Aspen director of business transformation has a new job

Experienced London market executive Kevin Blunsum (pictured), who most recently served as director of business transformation at Aspen Insurance, is joining a global transport and logistics insurer as its first chief technology officer (CTO).

Blunsum has been appointed as CTO of TT Club, where he will work closely with Lisa Gibbard, the recently appointed chief information officer (CIO) of TT Club’s management company Thomas Miller, to drive its technology strategies, innovation and digital transformation.

Over his 30-year career in the London insurance market, Blunsum has held a variety of positions engaged in insurance technology development and change management with Deloitte, EY, Accenture, and more recently with Aspen Insurance as director of business transformation.

Kevin King, TT Club’s chief operating officer, said: “The timing of this appointment, the first CTO TT has ever had, and indeed a first for any Thomas Miller managed business, reflects our belief in the centrality of technology to the services offered to our Members and the industry. Thomas Miller businesses have long been able to leverage the knowledge of our Group Chief Information Officer, but the digital transformation underway in both the transport and insurance industries demands we have a technology heavyweight focused only on our Memberships current and future needs 24/7. Kevin’s unmistakable calibre and track record in technological advancement affirms this commitment.”

TT’s chief executive officer Charles Fenton added: “In recent years, with the help of management consultants McKinsey, we embarked on wide-ranging, qualitative research into the opinion of industry leaders on what the future holds for the container industry over the next twenty years or so. A key finding was that digitalisation and data analytics, in addition to the automation of processes would cause a fundamental shift in the sources of value creation. Recent global events have indicated an acceleration in these forces for change and Kevin’s appointment is an integral part of the business strategies we are employing in response.”

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