Team and advisory board
Built by people who know the work.
Insurance operators. Product builders. Engineers. Market leaders. Advisors.
One team turning industry expertise into technology that takes insurance work away.
Leadership
Insurance pedigree at the top.
mea is led and guided by executives who have operated at the top of insurance and technology.
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With 20+ years modernizing insurance operations worldwide, Martin has held senior technology posts across the industry, including as Group CIO of XL Catlin (now AXA XL) — before launching mea in 2021. He now channels that experience into fusing industry know how with AI, steering mea’s continued triple digit growth.
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Mike McGavick is a veteran CEO and board leader known for steering global financial institutions through transformation and growth. Mike is the Co-Chairman of the Operating Board of Directors at Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, joining the Internal Board as an outside director in June 2021. Previously, Mike served for a decade as the CEO of XL Group, now AXA XL and was Chairman, President, and CEO of Safeco Insurance. He was also an active participant in the industry’s trade and representative bodies, including serving as Chairman of the Geneva Association and the American Insurance Association.
Advisory board
Keep the market in the room.
Our advisory board brings perspective from across insurance, finance, technology, operations and enterprise leadership.
They challenge the thinking, sharpen the commercial direction and keep mea grounded in the realities of the industry.
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John is a global business executive with over 35 years of leadership experience in insurance and consulting.
He was most recently the Global Chief Operating Officer for AIG and prior to this, spent over 30 years at Accenture as the Managing Director for their Global Insurance Practice.
John is focused on impacting the industry with pragmatic technology innovation and supporting go to market activities.
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Patti is a senior executive with over 25 years of experience in the insurance industry.
She previously served as the Chief Product Officer (CPO) for Duck Creek Technologies, a leading provider of software to the property and casualty (P&C) insurance market.
Patti is focused on helping companies strategically meet their business needs through the innovative use of software.
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Myron Hendry is a transformational executive with more than four decades of experience leading global operations and technology functions across major insurers. He has held senior leadership roles including Executive Vice President and Chief Platform Officer at XL Group, Chief Operating Officer at Balboa Insurance (Bank of America), Senior Vice President at Safeco, and President of Worldwide Operations at CNA. He also served on the Board of Directors of Enstar.
Myron’s track record of guiding organizations through complex change makes his addition to mea especially meaningful for clients. He brings deep expertise in simplifying complexity, deploying technology to strengthen resilience, and ensuring seamless execution to unlock growth.
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Bob has 30 years of operating experience in the P&C sector and has P&L management, business segment/company C-Suite experience in all areas of the sector. Bob is currently the CEO of Velonetic, a joint venture between DXC Technology and Lloyd’s of London.
He was previously Chief Operations Officer for Lloyd’s of London focused on the digitization of the London Insurance Market.
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David retired after more than 40 years as an insurance and reinsurance broker, where he was COO of Aon UK Limited and Chairman of Aon Benfield UK.
He was also Chairman of Placing platform Limited [PPL], where he was a driving force behind bringing electronic trading to the London Market.
David is focused on maximising business efficiency and competitiveness through the removal of unnecessary costs and resources.
Leadership Team
Close to the customer.
Our market leaders connect mea’s global platform to the operating realities, buying environments and commercial priorities of the markets they serve.
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Graeme has over 30 years of experience leading change within the insurance industry. He was previously a Managing Director at Accenture helping clients in the commercial and specialty market transform their businesses with applied data science and machine intelligence.
Prior to that he was Chief Customer Officer at Mudano, a pioneering financial services data and AI consultancy which was acquired by Accenture.
Graeme is responsible for spearheading business development initiatives, forging key partnerships, and driving the expanded use of mea Platform in the UK market.
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Max Richter is a seasoned executive with over 25 years of experience at the forefront of insurance and technology transformation. As the EMEA CEO and Global Growth Leader at mea, he partners with C-level clients to navigate disruption and drive strategic change through the application of AI.
Prior to joining mea, Max held leadership roles within Accenture’s global insurance business, where he led AI-enabled transformation initiatives and advised major insurers on digitization, automation and Underwriting & Claims transformation. His expertise in data, analytics, and AI has been instrumental in executing strategic transformations that deliver significant business impact.
Max’s background in software engineering and deep Insurance industry expertise enables him to operate seamlessly at the intersection of technology, operations, underwriting, and claims. He is widely recognized as a thought leader in the application of AI within the insurance sector, frequently engaging with industry forums and publications to share insights on leveraging technology for competitive advantage.
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Erik has over 35 years of Financial experience and has held leadership positions with leading AI and SaaS, consumer technology, and e-commerce companies.
Based in the San Francisco bay area, he brings deep experience in building & scaling technology companies and platforms and has successfully raised capital for multiple start-ups and helped them position themselves for accelerated growth.
Erik enjoys helping businesses grow and likes working in a global environment.
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Elliott Bundy is a strategic advisor specializing in brand positioning, growth, and communications. He helps organizations align brand and business strategy to drive long-term value. Most recently, Elliott was Chief Communications & Marketing Officer at Acrisure, a global fintech and insurance broker, where he helped shape the company’s brand during a decade of 100x growth. Before that, he led communications and marketing at XL Group (now AXA XL), contributing to a turnaround that made the company one of the S&P 500’s top performers.
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Grayson has over 30 years of experience in the Insurance industry, including a mixture of Underwriting, Claims & Operations management.
He spent the second half of his career in project delivery and led the global project management function within AXA XL.
As head of product and client delivery, Grayson is responsible for client delivery within mea and is a key culture driver for the organisation.
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Lohitashwa Thyagaraj is a seasoned technology leader with 22+ years of experience across AI, insurance, fintech, and SaaS. As CTO at mea Platform, he drives innovation in Agentic and Generative AI, is the architect of mea’s proprietary AI models and leads the development of a secure, scalable platform that automates complex insurance data extraction at scale.
He holds 35 patents and has authored multiple technical publications, including IBM Redbooks. Known for turning complex problems into real-world AI solutions, Lohitashwa consistently delivers business impact through automation, accuracy, and innovation.
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Robin is a global HR executive who has over 30 years of experience in a variety of HR leadership roles. She has worked in Fortune 100 companies leading their people strategies, organizational transformation, design and merger and acquisition integrations.
She has over 15 years working in both insurance and technology industries.
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