Richard Lightowler
Mr. Lightowler has over 25 years’ experience in financial services public accounting focused on reinsurance and insurance clients, including non-life and life, primary and reinsurance, run-off as well as specialized risk vehicles, including ILS structures and segregated cell companies. He was a Partner with KPMG from 1998 to 2016, where he spent over 16 years serving as global lead audit partner for SEC registrants and as well as reinsurance groups listed on the London Stock Exchange. He also served as Head of the KPMG Bermuda Insurance Practice. He has significant private and public equity and debt offering experience and has worked on significant cross-border mergers and acquisitions including Buy-side/Sell-side due diligence, structuring and post-acquisition integration.
Mr. Lightowler is currently a Non-Executive Director of Hansa Investment Company Limited, Geneva Re Limited, Oakley Capital Investments Limited, Somersfield Academy and Bermuda Red Cross. Mr. Lightowler was appointed as a Director of the Board on December 10, 2020. Mr. Lightowler was appointed as a Director of the Board on December 10, 2020 and was appointed Chairman of the Audit Committee June 10, 2021.