Brit raids XL for new COO

Brit has appointed Malcolm Beane as chief operations officer.

Reporting to Brit chief executive Dane Douetil, Beane will take up his position on 21 September 2009 and will join the executive management committee of the group.

Beane joins Brit from XL Capital, where he was most recently chief processing officer, responsible for the oversight of the firm’s global insurance operations, administration and business architecture.

Prior to this, he worked at the company in a number of roles, including chief operating officer XL Insurance, global head of HR service delivery and, previously, global business partner of global risk and regional head of HR.

Dane Douetil said: “With his breadth of experience in the smooth running and successful development of the operations of large financial services organisations, Malcolm will be a great asset to our business and, particularly, in our drive to continually strengthen Brit Insurance’s operational platform. We look forward to welcoming him to the Group.”