Management

Daniel joined Hiscox in 2006. He was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of North Fork Bancorporation in 1992 and a member of its Board of Directors in 2000. He was a partner with KPMG LLP before joining North Fork. He was the Managing Partner of the San José, California and Long Island, New York offices and held other positions in that firm during his tenure. Daniel is Chairman of Herald National Bank and he holds Board positions with KBW, Inc. and Harlem RBI, a not-for-profit organisation. He is also a senior adviser to Permira Advisers LLC, an international private equity firm.

Ernst joined Hiscox in 2008. He held several Managing Director positions in the European chemical industry between 1980 and 1990. He was an Executive Director then Vice Chairman of Eureko B.V. between 1992 and 2007. Following his retirement, Ernst became an adviser to the Executive Board and is a member of the Supervisory Board of a number of Eureko operating companies.

James joined Hiscox in 2006. He chairs Keytech Limited; The Bermuda Telephone Company Ltd; the Argus Group of Companies; Grotto Bay Properties Ltd; and the Establishment Investment Trust, a UK listed company. He was chairman of the Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited until 19 April 2007. James is a Trustee of the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences and a Director of Castle Harbour Limited; he is also a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Canada and the American College of Surgeons.

Andrea joined Hiscox in 2006. She was appointed as a Director of Alberta Investment Management Corporation in October 2007 and is a Director of Emera Inc. She was previously Vice Chair of TD Financial Group and President of TD Canada Trust from 2002 to 2005. Prior to this she held various positions within the TD Financial Group from 1994 to 2002, including Executive Vice President of TD Commercial Banking and Vice Chair of TD Securities. She was Vice President of Varity Corporation from 1991 to 1994 and held various positions with Wood Gundy Inc. from 1981 to 1990.

Gunnar joined Hiscox in 2008. He worked for Zurich Financial Services between 1995 and 2004, in a number of roles including CEO for Australia and Asian markets. He spent the majority of his career at Topdanmark Insurance and held the position of Managing Director of Topdanmark Holding from 1986 to 1995.