Descartes Underwriting has appointed Mr Sébastien Bardy as CFO, a newly created role.
In his new role, Mr Bardy will lead Descartes’ financial scale-up with a focus on the value creation for the company’s stakeholders, and also assumes executive responsibility for financial matters.
Mr Bardy brings is an insurance-market veteran of more than 20 years. Prior to his new role, he worked with Deloitte, Natixis and PwC in areas including accounting, capital management and M&A. He joins Descartes from Allianz.
Ms Chloé Duval, who was instrumental in building a strong team and robust infrastructure as head of finance, will become deputy CFO, with responsibility for financial projects and corporate finance.
Due to Mr Bardy’s appointment, Ms Violaine Raybaud, COO, whose scope initially included the finance department, will also now be able to focus fully on operations and Descartes Insurance.