Sanjay Godhwani
Sanjay Godhwani
Head of North America
Office : 617.936.2904
Mobile : 857.205.7093
Sanjay Godhwani is Head of North America at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Sanjay has been in the insurance industry for over 25 years. Prior to joining BHSI, he was President of AIG Latin America and Caribbean and Property Product Line Leader, AIG Property Casualty in the U.S. and Canada. Sanjay holds a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and is a fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries.
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Sanjay Godhwani
Head of North America
Marc Breuil
Marc Breuil
Head of Asia Middle East
Office : +852.3729.1301
Mobile : +852.6319.0001
Marc Breuil is Head of Asia Middle East at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Marc comes to BHSI with over 20 years of international insurance experience, including more than a decade in various senior level posts in the Asian market. Prior to joining BHSI, he was President & CEO of AIG Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. Marc received his Maitrise’s degree in Business Administration from Dauphine University in Paris and a Master’s degree from Baruch College.
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Marc Breuil
Head of Asia Middle East
Alessandro Cerase
Alessandro Cerase
Head of Europe
Office : +971 4 3816 109
Mobile : +971 50 8020 185
Alessandro Cerase is Head of Europe at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Alessandro has over 25 years of global insurance industry experience spanning both the engineering and underwriting sides of the insurance business. Prior to joining BHSI, he was Global Head of Energy and Engineered Risk at AIG based in New York. He joined the insurance industry in London as a Loss Prevention Engineer after working for 6 years in the refining and petrochemical industry. Alessandro holds a Master’s in Chemical Engineering from Universita’ Degli Studi di Roma.
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Alessandro Cerase
Head of Europe
Mark Lingafelter
Mark Lingafelter
Head of Australasia
Office : +612.8002.2159
Mobile : +61.400.407.517
Mark Lingafelter is Head of Australasia at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Mark has over 30 years of experience in the global insurance market and has held a variety of Underwriting, Country and Regional Leadership roles in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to BHSI, Mark served as the Chief Underwriting Officer, Asia Pacific for QBE Insurance. Previously, Mark held a range of leadership roles for the Chubb Group of Insurance Co’s, including serving as the Country Manager for Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia. Mark holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colby College.
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Mark Lingafelter
Head of Australasia
Leonardo Castrichino
Leonardo Castrichino
Country Manager, Italy
Mobile : +39 347 059 1155
Leonardo Castrichino is Country Manager, Italy at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Leo comes to BHSI with nearly three decades of experience in the European insurance market, where he has held numerous country and regional level leadership positions and amassed deep knowledge across multiple commercial lines and business segments. He was most recently Chief Operating Officer for the Europe, Middle East and Africa Region (EMEA) at another insurer.
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Leonardo Castrichino
Country Manager, Italy
Louis du Ché
Louis du Ché
Country Manager, France & Belgium
Mobile : +32.471.388.815
Louis du Ché is Country Manager, France & Belgium and Head of Property France at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. He joined BHSI in August 2019 as Head of Property France, and moved to his current role in September of 2022.
Prior to joining BHSI, Louis was the Head of Property Benelux for AIG, based in Brussels where he was responsible for AIG Commercial Property and Energy underwriting in Belgium, Luxembourg and The Netherlands. During his 10 years career at AIG, Louis held several underwriting positions including Global Property Deputy Manager for France. Louis holds a Master degree in insurance from Ecole Supérieure d ’Assurances (ESA) in France.
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Louis du Ché
Country Manager, France & Belgium
Constanza Gállegos
Constanza Gállegos
Country Manager, Spain
Office : +34.914.196.819
Mobile : +34.671.543.523
Constanza Gállegos is Country Manager, Spain at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Constanza has nearly 24 years of experience in the European insurance industry. Prior to joining BHSI, she was Head of Distribution, Europe, at QBE Insurance, where she spent 14 years in increasingly senior positions. Constanza holds Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Economics & Bachelor of Business Administration degrees from Universidad Pontificia Comillas.
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Constanza Gállegos
Country Manager, Spain
Caoimhe Gormley
Caoimhe Gormley
Country Manager, Ireland
Office : +353 1 246 7231
Mobile : +353 86 165 0671
Caoimhe Gormley is Country Manager, Ireland at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. She has 17 years of industry experience and is also head of Executive & Professional Lines for BHSI in Ireland. Prior to joining BHSI, Caoimhe spent 10 years in different Financial Lines underwriting positions, at AIG Ireland. Caoimhe holds an honours degree in Business & Law from University College Dublin.
