Math has been the one constant in Henna Karna’s life.
The chief data officer of XL Catlin today heads up the data and digital transformation team at the global property/casualty insurer and reinsurer. She is widely considered to be one of the foremost data scientists in the insurance industry, beginning her career initially as an actuary and then becoming a predictive modeler and cryptographer for several government agencies.Executive SummaryThe road to the C-suite of a global insurer has been a challenging one for Henna Karna, XL Catlin’s chief data officer. While a love of mathematics was an expected force that moved her career forward, insurance journalist Russ Banham reports on the poverty and prejudice she experienced along the way, barriers she would ultimately overcome with confidence in her ability and pride in her heritage.