CURRICULUM

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

AON RE | REINSURANCE SOLUTIONS LATAM 

CEO AON RE | BRAZIL | 10/2023 – Present

Responsible for AON RE’s Brazilian Offices in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | MIAMI | 10/2022 – 10/2023

•Responsible for Large Local insurance Companies (Reinsurance) and Retro within Latin America.

•Develop strategy for these Client Segments.

•Generate new revenue opportunities for Aon Re within all segments.

•Contribute to growth within Local offices specially Brazil.

•Generate new opportunities through different channels and implementation of alternative solutions.

•Collaborate with Brazilian Funds to a bring new products (ILS) to the Brazilian market.

•Aprove new alternative products and channels ILS with regulators in Brazil (SuSeP, B3- Stock Exchange, Central Bank).

GAP YEAR | SPAIN – RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
10/2021- 10/2022

As a risk taker, a couple of decisions made me leave my 9 years former job. No planning, no next step, for first time in my life! I decided to focus only on recharging batteries, mental and physical health. After some time in a high time-consuming position such as the CUO, could not just relax. So, while enjoying some personal time, I opened a couple of companies and started doing something aside insurance for a change.

IRB BRASIL RE | REINSURANCE – RIO JANEIRO, BRAZIL
04/2020 – 10/2021

CHIEF UNDERWRITING OFFICER | VICE-PRESIDENTE | RESSEGUROS | 04/2020 – 10/2021

•Responsible for the reinsurance operation for all lines of business; Brazil and overseas.

•Directed 100-person team that wrote over USD 1,2Bi in Written premium.

•Defined and implemented the new company ́s underwriting strategy –Re-Underwriting portfolio with bottom line focus.

•Defined new Underwriting Guidelines and controls to enable new underwriting policy.

•Executed Company ́s turnaround strategy to achieve regulatory liquidity to avoid Regulatory intervention.

IRB BRASIL RE | REINSURANCE – RIO JANEIRO, BRAZIL
03/2013 – 01/2020

INTERNATIONAL UNDERWRITING DIRECTOR | 10/2017 – 01/2020

•Manager of the Property (excl. Brazilian business) & Upstream Energy Department.

•Responsible for the Retrocession Team (Company protections – Outwards).

•In charge of developing a strategy for the company to expand overseas.

•Security committee approvals including AM Best renewal.

•Client relationship management for top multinational companies, insurers and captives.

•UW Authority of up to USD 1.5 Bn  for certain upstream CAR Projects.

•Main achievements: Multiplied by five the size of international portfolio.

 

 

HEAD OF PROPERTY INT. & ENERGY | 04/2016 – 10/2017

•Manager of the Property international business team as well as the Energy upstream team for both facultative and treaty Underwriting.

•Responsible for the Retrocessions, including negotiation and placement of all company for all Lines of Business (outwards).

•Accountable for over USD 300M in premium portfolio.

•Strategic planning of portfolio profitability both for energy and property overseas.

•Control of catastrophic accumulation and platform accumulation.

•Analysis of opportunities new regions to develop the portfolio.

•Achieved 80% Market share in O&G business in Brazil maintaining profitability of portfolio.

 

HEAD OF PROPERTY AND CASUALTY OVERSEAS | 11/2014 – 04/2016

•Manager of a team of facultative and treaty underwriters, writing Property and casualty business in LATAM, Africa and US.

•Accountable for over 200 programs and 100 clients Worldwide.

•Strategic planning of portfolio profitability overseas.

•Control of catastrophic accumulation.

 

SPECIALTY UNDERWRITER FOR PROPERTY TREATY BUSINESS | 03/2013 – 11/2014

•Underwriter of portfolios in Latin America and Africa. All lines of business for proportional and excess of loss.

•Dealing mainly with catastrophic underwriting.

•Client and broker relationship Management.

•In charge of dealing and closing the retrocession cover for the business written.

•Spotting of new regions to develop the portfolio.

 
 

MAPFRE RE MUNICH BRANCH | REINSURANCE – MUNICH, GERMANY

09/2010 – 03/2013

•Account Manager of two international insurance corporations and of 20 national CEE insurers.

•Accountable of direct client and broker relationship management.

•Underwriter of portfolios in Slovakia, Hungary and Czech Republic. In both Property & Casualty lines of business for proportional and excess of loss.

•Responsible of Czech, Slovak and Hungarian portfolio strategy and profitability.

 

MAPFRE RE HEADQUARTERS | REINSURANCE – MADRID, SPAIN

Underwriter Treaty Business | 08/2010 – 09/2010

 

MAPFRE RE MUNICH BRANCH | REINSURANCE – MUNICH, GERMANY

Assistant Underwriter Fac Business | 02/2008 – 07/2008

EDUCATION

MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS – CLASS 107 (PORTUGUESE)
08/2020 – 11/2020
Instituto Brasileiro de Governança Corporativa (IBGC) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

CHARTER INSURANCE INSTITUTE (ENGLISH) CERTIFICATIONS
10/2018 – Cert. CII

MSC. INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT (ENGLISH)
10/2009 – 12/2010
Instituto de Empresa (IE) Business School – Madrid, Spain Focus on Strategic Management, Finance & Entrepreneurship

BSC. INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS – DIPLOM BWL – (GERMAN)
09/2007 – 06/2009
ESB Business School – Reutlingen, Germany

BSC. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION – E-4 – (SPANISH)
09/2005 – 06/2007
Universidad Pontificia Comillas Madrid (ICADE) – Madrid, Spain

LANGUAGES
SPANISH

Native

ENGLISH

Fluent

Lived in Ireland. Masters in International Management in English.

GERMAN

Fluent

Lived in Germany for 5 years. Diplom BWL in German.

PORTUGUESE

Fluent

Living in Brazil for over 7 years.

LIVED IN

SPANISH | VENEZUELA | IRELAND | GERMANY | BRAZIL

 

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