7 of the most influential names in the field of European car insurance

1. Edouard de Lamarzelle

CEO-PSA Insurance
PSA Peugeot Citroën
Edouard is the CEO of PSA Insurance and member of Banque PSA Comex.

Edouard did all his career in insurance. He started in the Middle East (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates) for a leading French insurer u.s. Senior Account Executive and then the U.S. Managing Director. In 1998, after his MBA (during which he did a dissertation on "The Competitive Advantages of the New Entrants in the Insurance industry"), he joined Volvo Car Corporation to set up and launch successfully Volvo Insurance in France.

In 2001, he joined PSA Peugeot Citroen to set up the insurance business unit, PSA Insurance who is a significant profit contributor to PSA. PSA Insurance operates now across 23 countries (Asia, Europe, Latin America) and runs the affinity insurance activity of Peugeot, Citroen, DS and PSA Finance. 1.5 M new contracts were sold in 2015 (a 6th consecutive sales record).

2. Valter Trevisani

Group Head of Insurance and Reinsurance
Generali
He graduated in Economics with honours at the University of Trieste and began working for the Generali Group in December 1988, after a one-year experience for Credito Italiano, the current UNICREDIT Bank. From 1988 to 1991 he worked at the Research Dept. of Generali Head Office, where he was in charge of monitoring the developments taking place in the main insurance markets outside Italy, with particular reference to Central and Eastern Europe.
From 1991 to 1995 he worked in various U.K. and U.S.A. subsidiaries of the Group in the underwriting area. In January 1996 he came back to Head Office of Trieste and was as Area Manager within the Group Insurance Operations of the Corporate Centre, in charge of the U.K., the C.E.E. region and Asia. He was in charge of the working team paving the way for Generali Group's entrance in the Chinese market, soon followed by India. In 1998 he also took the responsibility for the Netherlands, followed by Spain in 1999. In 2002 he was promoted Assistant General Manager.

3. Josep Celaya

Corporate Director of innovation (Chief Innovation Officer)
Madrid and surroundings, Spain
Internet
Current
MAPFRE, soul Mundi Innvierte Fund
Previous
MAPFRE insurance, Valoris verti
Education
IMD Business School
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Web sites
The company's web site
Summary

Professional with 15 years experience in management positions in ´ in Insurance, Telecom and Internet companies.
Currently the Chief Innovation Officer of the MAPFRE Group focused on tech, digital transformation and the transformation of insurance insurance.
Broad international experience leading a multi-cultural teams across the world. I have a short-lived and worked in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. Fluent in six languages.

4. Iain Macbeth

Automotive Intelligent Mobility Programme Manager &
Transport for London
Address:
Windsor House 42-50 Victoria Street SW1H 0TL, London,, United Kingdom
Summary:
Programme Manager at Transport for London (TfL). B2B leads behaviour change programme for sustainable transport in London. Responsible for the delivery of business facing elements of the Mayors Cycling Vision for London, including cycle parking, security, training and oversight functions of the Barclays Cycle Superhighways business support programme, workplace road safety (' grey fleet '), car sharing and car clubs, water quality and active travel (including delivery of walking projects).

5. Kenny Leitch

Global Telematics Director
Kenny is the Global Telematics Director for RSA, responsible for delivering the telematics strategy across all of RSA's portfolios and regions in the UK, Ireland, Canada, Scandinavia and Latin America.

Kenny was previously the UK Pricing Director for RSA, with responsibility for the company's personal and commercial products and has been with the company for almost seven years.

6. Iwan Parry

Head of Car Insurance
Head of Insurance
TRL
July 2015 – present (1 year 4 months) Wokingham, UK
Leading TRL's engagement with the Insurance sector in vehicle technology (fennel, Automation, connectivity), telematics, driver risk, psychology and behavioural change.

TRL's commercial lead for the GATEway and MOVE_UK automated vehicle projects in the UK Smart Mobility Living Lab.
Programme Development Director

7. Peter Lockhart

Chief Technology Officer
Roke Manor Research
After managing the senior Roke's consultancy team for 6 years I was as Future Technology manager responsible for business technology strategy. I am responsible for driving our innovation programme, covering all aspects of knowledge, technology and innovation management. I supply consultancy on future technologues and I was featured in the Financial Times as the Siemens future technologist. I am chair of York University's electronics department advisory committee and industry and a member of Southampton University advisory committee for Electronic and Computer Science.

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