About Us

Jacques Bonneau was named President and CEO of PartnerRe in July 2020. With over 41 years of experience in the industry, Mr. Bonneau had served as a member of the PartnerRe Board of Directors since February 2019.

Mr. Bonneau began his reinsurance career at General Reinsurance Corporation in Casualty Facultative operations in 1981. Since then, he has worked as the Senior Vice President at Trenwick America Group and was the Chief Underwriting Officer and a Member of the Board of Directors at Chartwell Re Corporation from 1990 to 1999. From here, Mr. Bonneau held various roles with Chubb Ltd. (previously ACE Group). He was the CEO of Chubb Tempest Re USA from 1999 to 2005 followed by the CEO of the Chubb Tempest Re Group from 2005 to 2014. Most recently, he was the Group Chief Underwriting Officer at Chubb Ltd. from 2015 to 2017.

Mr. Bonneau holds a Master’s in Business Administration degree from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario.

Mr. Archambault is responsible for the Company’s worldwide Life & Health business segment. He is also a member of PartnerRe’s Executive Leadership Team.

Mr. Archambault has more than 27 years of experience in Life reinsurance, most recently as CEO of SCOR Global Life Asia-Pacific, where he led the company’s regional growth strategy in those markets, and as a member of the senior management team for Global Life. Prior to that, Mr. Archambault held a number of senior management positions at SCOR where he implemented growth strategies and product development initiatives across multiple international markets in Europe, North America, Asia and Africa.

Mr. Archambault holds a Bachelor of Actuarial Science from Laval University in Quebec, Canada and is an Associate with the Canadian Institute of Actuaries.

James Beedle is a member of PartnerRe’s Executive Leadership Team and has executive responsibility for the Company’s P&C Asia-Pacific regional business unit and its Global Clients and Broker Management unit. Mr. Beedle is also CEO of Partner Reinsurance Asia Pte. Ltd.

Mr. Beedle has over 29 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 a member of PartnerRe’s Executive Leadership Team and is responsible for the Company’s HR, Corporate Communications, Culture and Leadership functions.

Ms. Bolger has been with the Company for over 17 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.

Simon Clifford is a member of the PartnerRe Executive Leadership Team and has executive responsibility for the Company’s Life and Health underwriting functions. He brings over 26 years of experience in life insurance, with deep experience in actuarial and financial analysis and management.

Prior to joining PartnerRe in 2020, Mr. Clifford was with Zurich Insurance Group, where he most recently held the position of Head of Life Legacy UK for Zurich UK Life. Prior to that, he held various positions, including Global Head of Life Technical Excellence, Global Head of Proposition Management and CFO of Zurich International Life.

Mr. Clifford is an actuary and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in mathematics and a Master’s degree in applied statistics from the University of Oxford.

Mr. Colello is a member of PartnerRe’s Executive Leadership Team and has executive responsibility for leading PartnerRe’s Property & Casualty business in the US, Canada and Latin America, and for the Company’s Health business in the US.

Mr. Colello has extensive reinsurance experience and has spent the entirety of his 21-year career in the industry. Most recently, he was President North America at AXIS Re in the US where he had overall responsibility for underwriting platforms in Bermuda, Canada and the United States, and served as a member of the Reinsurance Leadership Team.  Prior to that, he held several leadership positions within AXIS Re since joining the company in 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.

Markus Frank is a member of PartnerRe’s Executive Leadership Team and 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 25 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.

Greg Haft is a member of PartnerRe’s Executive Leadership Team and has executive responsibility for the Company’s Global Catastrophe business unit.

Mr. Haft has over 26 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.

Andrew Hughes is a member of PartnerRe’s Executive Leadership Team and is responsible for PartnerRe Capital Management initiatives.

Mr. Hughes joined PartnerRe in 2020 as CEO of PartnerRe Capital Management. Before joining PartnerRe, Mr. Hughes was Managing Principal at Hiscox Insurance-Linked Strategies. Prior to that, Mr. Hughes worked at QIC, a diversified alternatives asset manager, and various top-tier law firms specializing in banking, structured finance and securitization.

Mr. Hughes has 20 years’ experience in the financial services industry and is a triple-qualified attorney. He holds a BA in Law & Information Technology from the University of Exeter in the UK.

Sylvain Jarrier is a member of PartnerRe’s Executive Leadership Team and has executive responsibility for the company’s non-life underwriting function.

Mr. Jarrier has extensive reinsurance experience, gained during 23+ years in the industry. Since joining PartnerRe in 2003, Mr. Jarrier has held numerous leadership roles, most recently as Head of Worldwide Pricing & Analytics overseeing non-life pricing across all business units. Prior to that, he led various actuarial functions and served as Head of Customized Solutions.

