New chief joins CNA having previously been group technology officer at Amlin

CNA Insurance has appointed Roy Alexander as director of operations and IT.

Based in CNA Europe’s London headquarters in Minster Court, he takes up his new role immediately.

Alexander joins CNA Europe after four years with Amlin where he was group chief technology officer.

Before Amlin, he spent eight years at Chaucer Syndicates, in a number of roles including IT director

He began his insurance career at Jago Managing Agency in 1994, developing and implementing insurance based solutions. He started his career as an electrical engineer at Shell.

John Hennessy, chief executive CNA Europe, said: “Having over 26 years of experience developing operations and IT in the London and European insurance markets makes Roy one of the most experienced practitioners in this highly specialised arena.

"As we continue to grow our European office network, his experience in large, diversified insurance companies will enable us to build on our strategy to improve efficiency, maintain the infrastructure needed to support our underwriting operations and provide optimum service for our broker partners.”

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