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Caoimhe Gormley
Country Manager, Ireland
Anna Green
Anna Green
Country Manager, Sweden
Head of Nordics
Mobile : +46 708 781 614
Anna Green is Country Manager Sweden and Head of Nordics at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Anna started her insurance career more than 20 years ago in Environmental Liability. She was most recently CEO of the Sweden Branch at another global insurer. Before returning to Sweden in 2021, Anna held various underwriting and management positions with AIG in Europe, UK and Asia Pacific.
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Anna Green
Country Manager, Sweden
Head of Nordics
Head of Nordics
Andrew Knight
Andrew Knight
Country Manager, Canada
Head of Executive & Professional Lines, Canada
Office : 647.846.7846
Mobile : 647.632.5379
Andrew Knight is Country Manager, Canada and Head of Executive & Professional Lines, Canada at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Andrew has over 20 years of industry experience with the last 15 years in product or line of business leadership roles, predominantly focused on Financial Institutions and Executive & Professional Lines. Andrew joined BHSI in 2016 after 12 years at Chubb Insurance Company of Canada. Andrew received his degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Insurance & Risk Management from Olivet University in Michigan, USA and is an alumnus of Gamma Iota Sigma, an international insurance & risk management society.
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Andrew Knight
Country Manager, Canada
Head of Executive & Professional Lines, Canada
Head of Executive & Professional Lines, Canada
Andreas Krause
Andreas Krause
Country Manager, Germany
Office : +49.221.4555.1912
Mobile : +49.160.9464.8113
Andreas Krause is Country Manager, Germany at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Andreas comes to BHSI with nearly 20 years of industry experience. Prior to joining, he was General Manager, Germany, at QBE Europe. Before that he held various roles in both underwriting and distribution at AIG Europe, and was Director of Broking at AON Germany in Hamburg. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from Johann-Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Catholic University Eichstätt.
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Andreas Krause
Country Manager, Germany
Nick Major
Nick Major
Country Manager, UK
Office : +44.203.429.4904
Mobile : +44.746.0420.380
Nick Major is Country Manager, UK at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Nick has nearly three decades of experience in the UK insurance market. Prior to joining BHSI, he was Managing Director, Commercial Lines UK, at Aviva plc, prior to that, he spent nearly 15 years in senior positions, including Chief Underwriting Officer, at Zurich Insurance in London. He earned a bachelor’s degree (Hons) from King’s College, University of London.
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Nick Major
Country Manager, UK
Cam McLisky
Cam McLisky
Country Manager, New Zealand
Head of Executive & Professional Lines, Australasia
Office : 715.346.1840
Mobile : 609.504.6111
Cameron McLisky is Country Manager, New Zealand and Executive and Professional Lines Manager Australasia at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Cameron has been in the insurance industry for 25 years, previously with AIG where he spent 15 years working in New Zealand, Australia, London and Singapore. Prior to AIG he held roles with Gen Re, Marsh and Aon. He has experience in underwriting all Executive and Professional Lines products and in the full P&L management of those product lines. Cameron holds a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Canterbury, Christchurch New Zealand.
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Cameron McLisky
Country Manager, New Zealand
Head of Executive & Professional Lines, Australasia
Head of Executive & Professional Lines, Australasia
Neeraj Yadvendu
Neeraj Yadvendu
Country Manager, Middle East
Office : +971 04 381 6106
Mobile : +971 50 2404 980
Neeraj Yadvendu is Country Manager, Middle East at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Neeraj has more than 26 years of global insurance industry experience spanning over Europe, Asia, Africa and Middle-east. He has proven underwriting and business leadership running liability insurance portfolios. He has been involved in building teams and offices across geographies and has contributed to introducing new products and solutions to emerging markets.
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Neeraj Yadvendu
Country Manager, Middle East
Louise Kidd
Louise Kidd
Head of Underwriting, Europe
Office : +353 1 2467253
Mobile : +353 86 0651913
Louise Kidd is Head of Underwriting, Europe at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Louise has nearly 20 years of industry experience in third party lines, the last decade in leadership roles. She holds an honours degree in Financial Services from John Moore Liverpool University and a Diploma in Company Direction from The Institute of Directors.
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Louise Kidd
Head of Underwriting, Europe
Mark Walker
Mark Walker
Head of National Business, UK
Office: +44 (0) 20 7342 2000
Mobile: +44 203 429 4937
Mark Walker is the Head of National Business, UK at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Mark has more than 35 years of industry experience includes leadership positions at global carriers in the UK, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Asia.
