CNA appoints new technology and operations leaders

Insurer CNA has appointed Bahr Omidfar as senior vice president and chief technology officer, and Joyce Trimuel as chief operations & diversity officer.

Omidfar joined CNA from Fidelity Investments, most recently serving as senior vice president, technology and software security.

Omidfar will be responsible for the overall strategic direction and leadership of CNA's architecture and application development organisations in information technology. He will focus on enhancing CNA's user experience for agents and brokers, customers and employees leveraging his expertise in Cloud, API Gateway architecture and machine learning applications. He is based in Chicago and reports to J. Merten, executive vice president, technology and operations.

In her expanded role, Trimuel will lead CNA's operations organisation in addition to her current role as chief diversity officer. She will provide overall leadership in developing and executing strategies that drive efficiency, innovation and process optimization in CNA's operations department.

Trimuel will continue to drive CNA's diversity & inclusion strategy for CNA, and will report to both Merten, and Liz Aguinaga, executive vice president and chief human resources officer.

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