Neil Eckert
Executive Chairman +Neil Eckert
Executive ChairmanNeil is Executive Chairman of the Group, serving on the Board of Conduit Holdings Limited.
Based in London, Neil focuses primarily on external relations with investors and engaging with the wider industry initiatives on matters such as ESG, for which he has a deep passion.
Neil is an entrepreneur with four decades of re/insurance industry experience and has a proven track record in the industry having held various roles since 1980, many of which involved starting new enterprises.
Beginning as a reinsurance broker, he rose through the ranks to board member at Benfield Lovick & Rees & Co. Neil then founded Brit Insurance in 1995 and remained its CEO until 2005, following which he served as a non-executive director of the company until 2008. He was co-founder and CEO of Climate Exchange Plc. and founded Aggregated Micropower.
Beyond Conduit, Neil is currently Chairman of Incubex and is also on the board of Ebix, a $1bn Nasdaq listed company and the world’s leading provider of electronic exchange services to the insurance industry.
Trevor Carvey
Chief Executive Officer +Trevor Carvey
Chief Executive OfficerCEO Trevor is Chief Executive of the Group and leads the reinsurance business from Bermuda.
Trevor has a track record of profitable build outs in the reinsurance industry. Having led the consolidation and subsequent profitable turnaround of the GE Frankona Marine & Energy Global portfolio in the 1990s, he then became a founding underwriter and leader at Arch Re Bermuda in 2002. He subsequently led the growth of business and teams for Harbor Point in Europe, Alterra Re and Hamilton at Lloyd’s.
Trevor has led Conduit since launch and serves on the boards of Conduit Holdings Limited and Conduit Reinsurance Limited and chairs the Executive Committee.
Elaine Whelan
Chief Financial Officer +Elaine Whelan
Chief Financial OfficerElaine is Chief Financial Officer and is based in Bermuda.
After qualifying as a chartered accountant, Elaine joined Coopers & Lybrand before moving into industry in increasingly senior finance roles with Zurich and then Lancashire Group, where she ultimately served as Group CFO from 2011 to 2020.
Elaine is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, a member of The Chartered Professional Accountants of Bermuda and a member of The Institute of Directors.
Elaine is responsible for all aspects of Conduit’s financial management and reporting and serves as an executive director on the boards of Conduit Holdings Limited and Conduit Reinsurance Limited and is a member of the Executive Committee.
Gregory Roberts
Chief Underwriting Officer +Gregory Roberts
Chief Underwriting OfficerGregory is Chief Underwriting Officer and is based in Bermuda.
A highly experienced underwriter, Gregory spent much of his career with Amlin, where he was ultimately Head of Property Treaty, before establishing AmTrust Re at Lloyd’s.
Gregory has particular expertise in portfolio and data analytics, property catastrophe modelling and exposure management and brings these skills to our portfolio management.
Having been with Conduit Re at launch as Head of Property, Gregory was promoted to Chief Underwriting Officer during 2022 and has responsibility for all underwriting activity. Gregory is a member of the Executive Committee.
Stuart Quinlan
Deputy Chief Executive & Chief Operations Officer +Stuart Quinlan
Deputy Chief Executive & Chief Operations OfficerCOO Stuart is Trevor’s deputy and also serves as Chief Operations Officer, based in Bermuda.
Stuart started his 30-year career underwriting casualty lines, specialising in financial lines with Royal & Sun Alliance. He held subsequent executive roles with Novae, Zurich and Barbican before joining Hamilton in London to start a new Lloyd’s business with Trevor in 2015. Stuart has particular expertise in delivering effective IT strategies, recruitment and retention of top talent and monitoring and controlling a developing business. He has experience of dealing with regulators, rating agencies and investment stakeholders.
In addition to supporting Trevor more broadly, Stuart is responsible for overseeing Conduit’s operations, IT, claims and human resources. Stuart serves on the board of Conduit Reinsurance Limited and is a member of the Executive Committee.
Greg Lunn
Group Legal Counsel +Greg Lunn
Group Legal CounselGreg is General Counsel and Company Secretary and leads the compliance function.
Greg has held various industry roles in Bermuda and London over the past 25 years, initially with the ACE Group and later with Lancashire Holdings Limited, where he was Group General Counsel and Company Secretary. At Lancashire, in addition to his legal and corporate governance work, he also had responsibility for the internal audit function.
Greg is responsible for all legal, compliance and corporate secretarial aspects of Conduit’s business. Greg serves on the board of Conduit Reinsurance Limited and is a member of the Executive Committee.
Andrew Smith
Chief Risk & Sustainability Officer +Andrew Smith
Chief Risk & Sustainability OfficerAndrew is Chief Risk and Sustainability Officer and is based in Bermuda.
After qualifying as an accountant with PwC, Andrew focused on risk management and corporate governance in the insurance sector, where he has held regulated risk roles in Bermuda and Europe, including as Chief Risk Officer at Qatar Re.
Having joined Conduit at launch as Chief Risk Officer, his role was expanded during 2022 to address climate and sustainability specific considerations. Andrew is a member of the Executive Committee.
Andrew Couper
Chief Actuary +Andrew Couper
Chief ActuaryAndrew is Chief Actuary, based in Bermuda.
A qualified actuary and a Fellow of the UK’s Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, Andrew has had a highly successful professional career in the insurance industry spanning over 30 years both in the London Market and Bermuda.
Prior to joining Conduit, Andrew was the Head of Pricing for QBE’s European Operations with prior actuarial and risk management roles for Aspen Insurance both in London and Bermuda, including time as Chief Risk Officer and later Group Chief Actuary.
Andrew is responsible for the actuarial function including pricing, reserving and capital modelling. Andrew is a member of the Executive Committee.
