With 46 years of international insurance experience, Jacinta Whyte is currently Deputy Group Chief Executive of Ecclesiastical Insurance Group and the General Manager and Chief Agent of the Group's Canadian business. Under her leadership, diversity in its broadest sense is respected and welcomed across Ecclesiastical. The organization became a founding signatory of the Women in Finance Charter, a global initiative to promote gender balance at all levels across the financial services sector. "I would like to thank you for the great honour of being selected as the recipient of this year's Woman of Distinction award, a highlight of my career,” Jacinta said. “I would like to recognize my fellow nominees who are exceptional industry leaders and extend my thanks to Steamatic and Insurance Business Canada for their commitment to the industry.” Jacinta continued, “I have had the great privilege of working with some amazing people and have been fortunate to have learned from great mentors and leaders. I have learned that you need a strong belief in yourself, the confidence to take risks and put yourself out there, and most of all be genuine, open, empathetic, brave… and not take yourself too seriously. The Ecclesiastical Insurance Group is on track to give £100m to good causes by 2021, a goal Jacinta has greatly contributed to. “My deep belief is that we have an obligation to make the world a better place, that we should contribute to the greater good and the communities in which we live and work, both nationally and globally.
