The board of directors of ACORD includes two new directors.
The ACORD board continues to be led by J. Spero Zacharias, senior vice president of Chubb, who was elected chair of the board last year.
The new directors are:
John M. Artesani, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Lexington Insurance Company. In his role at Lexington, Mr. Artesani oversees the organization's operational management, working on the development and design of processes and systems Lexington relies on to conduct business.
Mark Cook, global chief information officer of Marsh. In this role, Mr. Cook is responsible for technology across all business lines and geographies within Marsh. He has 28 years of technology experience, including 14 years in the insurance industry. In previous roles at Marsh, he led enterprise architecture as global chief technology officer, as well as holding various IT delivery roles across the international division.
"Our industry is changing rapidly and we have to evolve with it," said ACORD's president and chief executive officer, Bill Pieroni. "I'd like to welcome our new directors, and look forward to working with the board this year to continue to drive ACORD forward."
Additional members of the ACORD board include:
Tony Mattioli, vice chair and chief information officer of AssuredPartners, Inc.
John Leonard, past chair and outside director who is president emeritus of MEMIC.
Christoph Carus, head of central division of reinsurance accounting at Munich Re.
Joe Dainty, global head of operations at Lloyd's of London.
Mark Esposito, senior vice president and chief information officer of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
Sue Figueredo, senior vice president for business insurance operations at Travelers.
Alessandro Iuppa, outside director and founder and principal executive of Global Insurance Perspectives.
John Kellington, senior vice president and chief information officer of Cincinnati Financial Corporation.
Robert Kelly, managing director and chief executive officer of Steadfast Group Limited, Australia's largest broking cluster.
Mark Knipfer, chief operations officer for Zurich North America.
Barbara Koster, senior vice president and chief information officer of Prudential Financial.
Dennis Mahoney, executive chair of RFIB.
Christof Mascher, member of the board of management and chief operating officer at Allianz SE.
Dave Matcham, chief executive officer of the International Underwriting Association of London.
Gray Nester, ADS insurance business information officer and senior vice president of BB&T.
Robert Rusbuldt, president and chief executive officer of IIABA.
Markus Schmid, division head for IT and member of the group management board of Swiss Re.
Richard Schuyler, chief information officer for business technology solutions at AON Services Corporation.
Christopher B. Smith, executive vice president and head of global operations for MetLife.
Dexter S. Umekubo, Sr., managing partner of Producers XL.
Conor Whelan, chief information officer of JLT Group.
Carol Zacharias, senior vice president and underwriting counsel for QBE.
Learn more: www.acord.org.