Liberty lands BNP Paribas leader to drive digital strategy in Europe

Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has brought in a BNP Paribas leader with background at  Chubb to drive its digital underwriting strategy in Europe.

Carl Faulkner (Pictured) has been appointed to the newly-created role of head of digital strategy for Continental Europe. He is based in Paris and reports to Kadidja Sinz, head of LSM Europe and Parul Kaul-Green, chief digital strategy officer, LSM.

Faulkner joins LSM from BNP Paribas where he was head of digital for five years. During his career at BNP, he held the roles of distribution and transformation director in Japan and head of global insurance e-business in Paris. He has significant experience in the European insurance market, having led Chubb’s e-commerce sales and distribution across 20 EMEA countries.

The role is part of LSM’s recently established digital strategy function, which leads the global digital strategy for distribution, underwriting and digital products. Faulkner will be responsible for driving digital strategy for underwriting in Europe in line with LSM’s long-term roadmap to deliver digital evolution across global markets.

“We are thrilled to bring Carl on board to drive our digital strategy. His extensive experience in European markets will help to support LSM’s position as a digital market leader. We look forward to working together to continue servicing our brokers and partners with innovative technology solutions.” said Sinz.

Kaul-Green added: “We’re delighted to welcome Carl to LSM at this exciting time in our digital transformation. LSM is well-positioned in the market to deliver forward-thinking solutions and his wealth of experience will be a major asset.”

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