QBE has announced the retirement of its French GM, Jean Basset, and the appointment of his successor, Jean-Phillippe Pagès.
In over a decade at the company, Basset played a key role in establishing and growing QBE’s French operation, the company said.
Steven Burns, Chief Executive of QBE European Operations said, “Jean has been instrumental in QBE’s development in France. I would like to thank him for his commitment and all that he has achieved and I wish him the best for the future.”
Today is the day that Bassets successor, Jean-Phillippe Pagès takes his place at his new desk.
Pagès previous role was as a Management Director at Marsh France. He was with Marsh for 10 years and before that spent 17 years in various roles at Allianz.
Mr Burns added, “Jean-Philippe is an excellent addition to QBE’s European leadership team. His management and distribution expertise will be invaluable to the further development of our product and service offering in France”.
