Justine Kelly

Global Head Sustainability, Commercial Insurance & Group Underwriting

Zurich, Switzerland

About

An engaging leader known for my ability to connect topics and people. Passionate about bringing people together to focus on delivering value and doing things right for our clients, our people and our company. With more than 20 years of reinsurance/ insurance experience across client and product management, operations and strategy.

Experience

  • Zurich Insurance (Zurich, Switzerland)
    • Global Head of Sustainability for Commercial Insurance and Group Underwriting
      Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs

    • Head Customer, Sustainability and Business Development, EMEA
      Jul 2022 - Jun 2023 · 1 yr

    • Head of Strategy & Business Development EMEA
      Aug 2020 - Jul 2022 · 2 yrs

      Shaped and drove strategy implementation and the customer agenda across EMEA markets, ensuring country relevance and alignment with Group strategy. Responsible for Regional internal communications.

  • Swiss Re (24 yrs 1 mo)
    • Head Strategy & Operational Excellence, P&C Business Management - Managing Director
      Jul 2019 - Aug 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Driving the Divisions' client and operational strategy globally; creating clarity and pride in our value proposition, driving service improvement and digitisation/ automation, and ensuring we deliver thought leadership and solutions which add value for our clients. Managing the provision of Consulting capabilities (change & project management) across all P&C Divisions.

    • Head Client Service Delivery, L&H Business Management - Managing Director
      Jun 2016 - Jul 2019 · 3 yrs 2 mos

      Development and delivery of solutions which enhance the value of our clients' inforce, as well as driving globally consistent delivery of our contractual commitments to clients, and leadership of our L&H technical accounting/ claims admin teams (160+ people) in Bratislava and Bangalore

    • Head L&H Operations
      2011 - May 2016 · 5 yrs 5 mos

      Built and led a Operations unit to support L&H Executive Teams on Operations, ensuring continuity across functions, driving operational excellence, leading the transformation of the operating platform and shaping the target operating model.

  • Roles, incl. Teacher of Languages at Secondary School and Contract & Delivery Coordinator at Bosch at (various)
    1993 - 1996 · 3 yrs