AXA XL have announced the appointment of Renaud Guidée as their new Chief Executive Officer for Reinsurance. Guidée currently serves as AXA Group’s Chief Risk Officer and will lead the global reinsurance business across its property, casualty, and specialty reinsurance lines starting from September 1st.
Guidée succeeds Nancy Bewlay, who has been appointed Group Chief Underwriting Officer and joins AXA’s Management Committee, reporting to Frédéric De Courtois, Group Deputy Chief Executive Officer.
Guidée brings a wealth of experience to the role. He was a Managing Director with Goldman Sachs’ Investment Banking Division, and has a total cross-border transaction track record of over $150bn. His earlier experience includes working as special advisor to former IMF Managing Director Michel Camdessus in 2010. He also holds an advanced degree in international taxation (2003) and passed the admittance exam to the Paris bar school in 2003.
Scott Gunter, AXA XL’s CEO, said: “Renaud brings with him a wealth of financial and risk experience having joined AXA in 2019 from Goldman Sachs where he was Managing Director. Over the past year we have worked to reposition our Reinsurance portfolio and we are seeing the benefits of this work in our discussions with clients and brokers.”
He also thanked Bewlay for her contribution as Reinsurance CEO saying, “I want to take this opportunity to warmly thank Nancy for her leadership of the Reinsurance business and congratulate her on her new role at AXA Group.”
