Cytora Expands Advisory Board

Cytora has announced the expansion of its global advisory board in welcoming insurance industry veteran Clive Buesnel. The move is designed to support Cytora’s global growth.

Managing Partner International of Insurance Advisory Partners, Clive has had a broad and successful career in the insurance industry partnering with the global insurance industry on its strategic transformation. Most recently Clive was CEO of Tysers which was recently acquired by AUB Group. Previously Clive was Vice Chairman and UK head of Insurance at Deloitte and founding member of Xchanging.

The advisory board group consists of leaders across the Commercial and Specialty insurance consisting of Bronek Masojada, Chair of SiriusPoint and formerly CEO of Hiscox, Kelly Lyles, board member at Convex and Howden Group, Jeffrey Hayman, Chair of R&Q Insurance Holdings and former board member of Zurich Insurance Group, Emmanuel Clarke, Chair BMS and former CEO of PartnerRe, John Bruno, President of Xerox and former Group COO & CEO of Data & Analytic Services of Aon and Bill Bloom, former CIO at both The Hartford and Travelers, Thomas Huerlimann, board member of Hiscox and former CEO of Zurich Global Corporate, James Platt, Operating Partner at Trimstone and former Group COO Aon, Adrian Brown, former UK CEO RSA, Karen Green, board member of Miller Insurance Services and Phoenix Group Holdings, Laurent Rosseau, CEO of Guy Carpenter EMEA and Alan Morgan, former senior partner at McKinsey and head of financial services.

Many members have been in executive positions leading brokers, insurance companies and reinsurers and as well as holding responsibility for large scale transformation programs. The appointments follow a period of significant growth for Cytora including recently announced partnerships with Chubb and Arch.

Clive Buesnel, Member of Cytora’s Advisory Board, said: “I’m tremendously excited about working with the Cytora team as they accelerate the digitization of the insurance industry and enable a step function change in client, broker and insurer experience. There is a major opportunity ahead to build larger and more impactful risk and insurance industry.”

Richard Hartley, CEO of Cytora, said: “Clive is a fantastic addition to the advisory board. The transformative opportunity presented by artificial intelligence is a board level priority and it is a complex area for brokers, insurance and reinsurance companies to navigate, operationalise at scale and achieve enduring outperformance. Clive will benefit our clients, partners and team with his strategic expertise and deep experience across the broking, insurance and reinsurance value chain”