esure Group makes four senior leadership appointments

UK internet and telephone-based insurance company esure has made four appointments to its group executive team. Roy Jubraj has been appointed chief strategy and transformation officer, Caroline Smith has been appointed chief people officer, Kirsty Whitehead has been appointed general counsel and Na Zhou has been appointed interim chief data officer.

Jubraj will be working alongside the group executive team to develop the company’s strategy in line with its ambition to be at the forefront of the digital disruption of the UK insurance market. He joins esure having led Accenture’s UK and Ireland insurance strategy practice and has been one of the key architects of Accenture’s cross-sector innovation, transformation and digital agenda.

Smith will lead the human resources function, developing and implementing a company-wide people strategy as well as working alongside the group executive team to create an organisation and workplace culture that supports the business strategy.

Smith joins esure having been responsible for the people strategy and the set-up of a new Transformation Division at Lloyds Bank.

In her role as general counsel, Whitehead will be responsible for leading the legal and company secretarial functions. Her appointment will be effective from January 2020. She was previously general counsel for Worldpay UK where she led the legal team in a fast-changing and heavily regulated environment.

Zhou joins as interim chief data officer. She will define esure’s data-driven strategy and implementation plan, strengthen governance surrounding data and help build new capabilities in this area including data engineering, analytics and data science. She will be seconded to work for esure in her role as a principal in Oliver Wyman’s Digital, Technology and Analytics Consulting Practice.

David McMillan, chief executive of esure, said: “We are making good progress in our journey to become a world class insurer. I am delighted that we have attracted top talent from market leading organisations. The breadth of their combined experience and expertise will strengthen our capabilities in digital innovation, data science and transformation. I look forward to welcoming Roy, Caroline, Kirsty and Na to the team at such a transformational time for the group.”