Argo Group Makes New Board Appointments
Bermuda headquartered Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd., an international underwriter of specialty insurance and reinsurance products, today [Feb. 24] announced it has appointed Kate Nealon and Nabil N. El-Hage to its board of directors.
“We are pleased to have these two accomplished and well-respected individuals join our board,” said Argo Group chairman Gary Woods. “They both bring a wealth of valuable experience which will complement nicely the strong board that we already have in place. I look forward to the leadership and perspective that both new members will add as we look to accomplish the growth objectives we have set for Argo.”
Kate Nealon’s international career includes significant experience with risk management, compliance and regulatory issues with global companies.
Ms Nealon was the head of legal and compliance at Standard Chartered Plc in London having previously practiced international banking and regulatory law in New York. She currently serves on the board of Cable and Wireless Communications and has served on the boards of directors of HBOS Plc and Shire Plc. Ms Nealon has corporate governance experience through various roles at the Judge Business School at Cambridge University and serves on the advisory council of the Institute of Business Ethics. A graduate of Georgetown University in Washington, DC, she is the Co-Chair of the European Advisory Board of Georgetown Law School.
Nabil El-Hage is a corporate governance expert and independent consultant. Mr. El-Hage teaches corporate governance and private equity courses to senior executives and boards of directors around the globe. Mr. El-Hage previously served as a Senior Associate Dean for External Relations at Harvard Business School and taught MBA courses focused on leadership, corporate accountability, finance and governance. Mr. El-Hage is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Business School. He has served on a dozen boards of private and public companies over the past two decades and is currently Programme Director for the central bank of Malaysia’s Financial Institutions Directors’ Education Programme (FIDE).
Operating from offices on Pitts Bay Road, Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. is an international underwriter of specialty insurance and reinsurance products in the property and casualty market
