April 26: Business Briefs

Aspen appointment

Gary Gregg has been appointed as a non-executive director of Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited.

Mr. Gregg was with Liberty Mutual Group from 1989 to 2011 where he undertook a number of executive positions within Liberty Mutual’s commercial insurance operations. . Prior to this, he was with KPMG for almost 10 years where he became a partner in 1988. 

Glyn Jones, Aspen chairman, said in a press release: “I am delighted that Gary is joining the Aspen Board. His wealth of experience and in particular, his extensive strategic and operational background in the US insurance market, will be a great asset to Aspen. I would like to welcome Gary to the board and I look forward to working with him in the future.”

New BAS COO

Ian Cook is now the COO for Bermuda Aviation Services Limited. The promotion was effective April 22. He replaces Frank Williams who has left the company. Mr Cook is an engineer with more than a decade of senior management experience working in businesses in Bermuda, Europe and Dubai. 

As an operations manager in the UK, he project managed 12 airports through new rigorous safety and financial regulations. He has also worked as a senior engineering manager in Dubai and was instrumental in opening the new Dubai World Central Airport, restructuring the business to realize cost savings and operational efficiencies.