People: Argo Group International Holdings Ltd (AGII.O)


AGII.O on Nasdaq

42.86USD
18 Jun 2013
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$1.42 (+3.43%)
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Gary Woods

 69 2001 Chairman of the Board

Mark Watson

 48 2000 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Jay Bullock

 48 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President

Barbara Bufkin

 57 2011 Executive Vice President - Business Development

Susan Bernstein

 45 2013 Senior Vice President - Investor Relations

Anastasios Omiridis

 2013 Chief Accounting Officer

Mark Rose

 2013 Chief Investment Officer

Andrew Carrier

 51 2011 Group Chief Underwriting Officer

F. Sedgwick Browne

 70 2007 Independent Director

Harvey Cash

 72 2005 Independent Director

Hector De Leon

 66 2003 Independent Director

Nabil El-Hage

 54 2011 Independent Director

Mural Josephson

 64 2004 Independent Director

Kathleen Nealon

 59 2011 Independent Director

John Power

 57 2000 Independent Director

John Tonelli

 48 2010 Independent Director

George Luecke

 Group Treasurer & SVP of IR
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Biographies

Name Description

Gary Woods

 Mr. Gary V. Woods is Chairman of the Board of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. He became a director in 2000 and has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors since 2001. Mr. Woods has been President of McCombs Enterprises since 1979. He also serves on the boards of directors of the Southwest Research Institute, the Cancer Therapy and Research Center Foundation and the South Texas Blood and Tissue Center.

Mark Watson

 Mr. Mark E. Watson, III., is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. He was a principal of Aquila Capital Partners, a San Antonio, Texas-based investment firm from 1998 to 1999 and served from 1992 to 1997 as a director and Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Titan Holdings, Inc., a publicly traded property and casualty insurance holding company. Prior to that, Mr. Watson was an attorney with the New York based law firm Kroll & Tract from 1989 to 1992 where he represented international insurance and reinsurance companies. Due to his lengthy tenure, He was a principal of Aquila Capital Partners, a San Antonio, Texas-based investment firm from 1998 to 1999 and served from 1992 to 1997 as a director and Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Titan Holdings, Inc., a publicly traded property and casualty insurance holding company. Prior to that, Mr. Watson was an attorney with the New York based law firm Kroll & Tract from 1989 to 1992 where he represented international insurance and reinsurance companies. Due to his lengthy tenure,

Jay Bullock

 Jay S. Bullock was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Argo Group on May 13, 2008. He joined Argo Group from Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. where he was a Senior Managing Director and Head of Bear Stearns’ Insurance Investment Banking Group. While at Bear Stearns, Mr. Bullock focused on the insurance sector. In this role, he advised on company acquisitions, mergers and sales as well as all forms of public and private financings and restructurings. During this period, he was also an advisor to Argo Group on a number of transactions. Prior to joining Bear Stearns in 2000, Mr. Bullock was a Managing Director at First Union Securities. He is an honors graduate of Southern Methodist University and received his MBA from The McColl School of Business, Queen’s College, Charlotte, North Carolina. Mr. Bullock also holds the designation of Certified Public Accountant (CPA).

Barbara Bufkin

 Ms. Barbara C. Bufkin is Executive Vice President - Business Development of Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., since March 2011. She began working with the Company as a reinsurance consultant in 2001 and formally joined the company as Vice President, Business Development in September 2002. She is responsible for new business strategies and development as well as strategic elements of the company ceded reinsurance process. She has spent her entire career in reinsurance and insurance. Before she joined Argo Group, she held a number of senior positions with Swiss Re subsidiaries and a number of executive positions as a reinsurance intermediary with Sedgwick Group and EW Blanch. She graduated cum laude from the State University of New York at Buffalo, with a B.A. in Philosophy.

