Gavin Bishop

Gavin is Chief Operating Officer and Chief Information Officer at Ariel Re, "a start-up with a head-start", heading up Operations, Claims, Infrastructure, Application Services and Facilities functional areas. He is the CII Goodwill Ambassador for Bermuda.

With 20 years of (re)insurance experience, he has been a driver of transformational growth as Ariel transitioned away from Argo Group, materially grew Bermuda/London Operations and obtained approval for a Managing Agency at Lloyd's. Prior to Ariel, Gavin spent eleven years with Validus Reinsurance as they grew from being a new start up, listed on the NYSE, purchased a Lloyd’s Syndicate, acquired several billion-dollar companies and initiated Operations across the planet. Prior to this he worked with Endurance Specialty Insurance as the company expanded globally from being new start-up.

He is a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute, Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAEW), Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter, Certified IT Professional, Project Management Professional