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Zurich Canada Senior Management Team

Alister Campbell

Alister Campbell
President and CEO

Words to Live By: “Winning is a really good invention”

Alister Campbell has served as CEO and Chief Agent at Zurich Canada since October 2007...read more

 

 

Gordon Thompson

Gordon Thompson
Executive Vice President & General Counsel

Words to Live By:“Never lose sight of the big picture.”

Gord Thompson graduated with a B.A. from Bishop’s University and received his LLB from Queen’s University and ...read more

 

 

Nigel Ayers

Nigel Ayers
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Words to Live By: "Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself"

Nigel Ayers is Chief Financial Officer for Zurich, Canada. Nigel is a long-time Zurich employee having been with the organization ...read more

 

 

Bob Fellows

Bob Fellows
Senior Vice President, Distribution, Marketing & Communication

Words to Live By:“Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest.”

As Head of Distribution, Bob works to continue to execute and evolve Zurich’s targeted broker relationship strategy ...read more

 

 

Doug Jamieson

Doug Jamieson
Senior Vice President, Commercial Markets

Words to Live By:“Keep it simple, but not simplistic.”

Doug attended the University of Toronto to pursue his Bachelor of Commerce. He also holds several Zurich accreditations ...read more

 

 

Charles Paré

Charles Paré
Senior Vice President & Chief Underwriting Officer

As Chief Underwriting Officer, Charles manages Canada’s Underwriting Centre of Excellence with additional ... read more

 

 

Urs Uhlmann

Urs Uhlmann
Senior Vice President, Global Corporate

Words to Live By:“If we don't say what's wrong we will never improve.”

Urs Uhlmann is Head of Global Corporate Canada, responsible for the large and multinational commercial business in Canada ...read more

 

 

Julie Bolton

Julie Bolton
Vice President, Risk Services Canada

Words to Live By:"Bring value and be the value prop we say we are"

In her role as Vice President of Risk Services Canada, Julie facilitates and supports the development and execution of Canada’s Risk Services strategic ...read more

 

 

Walter Fransen

Walter Fransen
Chief Actuary

Words to Live By:“Imagination times action equals success.”

Walter Fransen is the Chief Actuary for Zurich Canada. He joined Zurich in April 2009 from Odyssey America Re where he was Chief Agent for Canada ...read more

 

 

Darren Joslin

Darren Joslin
Vice President, Technology and Operations Officer

Words to Live By:“Success for a leader is the outcome created by a leader’s ability to enable their team to be successful.”

Darren Joslin is Head of Technology & Operations for Zurich Canada ...read more

 

 

Josie Pachis

Josie Pachis
Vice President, Claims

With a specialization in casualty claims and broad management experience, Josie has spent almost 25 years helping customers successfully resolve insuranceclaims. She has been a valued member of Zurich’s claims management team since 2002 ...read more  

 

 

Ina Prugo

Ina Prugo
Vice President, Reinsurance

Words to Live By: “Tomorrow is a new day.”
Throughout my career at Zurich, I experienced numerous changes. Having determination, I was able to work through all that came my way.

Ina started her career with Zurich in 1973 ...read more

 

 

Sandra Walsh

Sandra Walsh 
Vice President, Human Resources 

Words to live by: "The truth, always the truth." 

Sandra Walsh is Head of Human Resources for both Zurich and WTP in Canada.  Sandra joined Zurich as Manager of Human Resources ...read more