Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. and its wholly owned subsidiary Third Point Reinsurance Company Ltd. announced on Thursday that each of them has appointed, Mark Parkin, Neil McConachie and Rafe de la Gueronniere to its board of directors.

  • Mark Parkin, a former audit partner with Deloitte &Touche LLP.
  • Neil McConachie, who was a C-suite executive at the Lancashire Group.
  • Rafe de la Gueronniere, a managing director and co-founder of New Providence Asset Management.

Parkin worked for Deloitte & Touche (and its predecessor Touche Ross & Co.) for 37 years. For 26 years of his tenure, Parkin was a partner of the firm serving audit clients who were primarily operating in the insurance industry.

Parkin was also the Chairman of the AICPA Property and Liability Insurance Entities Audit and Accounting Guide Overhaul Task Force and a member of the AICPA’s Insurance Expert Panel, Deposit Accounting Task Force and Reinsurance Accounting and Auditing Task Force.

McConachie, who worked at the Lancashire Group from February 2006 to June 2012, held the roles of CFO, CRO, COO and president there. He also served as an executive member of Lancashire’s board of directors.

McConachie was previously senior vice president, treasurer and chief accounting officer of Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. He has had extensive involvement in debt and equity capital markets transactions, including the initial public offerings of Lancashire and Montpelier.

Prior to joining Montpelier, McConachie worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers in London and Bermuda and at Stockton Holdings Limited.

Before founding New Providence Asset Management, de la Gueronniere was a principal at the Mariner Investment Group, chairman of the Discount Corporation of New York, and a member of the management committee and Board at Paine Webber, Inc. He has more than 30 years of experience in fixed income, equity investing, foreign exchange, and the precious metals business.

Source: Third Point Reinsurance Ltd.