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David R. Howell, FSA
Chief Executive Officer, Scottish Re Holdings Limited

David’s career spans nearly twenty years in life reinsurance and has included a diverse range of geographic responsibilities, most recently as a senior executive with industry leader Swiss Re.  From 2003, David was Chief Pricing Officer for Swiss Re's life reinsurance business in Europe, Asia, and Latin America where he increased Swiss Re's focus on helping clients manage their capital through reinsurance and implemented a rigorous pricing process. From 2001 to 2003, he was Chief Pricing Officer of Swiss Re's UK and Irish life reinsurance business and played a key role in that company's effort to refocus the UK life reinsurance industry on risk management and pricing discipline. Prior to 2001, he held a variety of roles with Swiss Re and Mercantile and General Reinsurance covering various aspects of both traditional and non-traditional reinsurance within the US, Canada, the Caribbean, the Middle East and the UK.

David is a graduate of the University of Waterloo in Canada and is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA).


david.howell@scottishre.com

Warren Copp
Chief Underwriter, Scottish Re Holdings Limited

Warren is responsible for the underwriting and claims functions in Scottish Re’s International business, which includes the UK, Irish and Asian markets.  His current role encompasses all aspects of risk management, including setting philosophy, day to day client support, audit services and the Scottish Re electronic underwriting guide, Ascent.  Warren worked for Swiss Re and Mercantile and General Re for ten years prior to 2006, most recently with responsibility for underwriting operations in the UK and Ireland.  In 2001 he acted as interim Chief Underwriter for Tata AIG in India during the launch of this business.  Prior to working in the reinsurance environment, Warren worked for Friends Provident and Norwich Union Healthcare in the direct market.

warren.copp@scottishre.com

Duncan Hayward, ACA
Chief Financial Officer, Scottish Re Holdings Limited

Duncan is responsible for managing the IT, Administration, Finance and Actuarial teams across the business unit.

Duncan spent eleven years with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, qualifying as an ACA in 1990. His main responsibilities were within the Insurance Sector out of the London office but he also spent three years based in Singapore. Duncan acted as a Senior Manager on a number of Group audits and local filings including exposure to both Property and Casualty and Life & Health sectors.  Following his return from Asia in 1997, Duncan spent six years with Royal & Sun Alliance in a Group Finance Reporting role, and latterly reporting directly to the Group Finance Director, where amongst other responsibilities he ran the UK and US GAAP financial reporting process and Sox Reporting. Duncan joined Swiss Re in 2003 and worked both in Zurich and London. He ran the Finance, Actuarial and Administration teams for the Asian, Central European and Latin American Life and Health businesses. Recently, Duncan acted as Scottish Re Group CFO for two quarters, while the position was recruited.


duncan.hayward@scottishre.com

David Heeney, FIA
Chief Marketing Officer, Scottish Re Holdings Limited

David runs the sales & marketing function for the UK & Ireland market with overall responsibility for client management, business development and marketing strategy.  He has twenty-three years of insurance and reinsurance market experience spanning technical, relationship management and general management responsibilities. David began his career with Legal & General where he spent eleven years. He qualified as an actuary in 1988 and progressed to Head of Product Management & Actuary (Pensions).  He joined Swiss Re in 1995, initially running the UK Corporate Actuarial function and helping to develop their financial reinsurance business. He then moved to the global product management function responsible for supervising the actuarial management of Swiss Re’s worldwide life and health business. Prior to that he spent two years as a Global Client Manager responsible for coordinating client relationships at top management level with Swiss Re’s largest clients worldwide.   David is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (FIA).

david.heeney@scottishre.com

Alex King, FIA
Head of Protection Marketing, Scottish Re Holdings Limited

Alex is responsible for developing UK and Irish protection opportunities and managing existing client relationships. He has built a wide network of industry contacts and has extensive knowledge of the UK protection market together with strong interpersonal and marketing skills. Alex is an actuary with ten years experience in the UK protection market. Prior to joining Scottish Re, he spent seven years at HSBC in a variety of roles including product pricing and reinsurance negotiation. His main responsibility was to price and develop all of HSBC's protection products sold through their bank branches. This experience gave him an excellent understanding of individual client needs and a strong ability to tailor reinsurance solutions and offer creative ideas based on practical experience in the direct market.  Alex is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (FIA).