Susan Bernstein

 Ms. Susan Spivak Bernstein has been appointed as the Senior Vice President - Investor Relations of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd., with effect from June 03, 2013. Prior to joining Argo Group, Ms. Spivak Bernstein led the investor relations function at Alterra Capital. She was previously an equities analyst focused on the property and casualty insurance industry at Wachovia Securities, ABN AMRO, and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Ms. Spivak Bernstein holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan.

Anastasios Omiridis

 Mr. Anastasios Omiridis has been appointed as Chief Accounting Officer of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. Previously, Omiridis served as chief financial officer at MetLife American Life Insurance Company, where he directed all financial and accounting operations in Eastern and Southern Europe. Omiridis has held similar roles at Scottish Reinsurance and PricewaterhouseCoopers. He has a bachelor's degree in biology from Saint Joseph's University and a master's degree in business administration from Widener University.

Mark Rose

 Mr. Mark H. Rose has been appointed as Chief Investment Officer of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. Prior to joining Argo Group, Mr. Rose served as a senior credit analyst at RBC Capital Markets. His previous experience includes trading and analyst roles at Deephaven Capital Management, Goldman Sachs & Co. and Credit Suisse First Boston. Mr. Rose graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point with a bachelor's degree in mathematics and is a CFA(R) charterholder.

Andrew Carrier

 Mr. Andrew Carrier is Group Chief Underwriting Officer of Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., since January 13, 2011. Andrew Carrier joined Argo Group as President of its Reinsurance Segment in June 2007 and led the formation of the Company’s Bermuda based reinsurance company, Argo Re. In May 2009, Mr. Carrier assumed the role of Syndicate 1200’s Director of Underwriting in addition to his responsibilities as President of Argo Re. In January 2011, Mr. Carrier became Chief Underwriting Officer (“CUO”) of Argo Group. After graduating from Cambridge University with a degree in Modern Languages, Mr. Carrier joined the Kiln Group at Lloyd’s in 1984. He became a Director of its Managing Agency in 1995 and was appointed Active Underwriter of its flagship Syndicate 510 and its catastrophe Syndicate 557 in 2000. While at Kiln, Mr. Carrier was Chairman of the Lloyd’s International Reinsurance Committee and a member of the Lloyd’s Underwriting Advisory Committee.

F. Sedgwick Browne

 Mr. F. Sedgwick Browne is an Independent Director of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. He retired as counsel at Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP (now known as Sidley Austin LLP), a law firm, in 2004. Mr. Browne previously was a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP and prior thereto at Lord Day & Lord, Barrett Smith, where he specialized in the insurance and reinsurance industry.

Harvey Cash

 Mr. Harvey Berry Cash is an Independent Director of Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. Mr. Cash has been a general partner of InterWest Partners, a venture capital fund, since 1985. Mr. Cash has also served on the board of directors of Ciena Corporation since April 1994, Silicon Laboratories Inc. since December 1997, and First Acceptance Corporation since November 1996. Mr. Cash also served as a director of i2 Technologies, Inc. from January 1996 until April of 2009.

Hector De Leon

 Mr. Hector De Leon is an Independent Director of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. Mr. De Leon is the chairman of the board of directors of De Leon & Washburn, P.C., a law firm based in Austin, Texas, which he founded in 1977. Prior to 1977, Mr. De Leon was the General Counsel of the Texas State Insurance Board. From February 1985 to November 1997, Mr. De Leon served as a director of Titan Holdings, Inc., a publicly traded property and casualty insurance holding company.

