Canopius bolsters global credit & political risk ranks in growth move
Specialty re/insurer Canopius Group has bolstered its global credit & political risk expertise with a string of new hires from Volante Global, UK Export Finance, ING and KPMG.
Angelos Deftereos (pictured left) joins as head of structured credit, and Boris Medimorec (pictured right) and Virad Patel as underwriters in its credit & political risk team in London. Dimitri Plastiras (pictured centre) joined Canopius's APAC team in February as an underwriter. He will initially be based in Sydney and will transfer to Singapore later in the year.
Deftereos has over two decades of experience. He joins from Volante Global, where he held the position of managing director – structured finance specialising in significant risk transfer (SRT) insurance, a growth area that he will lead in his new role. Prior to that, Deftereos worked as head of capital mitigation and operational risk insurance at AXA XL. He has also held senior roles at Morgan Stanley, Aon, Marsh and Goldman Sachs.
Medimorec joins Canopius from UK Export Finance having previously spent two years with AJ Gallagher and almost 15 years with MUFG as managing director. He has more than 25 years’ extensive private and public sector experience across a number of markets, sectors and debt products, bringing insights from both banking and insurance.
Patel joins Canopius from ING, having spent 10 years at the bank across risk, origination, and distribution functions. Most recently, he held the position of vice president for Loan Capital Markets.
Plastiras comes from KPMG in Sydney where he was an associate director for debt advisory services. Prior to that, he spent 12 years at Westpac with experience across structured asset finance, trade finance and financial institutions.
Patrick Sheriff, head of credit & political risk – London, said: “Adding such high calibre professionals to our team demonstrates Canopius’ long-term commitment to this class. Their collective skillset diversifies and complements our existing pool of expertise, and we are excited to welcome them as we look to strengthen our lead position in this market.”
Jamie Jeffers, head of credit and political risk – APAC, said: “Credit and Political Risk remains a key global class of business for Canopius, particularly with the rising economic and political volatility on the international stage. We are delighted to welcome Dimitri to the team in APAC, further strengthening our capacity to support clients in managing their evolving risks. The outstanding calibre of all our recent additions demonstrates our ambition to secure and invest in talented professionals to maintain and grow our market leading position.”
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