Bernard Barrere, 49, is appointed CEO of MMA Holdings UK, in charge of British insurance companies Covéa Group.
Polytechnician, graduate of the French Institute of Actuaries and the Centre des Hautes Etudes d’Assurances, he began his career at Schlumberger in 1984 as an engineer in Gabon and Nigeria.
In 1985, he joined the insurance industry by integrating Drouot Assurances and AXA Assurances in 1989. In 1990, he returned to Crédit Agricole, taking the Pacifica management products, from its inception.
He joined the Group Azur-GMF in 1998, with the dual role of Commercial Director and CEO of GMF Téléassurances. He then takes the IT department, organization and e-Development Group Azur-GMF in 2000 and became CEO of Azur Assurances in 2002.
In 2003 he became Director of Claims for the Group Azur-GMF, and since November 2005, he was CEO of Fidelia Assistance, a subsidiary of the Group Covéa assistance.