Neil Eckert
Executive Chairman +Neil Eckert
Executive ChairmanNeil is Executive Chairman of the Group, serving on the Board of Conduit Holdings Limited.
Based in London, Neil focuses primarily on external relations with investors and engaging with the wider industry initiatives on matters such as ESG, for which he has a deep passion.
Neil is an entrepreneur with four decades of re/insurance industry experience and has a proven track record in the industry having held various roles since 1980, many of which involved starting new enterprises.
Beginning as a reinsurance broker, he rose through the ranks to board member at Benfield Lovick & Rees & Co. Neil then founded Brit Insurance in 1995 and remained its CEO until 2005, following which he served as a non-executive director of the company until 2008. He was co-founder and CEO of Climate Exchange Plc. and founded Aggregated Micropower.
Beyond Conduit, Neil is currently Chairman of Incubex and is also on the board of Ebix, a $1bn Nasdaq listed company and the world’s leading provider of electronic exchange services to the insurance industry.
Trevor Carvey
Chief Executive Officer +Trevor Carvey
Chief Executive OfficerCEO Trevor is Chief Executive of the Group and leads the reinsurance business from Bermuda.
Trevor has a track record of profitable build outs in the reinsurance industry. Having led the consolidation and subsequent profitable turnaround of the GE Frankona Marine & Energy Global portfolio in the 1990s, he then became a founding underwriter and leader at Arch Re Bermuda in 2002. He subsequently led the growth of business and teams for Harbor Point in Europe, Alterra Re and Hamilton at Lloyd’s.
Trevor has led Conduit since launch and serves on the boards of Conduit Holdings Limited and Conduit Reinsurance Limited and chairs the Executive Committee.
Elaine Whelan
Chief Financial Officer +Elaine Whelan
Chief Financial OfficerElaine is Chief Financial Officer and is based in Bermuda.
After qualifying as a chartered accountant, Elaine joined Coopers & Lybrand before moving into industry in increasingly senior finance roles with Zurich and then Lancashire Group, where she ultimately served as Group CFO from 2011 to 2020.
Elaine is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, a member of The Chartered Professional Accountants of Bermuda and a member of The Institute of Directors.
Elaine is responsible for all aspects of Conduit’s financial management and reporting and serves as an executive director on the boards of Conduit Holdings Limited and Conduit Reinsurance Limited and is a member of the Executive Committee.
Gregory Roberts
Chief Underwriting Officer +Gregory Roberts
Chief Underwriting OfficerGregory is Chief Underwriting Officer and is based in Bermuda.
A highly experienced underwriter, Gregory spent much of his career with Amlin, where he was ultimately Head of Property Treaty, before establishing AmTrust Re at Lloyd’s.
Gregory has particular expertise in portfolio and data analytics, property catastrophe modelling and exposure management and brings these skills to our portfolio management.
Having been with Conduit Re at launch as Head of Property, Gregory was promoted to Chief Underwriting Officer during 2022 and has responsibility for all underwriting activity. Gregory is a member of the Executive Committee.
Stuart Quinlan
Deputy Chief Executive & Chief Operations Officer +Stuart Quinlan
Deputy Chief Executive & Chief Operations OfficerCOO Stuart is Trevor’s deputy and also serves as Chief Operations Officer, based in Bermuda.
Stuart started his 30-year career underwriting casualty lines, specialising in financial lines with Royal & Sun Alliance. He held subsequent executive roles with Novae, Zurich and Barbican before joining Hamilton in London to start a new Lloyd’s business with Trevor in 2015. Stuart has particular expertise in delivering effective IT strategies, recruitment and retention of top talent and monitoring and controlling a developing business. He has experience of dealing with regulators, rating agencies and investment stakeholders.
In addition to supporting Trevor more broadly, Stuart is responsible for overseeing Conduit’s operations, IT, claims and human resources. Stuart serves on the board of Conduit Reinsurance Limited and is a member of the Executive Committee.
Greg Lunn
Group Legal Counsel +Greg Lunn
Group Legal CounselGreg is General Counsel and Company Secretary and leads the compliance function.
Greg has held various industry roles in Bermuda and London over the past 25 years, initially with the ACE Group and later with Lancashire Holdings Limited, where he was Group General Counsel and Company Secretary. At Lancashire, in addition to his legal and corporate governance work, he also had responsibility for the internal audit function.
Greg is responsible for all legal, compliance and corporate secretarial aspects of Conduit’s business. Greg serves on the board of Conduit Reinsurance Limited and is a member of the Executive Committee.
Andrew Smith
Chief Risk & Sustainability Officer +Andrew Smith
Chief Risk & Sustainability OfficerAndrew is Chief Risk and Sustainability Officer and is based in Bermuda.
After qualifying as an accountant with PwC, Andrew focused on risk management and corporate governance in the insurance sector, where he has held regulated risk roles in Bermuda and Europe, including as Chief Risk Officer at Qatar Re.
Having joined Conduit at launch as Chief Risk Officer, his role was expanded during 2022 to address climate and sustainability specific considerations. Andrew is a member of the Executive Committee.
Andrew Couper
Chief Actuary +Andrew Couper
Chief ActuaryAndrew is Chief Actuary, based in Bermuda.
A qualified actuary and a Fellow of the UK’s Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, Andrew has had a highly successful professional career in the insurance industry spanning over 30 years both in the London Market and Bermuda.
Prior to joining Conduit, Andrew was the Head of Pricing for QBE’s European Operations with prior actuarial and risk management roles for Aspen Insurance both in London and Bermuda, including time as Chief Risk Officer and later Group Chief Actuary.
Andrew is responsible for the actuarial function including pricing, reserving and capital modelling. Andrew is a member of the Executive Committee.