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Global Leadership

Lionel Perinel
Lionel Périnel
Chief Operating Officer, EMEA
RGA EMEA
Marilda Kotze

Marilda Kotze

Vice President
Head of Global Underwriting & Claims
 

Marilda Kotze is Vice President, Head of Global Underwriting & Claims for RGA and part of the Global Support Team. In this role, she is responsible for supporting RGA global offices in delivering high-quality claims services to local clients. Marilda has been in her current role since October 2017 and has been with the company since 2012. Prior to joining RGA, she had more than 14 years of international reinsurance experience working in various sectors of the insurance industry, including disability management consulting and health management services. 

Marilda has a bachelor’s degree in occupational therapy and represents RGA on various industry committees, including having served as the convener of the Association for Savings and Investment South Africa (ASISA) Claims Standing Committee, and being a past member of the ASISA Scientific Sub Committee and Main Organising Committee for the Underwriting and Claims Conference (AUCC). 

Digital Underwriting and AURA Leadership Team

TONYA BLACKMORE
Tonya Blackmore
Senior Vice President
Business Engagement and 
Global Digital Underwriting
 
Nayanna Thomas
Nayanna Thomas

Vice President,
Head of Aura & Global Digital Underwriting


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Caroline Specter

Vice President,
Delivery Center - Automated Underwriting

 

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Bill Keller

Vice President,
AURA Global Business Operations & Compliance


Paul Okeefe
Paul Okeefe

Vice President,
Global Business Development,
Canada and Asia
AURA Technologies

 

Amit Arora
Amit Arora

Vice President
Underwriting Product Management & Strategy
Aura Technologies

Mike Casale
Mike Casale

Vice President,
Client Services,
Aura Technologies

Lauren Lefebre
Lauren Lefebre

Vice President,
e-Underwriting,
RGA International Re


Regional Leadership Teams

U.S. and Latin America Leadership

Dave-Rengachary
Dr. Dave Rengachary

Senior Vice President,
Head of Underwriting, 
US Individual Life

CATIE MUCCIGROSSO
Catie Muccigrosso

Vice President and Chief Underwriter 
US Underwriting
US Individual Life

Scott-Grandmont
Scott Grandmont

Vice President, Strategic Underwriting Initiatives
US Individual Life

LISA WAGGANER
Lisa Wagganer

Vice President, Technical Underwriting Operations
Underwriting
US Individual Life

Pam-Bergsten
Pam Bergsten

Vice President
Head of Large Case Unit and Retention Management
U.S. Mortality Markets


Asia Regional Leadership

Paul Jones
Paul Jones

Senior Vice President,
Regional Head of Underwriting, Claims and Medical,
RGA Asia

Sandvidha Shetty
Sanvidha Shetty

Vice President,
Regional Head of Underwriting Operations & Risk Management

EMEA Leadership

Gabrielle Wood
​Gabrielle Wood
Head of Underwriting EMEA
Chief Underwriter Italy
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Chris Boatman
Executive Director
EMEA Underwriting Operations

Canada Leadership

Jennifer Brodeur
Jennifer Brodeur

Vice President
Underwriting
Canada

   

Australia and New Zealand Leadership

Carmel Twist
Carmel Twist

Head of Underwriting
RGA Australia and New Zealand

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