Mr. Jarrier holds a Master’s in Actuarial Science from the University of Lyon in France and he is a Fellow of the French and Swiss Institutes of Actuaries.

Abina Kealy is a member of PartnerRe’s Executive Leadership Team and is responsible for the Company’s Finance functions.

Since joining PartnerRe in 2009, Ms. Kealy has held a number of senior finance roles most recently Group Chief Accounting Officer and Head of External Reporting. Prior to that she was CFO of Europe & APAC and Controller for the P&C BU and Head of Group Planning within the Financial Planning & Analysis team.

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.

Tom Leone is a member of PartnerRe’s Executive Leadership Team and is responsible for the Company’s investments.  Mr. Leone joined PartnerRe in 2013 as Portfolio Manager, Global Governments. He was appointed to Head of Public Fixed Income in 2019.

Prior to joining PartnerRe, Mr. Leone spent seven years at Genworth Financial on the derivatives desk performing group asset liability management.

Mr. Leone holds a Master’s degree from The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Bachelor of Finance degree from Bryant College.

Gerd Maxl is a member of PartnerRe’s Executive Leadership Team and has overall responsibility for the legal and compliance functions of the Company. Mr. Maxl has more than 18 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.

Philippe Meyenhofer is a member of PartnerRe’s Executive Leadership Team and has executive responsibility for the Company’s Specialty Lines business unit.

Mr. Meyenhofer joined PartnerRe in 2010 as Head of Financial & Professional Lines PartnerRe Global. He was appointed to Head of Specialty Casualty PartnerRe Global in 2013, to Head of Europe P&C in 2016, and gained the additional responsibility of Deputy CEO P&C in 2018. In 2019, he was named CEO of PartnerRe’s P&C EMEA regional unit.

Mr. Meyenhofer was previously with Transatlantic Re, has over 17 years of industry experience and strong, proven business leadership skills. He holds a Master of Law degree from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Christian Mitterer is a member of PartnerRe’s Executive Leadership Team and has executive responsibility for the Company’s P&C EMEA regional business unit.

Mr. Mitterer has over 15 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.

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.

Sima Ruparelia is a member of PartnerRe’s Executive Leadership Team and has executive responsibility for the Company’s Risk & Capital, Life and Non-life Reserving and Pricing functions.

Prior to joining PartnerRe in 2022, Ms. Ruparelia held the role of Chief Actuary and Portfolio Manager for UK, Europe, Global Specialty and Talbot for AIG, from 2016 to 2021. Prior to that, she served as Group Actuary for Catlin and as UK Chief Actuary for XL Catlin, and held actuarial positions at Ernst and Young, Equitas and Pinnacle Insurance.

In 2018, Ms. Ruparelia was honoured with a Women to Watch EMEA Award by Business Insurance and, in 2020, was named one of the top 100 Global insurance professionals.

Throughout her career, she has been a passionate proponent of diversity and inclusion. She currently serves as the Chair of the Racial Justice Working Group of the ISC.

Ms. Ruparelia is a fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. She earned her bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Loughborough University.

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 Chief Executive Officer of Covéa, the leading P&C insurance group in France.

Mr. Derez was appointed Chairman of Covéa in 2001 and has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Covéa from 2008 to 2022, at which point the offices of Chairman of the Board and CEO were separated. Covéa brings together Assurances Mutuelles de France (AM), La Garantie Mutuelle des Fonctionnaires (GMF), MAAF Assurances and MMA.

Prior to joining the AM-GMF Group in 1995, Mr. Derez was a practicing lawyer at the Paris Court of Appeals and is a former Secretary of the Conference of the French Bar Association.

Emmanuel Dubreuil is Head of Insurance and Reinsurance Initiatives at Covéa.

Mr. Dubreuil joined Covéa in 2019, as Head of Reinsurance Cessions and served as Chief of Staff to the CEO, Thierry Derez, from January 2023. Prior to joining Covéa, he served as a Partner at PwC France in the Risk and Value Measurement Services, from 2015 to 2019 and he occupied various positions in the reinsurance broking industry (Benfield, Aon, Guy Carpenter) between 1996 and 2015.

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 Financial Officer and Deputy CEO of Covéa.

With over 25 years of experience in the re/insurance industry, Ms. Petit was named Chief Financial Officer and Deputy CEO of Covéa in 2018.

Prior to joining Covéa in 2008 as Combined Accounts Manager, 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 Management Sciences and Accounting.

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.