World specialty (re)insurer Canopius has appointed Angelos Deftereos as head of structured credit score and Boris Medimorec and Virad Patel as underwriters in its credit score & political threat crew in London.

They take up their roles with rapid impact whereas Dimitri Plastiras joins the APAC crew in February as an underwriter.

Deftereos brings over twenty years of expertise to Canopius. He joins from Volante World, the place he held the place of managing director – structured finance, specialising in vital threat switch (SRT) insurance coverage, a development space that he’ll lead in his new function.

Medimorec joins from UK Export Finance having beforehand spent two years with AJ Gallagher and virtually 15 years with MUFG as managing director.

As well as, Patel comes from ING, having spent 10 years on the financial institution throughout threat, origination, and distribution capabilities. Most not too long ago, he held the place of vice chairman for mortgage capital markets.

Plastiras was most not too long ago affiliate director for debt advisory providers at KPMG in Sydney.

Patrick Sheriff, head of credit score & political threat – London, mentioned: “Including such excessive calibre professionals to our crew demonstrates Canopius’ long-term dedication to this class. Their collective skillset diversifies and enhances our present pool of experience, and we’re excited to welcome them as we glance to strengthen our lead place on this market.”

Jamie Jeffers, head of credit score and political threat – APAC, added: “Credit score and Political Danger stays a key world class of enterprise for Canopius, notably with the rising financial and political volatility on the worldwide stage. We’re delighted to welcome Dimitri to the crew in APAC, additional strengthening our capability to assist shoppers in managing their evolving dangers. The excellent calibre of all our current additions demonstrates our ambition to safe and put money into proficient professionals to keep up and develop our market main place.”

Canopius appointed Robert Barnum as underwriter – skilled traces, Australia and Asia Pacific earlier within the 12 months.

Based mostly in Sydney, Barnum brings over 10 years of monetary traces expertise to Canopius, not too long ago holding the function of head {of professional} traces & cyber Asia Pacific as AXIS Capital.

Previous to this, he held related roles at AXA XL and Lloyd’s Syndicate Catlin in Australia.

Moreover, Barnum will increase the Canopius operation within the area by establishing an expert traces observe throughout Asia Pacific.

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