’We are committed to investing in top talent as we accelerate our technology and innovation agenda and leverage our global resources,’ says group chief executive
Specialist professional services and technology firm Davies has appointed John Salt as its new group chief product officer.
In the newly created role, Salt will lead the investment and development of Davies’ claims technology products while also leading its global team of product owners, software engineers, software architects and associated development roles.
The new role also joins a strengthened senior technology leadership team that also includes Paul O’Brien, who was appointed as Davies’ first chief Artificial Intelligence (AI) officer in 2024.
The wider global technology team is focused on accelerating the rollout of generative artificial intelligence (AI) features across Davies’ claims technology product suite.
Dan Saulter, group chief executive at Davies, said: “We are committed to investing in top talent as we accelerate our technology and innovation agenda and leverage our global resources.
”By strengthening our technology leadership team we’re ensuring our clients benefit from leading-edge solutions as we continue to grow our services globally.
”Salt’s experience across technology and the global insurance market means he has deep insight into the challenges facing insurers in today’s market.”
Experience
Having previously served as chief information officer for Davies’ UK and Ireland business unit, Salt joined Davies in 2020 through the acquisition of its legal solutions arm Keoghs.
During his time at the firm, he has led the development and launch of new claims technologies, as well as the incorporation of AI features for clients.
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Prior to this, Salt held senior technology leadership roles including head of information technology at Hill Dickinson and head of transformation and information technology service at Halliwells.
Salt said: “This is a fantastic opportunity to help steer our significant investment in our claims technology product suite as we seek to innovate for the future.
”Our immediate focus will be prioritising new technology products for clients and to drive simplification and automation within claims processing.”
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