Investor Relations

Bernard C. Bailey

Bernard C. Bailey became a Director of the Company in 2020. Dr. Bailey is the President of Paraquis Solutions, a private consulting company focused on corporate governance and strategy.  During the period September 2018 to December 2019, he served as President of the Committee for Economic Development, a business-led, nonpartisan economic think tank. Dr. Bailey served as Chairman and CEO of Authentix, a private equity-backed global enterprise focused on anti-counterfeiting and brand protection practices, from 2012 to 2018. Since its sale by the Carlyle Group to Blue Water Energy, he has continued to serve as Chairman of the Board of Authentix since September 2018. Prior to that, Dr. Bailey ran his own consulting company, Paraquis Solutions, LLC. Dr. Bailey also served as President and CEO of Viisage Technology, Inc. Dr. Bailey has a  doctorate in management from Case Western Reserve University where his dissertation focused on corporate governance; master’s in business administration from The George Washington University School of Business as well as degrees in engineering and systems management from the University of California, Berkeley, University of Southern California, and the United States Naval Academy.

Thomas A. Bradley

Thomas A. Bradley became a director of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd., in 2018 and was appointed as Board Chairman in 2022. Mr. Bradley retired from Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG in July 2017. He had served there as the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President since 2012. He had previously served as the Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer for two other public companies, Fair Isaac Corporation and the St. Paul Companies. Mr. Bradley also held senior financial and operational positions at Zurich Insurance Group, including Chief Financial Officer for North America and Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Underwriters Group (now Zurich Direct Markets). He currently serves on the board of directors for Horace Mann Educators Corporation and previously served on the board of directors for Nuveen Investments, Inc. Mr. Bradley received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Maryland and a master’s in business administration from Loyola University of Maryland and is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive).

Dymphna A. Lehane

Dymphna A. Lehane became a director of the Company in 2017. Ms. Lehane’s 30-year international career includes significant experience dealing with strategic issues and technology-led business change at global insurance companies. She is currently the Independent Chair of the Debt Market Integrator, a United Kingdom Government (Cabinet Office) venture serving a number of government departments, and has served in such capacity since January 2016 and Chairman of ORIC International, the Insurance Industry Risk Consortium, since December 2015. From 1988 to 2007, she was a Senior Partner at Accenture, including serving as Global Managing Partner, Insurance Industry. She previously served on the boards of Aviva Life and Pensions Insurance Ireland and Aviva Health Insurance Ireland from 2012 to 2016, including chairing the Audit Committee and a member of the Risk Committee.

Samuel G. Liss

Samuel G. Liss became a director of the Company in 2019. Mr. Liss has been managing principal of Whitegate Partners LLC, an advisory firm to operating companies and private equity firms specializing in the financial services and business services sectors, since 2011. Mr. Liss has been a board member of Verisk Analytics, Inc. since 2009. He is also an Adjunct Professor at both NYU Stern School of Business and Columbia Law School, where he teaches courses on Corporate Governance. Mr. Liss was previously a board member of DST Systems, Inc., Ironshore Insurance, Inc. and Nuveen Investment, Inc. From an operational perspective, Mr. Liss served as Executive Vice President and member of the Management Committee at Travelers Insurance, where he was responsible for corporate development, as well as group business head of one of Travelers’ three operating divisions – Financial, Professional and International Insurance. Prior to Travelers and an Executive Vice President role at the St Paul Companies, Mr. Liss was a Managing Director in the investment banking and equity divisions at Credit Suisse First Boston. He began his career at Salomon Brothers.

Carol A. McFate

Carol McFate retired from Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) in October 2017, having served as chief investment officer for more than 10 years. During that time, she was responsible for the insourcing, oversight and management of retirement investments for the U.S., Canada and the U.K. Prior to joining Xerox, McFate served in a number of senior finance and investment management roles in the insurance industry over nearly two decades, including senior vice president, Prudential Investment Corp. (investment subsidiary of The Prudential Insurance Company); vice president and treasurer of American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG); executive vice president and global treasurer of XL Global Services, the shared services subsidiary of XL Capital Ltd (NYSE: XLC).

Al-Noor Ramji

Al-Noor Ramji became a director of the Company in 2017. Mr. Ramji has been Group Chief Digital Officer at Prudential plc, an international financial services group, since January of 2016 and is responsible for developing and executing an integrated, long-term digital strategy for the group. Mr. Ramji served as a director of EVRY from July 2017 until recently and Virtusa Corporation since February 2011 where he also serves as a member of its Compensation Committee. Before joining Prudential, he worked at Northgate Capital, a venture firm in Silicon Valley, from November 2014 to December 2015 where he ran technology-focused funds. Prior to working at Northgate Capital, Mr. Ramji served as Chief Strategy Officer of Calypso Technology, Inc. from March 2014 until July 2015. Prior to this, he was a director of Misys plc, a financial services group, and also served as an executive vice president of Misys Plc. Mr. Ramji has previously held leading technology and innovation roles at BT Group, Qwest Communications, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and Swiss Bank Corporation.