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Mark Walker
Head of National Business, UK
Travis Bethune
Travis Bethune
Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, North America
Office: +415.659.5548
Mobile: +415.361.1845
Travis Bethune is the Head of Customer and Broker Engagement, North America at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Travis is responsible for leading and driving profitable growth across all lines. His career in the insurance industry spans 30 years. He started with Chubb in 1995 as a management liability underwriter in the northeastern U.S (New York, Connecticut, New Jersey). and later assumed underwriting leadership responsibilities for the Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Travis relocated to the San Francisco Bay area in 2006 as a regional marketing manager for Chubb in Northern California. In 2012, he joined Allianz (Fireman’s Fund) and assumed national distribution management responsibilities for 3 years. Travis also actively supports the National African American Insurance Association as a director on its national board, and the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) as chair for their western division. Travis has also served and supported Big Brothers Big Sisters, Friends of the Children, Junior Achievement, and Inroads.
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Travis Bethune
Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, North America
David Bogaert
David Bogaert
Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, Belgium
Mobile : +32.479. 805.254
David Bogaert is the Head of Customer and Broker Engagement, Belgium at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Belgium. He has 20 years of industry experience and was most recently Head of Distribution, Belgium at AIG. Prior to this role, David held various roles in their Distribution team as well as a Financial Lines Underwriter specialized in Directors & Officers Liability. David holds a Bachelor degree in Communication from Thomas Moore School and several certificates from Vlerick Business School.
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David Bogaert
Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, Belgium
Paul Emerson
Paul Emerson
Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, Canada
Office : +647.846.7815
Mobile : +647.283.2848
Daniel García is Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, Spain at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Daniel has more than 20 years of industry experience, spanning both the insurer and broker sides of the business, working in companies such as Marsh, AIG, Swiss Re Corso and Santander Soluciones Aseguradoras, where he held various positions in Distribution and Strategy. Daniel holds a double Bachelor degree in Business Administration and in Actuarial and Financial Sciences from Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca.
Paul Emerson is Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, Canada at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Paul works very closely with our underwriters, claims teammates, and the entire Customer & Broker Engagement Team in North America, to strategically lead engagement with customer and broker relationships across all lines of business. Paul joined BHSI in 2015, and led the Third Party Claims team until August 2024. As a lawyer with extensive experience handling executive and professional lines, casualty and construction claims at BHSI and in private practice, he is dedicated to collaborating with all of our customers and brokers as a strategic relationship manager.
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Paul Emerson
Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, Canada
Daniel García
Daniel García
Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, Spain
Office : +34 911 149 967
Mobile : +34 630 538 282
Daniel García is Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, Spain at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Daniel has more than 20 years of industry experience, spanning both the insurer and broker sides of the business, working in companies such as Marsh, AIG, Swiss Re Corso and Santander Soluciones Aseguradoras, where he held various positions in Distribution and Strategy. Daniel holds a double Bachelor degree in Business Administration and in Actuarial and Financial Sciences from Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca.
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Daniel García
Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, Spain
Camille Luciani
Camille Luciani
Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, France
Office : +33.1.7210.6895
Mobile : +33.6.8302.4489
Camille Luciani is Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, France at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Camille has 25 years of experience spanning both the insurer and brokerage sides of the business. Prior to joining BHSI, she was Customer & Distribution Manager, Corporate Solutions, at Swiss Re. She holds an International Business School master’s degree from Ecole Supérieure du Commerce Extérieur, and a Master of Art in International Business Economics from Anglia University.
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Camille Luciani
Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, France
Fiona Merton
Fiona Merton
Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, UK
Office : +44.203.429.4976
Mobile : +44.747.694.0505
Fiona Merton is Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, UK at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Fiona has more than two decades of London Market & UK insurance industry experience focused on business development and production.
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Fiona Merton
Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, UK
Daniela Peeters
Daniela Peeters
Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, Germany
Office : +49.221.4555.1950
Mobile : +49.160.451.2522
Daniela Peeters is Head of Customer of Broker Engagement at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, Germany. She has more than 25 years of experience in the insurance industry. In addition to her roles as Key Account Manager at large brokerage houses & insurers, she has also worked as Head of Property at a large German customer and has thus gained experience on all sides of the industry. After training as an insurance clerk, she has a degree in insurance business administration from the German Insurance Academy (DVA).
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Daniela Peeters
Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, Germany
Lori Spoon
Lori Spoon
Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, Australasia
Office : 917.960.2407
Mobile : 646.509.7353
Lori Spoon Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, Australasia at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Lori leads BHSI’s Customer Advisory Board, Customer Round Table meetings, and development of new customer relationships in partnership with the team. Additionally, Lori leads BHSI’s distribution strategy and relationships with retail and wholesale brokers. She began her insurance career as an international underwriter at Chubb, then spent several years as an international broker with J&H and Marsh working on large multinational accounts. She became Managing Director and later Chief of Staff of Marsh’s NY Operations. Prior to joining BHSI, Lori was Senior Vice President and Broker Relationship Leader with Zurich. Lori is a graduate of DePauw University.
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Lori Spoon
Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, Australasia