business Lead for Asia L&H.

Mr. Mulvey holds a degree in Actuarial and Financial Studies from University College Dublin and is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries in Ireland.

Chris Shanahan is responsible for PartnerRe’s Global Life & Health business segment.

Mr. Shanahan has more than 30 years of experience in Life reinsurance. He joined PartnerRe in May of 2018 from Hannover Re where he had been responsible for Hannover’s US mortality business since 2009.  Previously he held senior leadership, pricing and product management positions with Lincoln Re, ING Re, and Scottish Re.

Mr. Shanahan holds a degree in Actuarial Science from Drake University and is Fellow of the Society of Actuaries.

Mary Ann Brown is an independent director of the Board. Ms Brown was Chair of Pacific Life Re and has held multiple roles at Pacific Life before her retirement in 2017.  As Chair of Pacific Life Re Ltd., Ms. Brown directed strategy and growth of the global reinsurance division.

Prior to joining Pacific Life, Ms. Brown held multiple executive roles at MetLife, Swiss Re and New York Life.  She holds a Bachelors and Masters of Arts in Education from Emory University, USA as well as a Masters of Actuarial Science from Georgia State University.

François Bucchini joined Covéa Group in 2022 is Head of International at Covéa.

Previously, Mr. Bucchini has held various senior management positions. He served as France Deputy CEO and member of Group Risk Committee at Willis Towers Watson (2015 – 2020), Groupama as Head of Insurance, AXA as Chairman and CEO of AXA Cessions, P&C France General Manager, Deputy CEO and CFO of AXA Corporate Solutions.

Brian Dowd is an independent director of the Board. Mr. Dowd was formerly Vice Chairman of ACE Limited and a member of the ACE Group’s Office of the Chairman before his retirement in 2015. Mr. Dowd focused on underwriting-related matters including oversight of the Group’s product boards, the general underwriting disciplines of the company’s profit centers, outward reinsurance placements and run-off operations, as well as special strategic projects. Mr. Dowd previously held relevant positions at ACE from 1997 until his appointment as Chairman of ACE’s Insurance – North America business segment in 2006. He held the role of Vice Chairman, ACE Limited from 2009.

Prior to 1997, Mr. Dowd held underwriting positions of increasing responsibility at Arkwright Mutual Insurance Company over a seven-year period. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Northern Illinois University as well as the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) professional designation.

Thierry Derez is Chairman of the Board of PartnerRe and Chair of the Board of Directors of Covéa.

Mr. Derez was appointed Chairman of Covéa in 2001 and held the dual role of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 2008 until 2022. In 2022, Covéa separated the roles of Chairman and CEO, and Mr. Derez continued as Chief Executive Officer until 2025. In 2022, he was named Chairman of the Board of PartnerRe, following Covéa’s acquisition of the company.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Derez joined the AM-GMF Group in 1995. He later became Chairman of MAAF in 2005 and MMA in 2007. In 2021, he was appointed Chairman of the AM-GMF Group.

Before transitioning to the insurance industry, Mr. Derez practiced law at the Paris Court of Appeals. He is a former Secretary of the Conference of the French Bar Association.

Reuben Jeffery is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Rockefeller & Co. He served as Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs and as Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission during the George W. Bush administration.

Previously, Mr. Jeffery was at Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he was Managing Director and head of the European Financial Institutions Group. He began his career as a lawyer at Davis, Polk and Wardwell.

He received a B.A. from Yale University and an M.B.A. and J.D. from Stanford University.

Maud Petit is Chief Executive Officer of Covéa Group.

Ms. Petit served as Deputy Managing Director of Group Covéa and CEO of Covéa Coopérations since February 2024 until she was appointed as CEO of Covéa Group in July 2025.  Ms. Petit has held a number of key executive leadership roles since joining Covéa in 2008 as Chief consolidated Financial Statements Officer. In 2013, she was appointed Chief Control, Solvency, Accounts and Reporting Officer, before becoming Chief Accounts and Financial Communications Officer in 2015. In 2018, Ms. Petit was named Group Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Covéa. In 2022, she was appointed Deputy CEO of Covéa Cooperations and director of PartnerRe.

Prior to joining Covéa, Ms. Petit held various positions with PWC and as Head of Insurance with the French Accounting Standards Authority.

Ms. Petit holds a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Paris, Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Hermann Pohlchristoph is an independent director of the Board and Audit Committee of PartnerRe Ltd.

Mr. Pohlchristoph has over 29 years of re/insurance experience and has held multiple executive roles, most recently at Munich Re as a Member of the Board of Management from 2017 to 2020 and as CFO Reinsurance, Munich Re from 2006 to 2017.  Prior to that, he served as Head of Financial Reporting and Accounting, Munich Re for two years.

Prior to joining Munich Re, Mr. Pohlchristoph held senior roles at GE Insurance from 1998 – 2002.  He also served as an Auditor at Ernst & Young, Stuttgart from 1994 -1998.

Michael Walker joined Covéa Group in 2020, where he was appointed Head of the Group Accounting, Standards & Financial Communication Department, which became Group Finance Department at the end of 2022. In 2024, he has been appointed Group Chief Financial Officer.

Mr. Walker graduated from the Ecole Centrale de Lyon and began his career in 2000 at Andersen Consulting (Accenture since 2001), where he took part in large-scale projects in several insurance groups.

In 2014, Mr. Walker joined CNP Assurances as Head of Accounting for France and became Group Chief Accounting Officer in 2018.