Key personnel
Here you can find out more about the key personnel at Groupama Insurances.
François-Xavier Boisseau - Chief Executive Officer
François-Xavier joined Groupama Insurances as Managing Director in 2003 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in November 2007. He has specific responsibilities for the operations and strategic direction of the UK group.
Laurent Matras - Managing Director
Laurent joined Groupama in April 2008 as Managing Director. Laurent has operational responsibilities for implementation of the company's strategic direction at Groupama Insurances and Groupama Healthcare and plays a leading role in delivering its ambitious business plans.
Paul Picknett - Corporate Services Director
Paul was appointed Corporate Services Director at Groupama in 2002 with responsibility for Strategy, Human Resources and Marketing.
Roy Sampson - Finance Director
Roy was promoted to the position of Finance Director in 2003, with specific responsibility for all management, statutory and regulatory reporting.
Jamie Marchant - Marketing and Communications Director
Jamie was promoted to the position of Marketing and Communications Director in 2002. Jamie has responsibility for the UK Group's marketing, communications and media relations activities.
Paul Cann - HR Director
Paul joined Groupama in July 2008 as HR Director. Paul's role is to lead the development and implementation of Groupama's various people strategies as it continues its drive to be a great place to work.
José Morago - Chief Risk Officer
José was appointed to the position of Chief Risk Officer at Groupama Insurance in 2009. Reporting to François-Xavier Boisseau, José's role carries responsibility for Groupama's Risk Management, as well as for the implementation of Solvency II.
Phil Bird - Director of Claims
In 2008 Phil was appointed to the position of Director of Claims. Phil's key responsibilities include service delivery and customer-facing activities in the Groups' Claims centres.
Kevin Kiernan - Personal Lines Director
Kevin Kiernan joined Groupama in October 2008 as Motor Underwriting Director, and was appointed Personal Lines Director in March 2009.
Malcolm Smith - Commercial Lines Director
Malcolm Smith became Commercial Lines Director in March 2009, moving up from the position of Commercial Underwriting Manager following 17 years with Groupama.
Alistair Sclare - Healthcare Director
Alistair joined Groupama Insurances as Head of Healthcare in March 2005. Based in the Healthcare centre at Letchworth, Alistair is responsible for technical underwriting, pricing and operations.
Allison Andrews - Head of Commercial Distribution
Allison heads Groupama Insurances' dedicated frontline commercial sales force and was appointed Head of Commercial Distribution in June 2009.
Claire Ginnelly - Head of Business Development, Healthcare
Claire leads the Groupama Healthcare Key Account Management team. Together, they work closely with the company's key healthcare partners to support the particular business needs of these highly specialist intermediaries.
Lynn Harris - Head of Customer Proposition
In 2005 Lynn joined Groupama Insurances as Proposition Development Manager. She was promoted to Head of Customer Proposition in 2006 and is now responsible for product development and the agency team.
Jem Eskenazi - Chief Information Officer
Jem joined Groupama Insurances in 2007 as Chief Information Officer. Jem is responsible for driving the ongoing development and maintenance of the information technology structure.
