Allianz announces multiple hires and promotions as digital trading team revamped

Allianz has revamped its commercial digital trading team with a range of new senior appointments and promotions.

Among the new appointees are Raj Variyar, Emmanuel Peltant, Anneke Graham, Victoria Ashman and Steve Wells.

They will collectively help Allianz grow in the digital marketplace and bolster broker relationships.

Speaking about the new digital trading team, Alex Ktenidis, director of digital trading and Allianz Legal Protection, said: “These appointments are an injection of talent and fresh perspective into our digital trading teams and they have already created a really strong buzz with our brokers and across Allianz.”

Appointments

Variyar has been appointed as the new head of digital distribution and brings over 14 years of insurance and banking experience, having held positions at both Aon and Simply Business.

Her main duty will be to extend the digital product set and propositions, while enhancing customer and broker partnerships.

She will be joined by Peltant, who has taken on the role of head of digital pricing. He brings over 24 years of experience and has worked at insurers such as Axa and Direct Line Group (DLG).

Meanwhile, Graham has been promoted to head of digital underwriting.

She has spent over 23 years with Allianz and most recently ran the digital portfolio team.

In her new role, she will have responsibility for setting the technical direction for the account and driving actions to deliver profitable growth with broker partners.

Ashman has also been promoted, with her transitioning from southern regional distribution manager to head of operations and trading.

She will be responsible for the trading underwriters and support teams.

Finally, Wells, previously transformation business owner, has been appointed head of strategic initiatives and change.

He will be in charge of running the digital platforms and delivering transformation activities.

Ktenidis said: “We have implemented a simpler structure with more accountability, attracting top performers from within Allianz and the market, who are laser-focused on making insurance easy so our brokers and customers can concentrate on growing their own businesses.”

Other promotions within the new team include Dan Hill as digital portfolio manager, James Preece as digital data manager, Wendy Johnson as digital DA and schemes manager and Charlotte Billingham as digital development and propositions lead.