Channel appoints Matt Ackland as Chief Commercial Officer
Channel Syndicate 2015 at Lloyd’s (“Channel”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Matt Ackland as chief commercial officer of the London platform. He begins this role with immediate effect and reports to Stuart McMurdo, CEO of Channel.
Matt has worked at Channel for over six years, starting in underwriting operations from 2013, before being promoted to head of strategy and planning in October 2015. Prior to joining Channel, Matt was the financial lines business operations manager at Aspen.
Matt will oversee the coordination and planning of activities across both Channel and Scor UK.
Stuart McMurdo, CEO of Channel, commented: “As our efforts to bring in a pipeline of new opportunities grow we need to ensure we maintain our focus on deal flow and Matt is well positioned to manage deal flow across all aspects of the London Platform.
“Matt has become a valuable member of the Channel team. He will provide tremendous support to our active underwriters for Channel and the London platform as well as driving the successful implementation of strategic initiatives set by the Excom.”
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For further information, please contact:
Haggie Partners
David Haggie: david@haggie.co.uk
+44 (0)207 562 4444
Becky Young: Becky.young@haggie.co.uk
+44 (0)207 562 4444
Johanna Bernhard: Johanna.Bernhard@haggie.co.uk
+44 (0)207 562 4444
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About Channel Syndicate
The Channel Syndicate is a principally direct, specialty insurance business that underwrites Property and Specialty classes including Cyber, Fine Art, Environmental Impairment Liability and Political and Credit Risks. It also has an Innovation team, which is responsible for Channel’s wider innovation initiatives, exploring new classes and opportunities outside Channel’s traditional portfolio. Channel is supported by SCOR (the world’s fifth largest reinsurer, rated AA- by the leading international rating agencies) who provide 100% of the capital to the Channel Syndicate, which is managed by The Channel Managing Agency.