Professional indemnity insurance (PII) provider Beazley has appointed Troy Dehmann as chief operating officer with immediate effect.
Dehmann (pictured) has more than 20 years of leadership experience in finance, operations and business transformation within the financial services sector.
He succeeds former COO Ian Fantozzi who is now leading the insurer’s recently established digital business unit.
His most recent role was as global COO for finance operations and core finance at HSBC during almost seven years at the bank in London, where his other roles included global COO of business finance and global head of cost management.
Prior to joining HSBC, Dehmann held several banking roles at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan Chase in New York. He started his career in finance at data and analytics firm Dun & Bradstreet Corporation.
Beazley CEO Adrian Cox, said: “Troy’s deep experience in building operational excellence and driving transformation within the finance sector will be invaluable as we continue to build an agile and flexible platform upon which to bring our specialist products to new markets and ensure our people have the systems to support them wherever they are in the world.”
Dehmann added: “I am thrilled to join Beazley at this time as we continue to scale and strengthen our operational capability. I look forward to working with our teams to ensure they are supported and well-resourced to deliver excellent products and services in this flexible, hybrid world of work.”
Dehmann also joins Beazley’s executive committee and will be based in London.