alex.king@scottishre.com

Andy McAleese, FIA
Head of Annuity Transactions, Scottish Re Holdings Limited

Andy is responsible for the development and implementation of UK and Irish annuity opportunities and the design of new longevity solutions.  Andy has extensive experience in the UK insurance and reinsurance market.  Prior to joining Scottish Re, Andy spent seven years at Revios (formerly Gerling Global Re) and was a key individual involved in the growth of company’s business, holding roles in pricing, client management and marketing.  During his time at Gerling, Andy spent eighteen months on secondment as Life & Health Actuary in the company’s Singapore Branch.  He began his career in 1993 with Manulife working in the Corporate Finance division before moving into product development in 1995 following Canada Life’s acquisition of Manulife.  Andy is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (FIA).

andy.mcaleese@scottishre.com

Steve Nuttall
Chief Pricing Officer, Scottish Re Holdings Limited

Steve joined Scottish Re in December 2007 with overall responsibility for the pricing, research and actuarial modeling functions across Scottish Re’s business in the UK, Ireland and Asia. He has over twenty-five years of insurance and reinsurance experience covering a wide range of technical and senior managerial roles. Steve gained his early direct market experience with Hill Samuel Life, Reliance Mutual and Zurich Life where he qualified as an Actuary in 1987. He then moved into life and health reinsurance spending eleven years with Swiss Re (originally Mercantile & General Re) in a variety of roles including Head of Technical and Product Management, Chief Financial Officer and Business Development Director within the UK & Ireland operation. He was most recently an Executive Director at MGM Assurance with Board responsibility for all aspects of actuarial, investment and risk management.

steve.nuttall@scottishre.com

George Scott
Solicitor, Legal Counsel, Scottish Re Holdings Limited

George is responsible for legal and compliance issues within the International Segment.  He plays a leading role in M&A activity, design and implementation of annuity solutions and new reinsurance structuring solutions, and all regulatory, corporate governance and compliance matters.  He also serves as Chief Risk Officer for the International Segment.  Prior to joining Scottish Re, George was a Corporate Adviser at Royal & Sun Alliance where he was involved in several major disposals covering four continents. He was previously at Nomura International PLC supporting its corporate finance and private equity operations. George trained with the City law firm, Ashurst Morris Crisp.

george.scott@scottishre.com

Darshan Singh, FIA
Head of Marketing Actuarial, Scottish Re Holdings Limited

Darshan is responsible for pricing of new business quotations and new product developments for Scottish Re’s UK & Ireland business. He has extensive pricing and actuarial modeling experience in protection and annuity business and plays a leading role in delivering customized, innovative solutions to Scottish Re clients. Darshan began his reinsurance career with Gen Re as a Marketing Actuary, progressing to Head of Research where he led a team responsible for setting mortality, CI, IP and LTC pricing bases. Prior to joining Gen Re, Darshan spent a short time with the Financial Services Authority. Darshan is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (FIA).

darshan.singh@scottishre.com

Jerry Staffurth, FIA
Chief Actuary, Scottish Re Holdings Limited

Jerry is responsible for the Corporate Actuarial area and is the Company's Actuarial Function Holder. He qualified as an Actuary in 1990 and has over twenty years experience of actuarial roles in the insurance market. He started his actuarial career with Equity & Law (now part of the AXA Group) and also spent three years working for Colonial Mutual in New Zealand. More recently, Jerry worked for Swiss Life (UK) for thirteen years up to the end of 2004, including eight years as Appointed Actuary. He subsequently joined Deloitte & Touche as a Director in their Actuarial and Insurance practice. He was responsible for a diverse range of projects in the UK life market, including capital management, product strategy, audit and M&A. He has been involved in a number of actuarial working parties and has contributed to papers on Critical Illness and Treating Customers Fairly.  Jerry is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (FIA).

jerry.staffurth@scottishre.com



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