Senior Management Team

James Weatherstone, President & Chief Executive Officer

James took over the role of President & Chief Executive Officer in April 2008, moving from the CUO position which he had assumed during 2007. James joined Arch Insurance Europe in September 2005 after 13 years with XL Capital Ltd in London as Deputy Underwriter of Syndicate 861/1209 at Lloyd’s and Director of Brockbank Syndicate Management Ltd. Latterly he was responsible for establishing the London branch of XL Europe Ltd. Since joining Arch, James has established the Executive Assurance and Professional Liability division. James has underwritten a broad range of Directors & Officers Liability and Professional Liability business in the North American and International markets. Prior to XL Capital, he worked as an underwriter with the Merrett Group and as a broker with Willis Ltd.

William Beveridge, Senior Vice President & Active Underwriter Syndicate 2012

William began his career in 1989 working as a broker with Sedgwick Marine and Cargo. In 1995, he joined the Brockbank Syndicate 861 at Lloyd’s as an underwriter on the marine hull account. William was appointed deputy underwriter of Syndicate 1209 in 2002. William joined Arch in January 2005. He currently sits on the London market Joint Hull Committee, of which he was chairman from July 2003 to September 2004 and the IUMI Ocean Hull Committee. He also is a member of the General Committee of Lloyd’s Register and has previously sat on the LMA marine committee and the London market Joint War Committee.

Knud Christensen, Senior Vice President / Solvency II Project Manager

Knud joined Arch after 4 years as Human Resources Director of CNA Insurance Company Europe, prior to which he gained over 20 years' management experience at British Petroleum, latterly as Human Resources Manager for BP Oil. Knud has also spent 3 years as a consultant in management development in his native Denmark.

Elizabeth Fullerton-Rome, Senior Vice President, Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Officer

Elizabeth joined Arch in 2006 and leads the Legal, Regulatory and Compliance team. She has more than 17 years of experience in the insurance industry and is a qualified chartered accountant, having qualified at Neville Russell and gained eight years of post-qualification experience at KPMG.

David Hipkin, Senior Vice President & Chief Underwriting Officer

David joined Arch Insurance Europe in 2005. David has 28 years experience in the Insurance Market. Prior to joining Arch, David was an executive Director of Atrium Underwriters Ltd, the Lloyd’s managing agency responsible for the operations of Syndicates 609 and 570. David was with Atrium for 7 years before joining Arch. David was a member of Lloyd’s from 1983 to 1986. During his career at Lloyd’s, David served on the Lloyd’s superfund committee and the boards of Lloyd’s America and Lloyd’s Worldwide Markets. David was also a member of the London Market Liability Committee from 1999 to 2005. Since joining Arch, David has developed and managed the Marine and Energy Liability Underwriting practice of the company.

Paul Robotham, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Paul qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1989, having trained with Coopers & Lybrand. His insurance career began in 1990, when he joined the finance team at Hiscox Syndicates. Since then he has held a number of senior positions in reinsurance and broking organisations, from 2000 as Chief Financial Officer of Zurich Corporate Solutions at Zurich Insurance Company.

Budhi Singh, Senior Vice President, Actuary & Chief Risk Officer

Budhi has more than 20 years' experience in the insurance industry. Prior to Arch Insurance Europe, Budhi was Director of Risk and Capital Planning with ACE European Group Ltd where among other duties he had responsibility for risk management and capital modelling in support of the Regulatory Capital Assessment. Prior to taking on the role of Director of Risk and Capital Planning, Budhi was the Chief Actuary of ACE European Group Ltd.

Angus Watson, Senior Vice President & Chief Operations Officer

Angus joined Arch Insurance Europe in March 2005 as Head of Claims. He has more than 18 years experience in the insurance industry as well as 5 years experience as a Police Officer in the Metropolitan Police. Prior to joining Arch, Angus was Head of Claims for Hiscox Insurance Company. In this role he was responsible for managing the insurance company’s claims function including all UK and European offices. Prior to that Angus worked for Chubb Insurance Company of Europe in a variety of roles primarily in the claims area.

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