Sompo Canopius AG has appointed Stephen Pike – who will come on board on October 02, 2017 – as credit & political risk underwriter.
Pike started his career at Merrill Lynch handling mergers & acquisitions and leverage finance. He then worked at Cyrus Capital as portfolio analyst, and also sat on the board of the Sigma Financial Group as a non-executive director.
Most recently Pike was with ED&F MAN Capital Markets, where he served as fixed income analyst before transitioning into the roles of director and finally deputy head of speciality commodity finance. He established the company’s global trade finance business across Europe, South America, Africa, and Asia.
“Stephen has a reputation for being able to structure, analyse and assimilate complex deals across multiple sectors and geographies. He understands not only what is needed to bring in new business across four continents, but what it’s like to be a consumer of our products,” commented Bernie de Haldevang, global head of specialty at Sompo Canopius.
He continued: “This insight and expertise, combined with that of the rest of the team and in particular Tim Phillips, who joins at the end of August, will allow us to develop stronger knowledge-based partnerships and enable us to better service, expand, and tailor our offerings to this important client base.”
Sompo Canopius has underwriting operations in the UK, Netherlands, Switzerland, Bermuda, US, and Singapore.
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