Nabil El-Hage

 Mr. Nabil N. El-Hage is an Independent Director of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd., since February 18, 2011. Mr. El-Hage founded Academy of Executive Education, LLC, an independent provider of executive education programs to institutional clients, and has served as its chairman since June 2011. From June 2010 to June 2011, Mr. El-Hage was an independent consultant specializing in the corporate governance area. During 2009 and 2010, Mr. El-Hage served as Senior Associate Dean for External Relations and Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. From 2005 until June 2009, Mr. El-Hage was a Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School in the Finance Area. From January 2003 to June 2005, he was a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School. Mr. El-Hage originally joined the faculty of Harvard Business School in 1984. Prior to 2003, Mr. El-Hage experience in venture capital and private equity with TA Associates, Levant Capital Partners, and Advent International, as well as operating experience as the Chief Financial Officer of The Westwood Group, Inc. He also served from 1995 to 2003 as Chairman and from 1995 to 2002 as Chief Executive Officer of Jeepers! Inc., a private equity-financed national chain of indoor theme parks. Mr. El-Hage has been a trustee of the MassMutual Premier Funds since 2003, a trustee of the MML Series Investment Fund II since 2005, and a trustee of the MassMutual Select Funds and the MML Series Investment Fund since 2012. Mr. El-Hage was also the Chairman of the Premier and MML II Funds from 2006 to 2011. From May 2007 until July 2010, Mr. El-Hage was also a director of Virtual Radiologic Corporation.

Mural Josephson

 Mr. Mural R. Josephson is an Independent Director of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. Mr. Josephson retired from Kemper Insurance Companies (“Kemper”) in 2002. During his 5-year tenure at Kemper, he held key management positions, including senior vice president and chief financial officer and senior vice president of finance. Prior to joining Kemper, Mr. Josephson held several senior level positions at KPMG, including 19 years as an audit partner. While at KPMG, he was a member of the National Insurance Practice Committee and a member of the Professional Practice Review Committee. Mr. Josephson has been a director of HealthMarkets, Inc., an insurance holding company, since May of 2003 and is currently chairman of its Audit Committee. He was also a director of SeaBright Holdings, Inc., an insurance holding company traded on the NYSE until February 2013, and its wholly owned subsidiary, SeaBright Insurance Company, from July 2004 until February 2013 and was serving as the Chairman of its Audit Committee.

Kathleen Nealon

 Ms. Kathleen A. Nealon is an Independent Director of Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., since February 18, 2011. Ms. Nealon’s international career includes experience with risk management, compliance and regulatory issues with global companies. Ms. Nealon was the group head of legal and compliance at Standard Chartered Plc in London from 2001 until her retirement in 2004 where she also held additional international legal and compliance positions from 1992 to 2001. Prior to Standard Chartered Plc, Ms. Nealon practiced international banking and regulatory law in New York for 14 years. Ms. Nealon is also the Co-Chair of the European Advisory Board of Georgetown Law School and serves on the advisory council of the Institute of Business Ethics. Ms. Nealon also served on the boards of directors of Shire Plc from 2006 to 2010, Halifax Bank of Scotland Plc from 2004 to 2009 when it was merged into Lloyds Bank Plc. In addition, Ms. Nealon served on the board of directors of Cable and Wireless Communications Plc and its predecessor company, Cable and Wireless Plc, from 2005 until 2011.

John Power

 Mr. John R. Power, Jr., is an Independent Director of Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. He is currently President of the Patrician Group, a private investment firm located in Lisle, Illinois. Mr. Power has also been a director of certain financial subsidiaries of CNH Global, N.V. since January 1997.

John Tonelli

 Mr. John H. Tonelli is an Independent Director of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd., since 2010. Mr. Tonelli has been the Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Global Investments, Ltd., a New York based investment-company with holdings in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Latin America, since 2009. Mr. Tonelli has over twenty years of experience in finance, working both as an investment banker and as an attorney. Mr. Tonelli has advised the governments of Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay on a wide variety of matters, including privatizations, debt and equity financings, and infrastructure projects. He has been a director of Converse Bank since August, 2009. From 2003 to 2009, Mr. Tonelli was a Senior Managing Director with J.P. Morgan & Co., Inc. and Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. where he was Head of International Project Finance and Emerging Markets Structured Finance. From 1999 to 2003, he was the founder and chief executive officer of International Venture Partners, LLC, an NASD member broker-dealer specializing in emerging markets. From 1992 to 1999, Mr. Tonelli was an attorney with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft where he was head of the Latin American practice group and founded the firm’s project finance group.

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