10 CFOs in Insurance
Insurance CFOs in this set are based in Bermuda, the UK, Luxembourg, Zurich, Milan, Türkiye and the US, and all ten hold the title today. Four of the companies are reinsurers by name (Hamilton Re, Ariel Re, Barents Reinsurance and Citadel Reinsurance), alongside wefox, Prima, MetLife, Convex, Relm and FWD. Finance teams planning capital, reinsurance buying or a reporting change such as IFRS 17 can test the plan with a sitting insurance CFO.
Professionals to explore
Adriaan van Wijk
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Barents Reinsurance S.A.
Since 2024, Adriaan van Wijk has been Chief Financial Officer at Barents Reinsurance S.A., after serving as Chief Financial Officer of Accelerant Insurance Europe S.A. (2023-2024) and, over the same dates, an Executive Board Member there. Adriaan was also Head of FP&A Europe at Accelerant (2022-2023) and CFO iptiQ EMEA P&C Luxembourg at iptiQ by Swiss Re (2019-2022), and cites capital management and target operating model work. Good for Luxembourg-based re/insurance capital questions.
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Alex Bayliss
LinkedInExperience: Group Chief Financial Officer · wefox
Implementing IFRS 17 and finance transformation are where Alex Bayliss fits, from the IFRS 17 9 Programme Lead Head of Group Finance Transformation, Operations & IT role at Helvetia Insurance Group (2019-2022). Alex has been Group Chief Financial Officer at wefox since 2023 and Chairperson of wefox Group Plus AG since 2024, and was Group Financial Director ad Interim at Royal London (2022-2023).
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Andrew Bak
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Citadel Reinsurance Company Limited
Start-ups and post-acquisition integration are the focus Andrew Bak cites from CFO work in the UK (including Lloyd's), US and Bermuda, and the best topics to raise. Andrew has been Chief Financial Officer at Citadel Reinsurance Company Limited since 2023 and a Non Executive Director at Omnia since 2021, and was Head Of Finance at Soteria Insurance Limited (2021-2023) and Chief Financial Officer at One Re Ltd (2013-2019).
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Chad Cundliffe
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer, Hamilton Re & Group Treasurer, Hamilton Insurance Group · Hamilton
Chad Cundliffe holds Chief Financial Officer, Hamilton Re & Group Treasurer, Hamilton Insurance Group (since 2021). At Hamilton, Chad was also Group Chief Accounting Officer and Group Chief Investment Officer (2020-2021) and Group Chief Accounting Officer (2014-2020), and was SVP, Accounting Policy and SEC Reporting Officer at XL Catlin (2004-2014). Chad fits questions on reinsurance accounting, treasury and SEC reporting from Bermuda.
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Colin James
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Relm Insurance
Digital assets, Web3, AI and the space economy are what Relm Insurance, a specialty carrier, covers, and Colin James has been its Chief Financial Officer since 2023. Colin was Financial Controller at Convex Insurance (2020-2023), VP Finance at Athene (2019-2020), Chief Financial Officer at Ironshore Insurance (2013-2019) and Group Controller at Alterra Capital Holdings Ltd. (2003-2013). Ask Colin about finance for a carrier insuring digital assets and the space economy.
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David Junius
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · FWD Insurance
David Junius became Chief Financial Officer at FWD Insurance in July 2026, after a short stint as Deputy Chief Financial Officer there. David's earlier CFO titles were at Pearl Health (2024-2026), Cowbell (2022-2024) and SiriusPoint (2021-2022). With CFO roles at four companies since 2021, David can compare the CFO job across those four companies.
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Matthew Wilson
LinkedInExperience: UK Chief Financial Officer · Convex Insurance
An actuarial background, as Actuarial & Insurance Consultant at Deloitte from 2005 to 2019, sits behind Matthew Wilson's role as UK Chief Financial Officer at Convex Insurance, a provider of international specialty insurance and reinsurance, since 2019. Matthew has also been a Non Executive Director at Nuclear Risk Insurers Ltd since 2024, and suits questions on UK specialty insurance finance from an actuarial background.
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Mauro Piccinini
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Prima
Chief Financial Officer at Prima since 2019, Mauro Piccinini also sat on Prima's board (2021-2022) and holds responsibilities on strategic planning, by Mauro's own account. Before Prima, Mauro was Project Leader at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) (2014-2019), and earlier an Associate at Oliver Wyman and Senior Actuarial Advisor at KPMG UK (2011-2013). With actuarial and strategy roles behind the CFO seat, Mauro suits questions on strategic planning with an actuarial lens.
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Rengin Utku
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · MetLife
Finance for MetLife in Turkey and the Levant is the topic for Rengin Utku, Chief Financial Officer at MetLife since 2024, after Chief Financial Officer (Turkey & Levant Region) there (2021-2024) and an earlier MetLife CFO title from 2011 to 2021. Rengin was Director of Finance at ERGO (2009-2011) and Audit Manager at PwC (2000-2009), is a licensed insurance auditor, and sits on the Amcham Turkey Insurance and Reinsurance Committee.
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Rohan Pai
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Ariel Re
Rohan Pai is Chief Financial Officer at both Ariel Re (since 2025) and Velocity Risk (since 2023). Rohan was SVP, Treasurer and Investor Relations at Selective Insurance (2016-2023) and Director of Corporate Finance at RenaissanceRe (2009-2016). The treasury and investor relations titles make Rohan a fit for questions on raising capital and explaining results to investors.
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Choose the right perspective
For reinsurance balance sheets, start with Chad Cundliffe, Rohan Pai, Adriaan van Wijk or Andrew Bak. Alex Bayliss fits IFRS 17 programs and insurtech finance, Mauro Piccinini planning with an actuarial background, Matthew Wilson and Colin James specialty lines from London and Bermuda, Rengin Utku a country CFO seat at MetLife, and David Junius a comparison of CFO roles at Pearl Health, Cowbell, SiriusPoint and FWD.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you size a reinsurance program for a growing book when rating agency capital and regulatory solvency tests point to different answers?
- 02What broke in the monthly close during an IFRS 17 rollout, and how long until the finance team trusted the new numbers?
- 03How does a reinsurer's CFO explain catastrophe-year results to the board when investment income and underwriting move in opposite directions?
About this directory
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