5 People on the Move

myMatrixx names a chief sales officer and Oneglobal announces two senior partners and a head of HR in this People on the Move.
By: | September 10, 2020

myMatrixx Names David Dubrof as Chief Sales Officer

David Dubrof, chief sales officer, myMatrixx

myMatrixx announced that David Dubrof has been named chief sales officer for the organization.

Dubrof will be integral in growing market share by working with the sales and marketing teams to leverage key differentiators and create strategic managed care relationships with a broad spectrum of partners.

“We’re absolutely thrilled to have David join our team,” said Mike Cirillo, president of myMatrixx.

“His 25+ years of executive management experience in sales, marketing and operations in the workers’ compensation sector are a tremendous asset to both our business goals and our ongoing mission to help injured workers.”

“I am excited to work with Mike Cirillo and the myMatrixx organization that is uniquely positioned as the industry leader in PBM solutions. We are poised for significant growth with our tailored managed care programs that reduce the overall cost of risk for our partners,” said Dubrof.

Cirillo added, “As myMatrixx seeks to adapt to a turbulent pandemic environment, David’s diverse background allows him to fully utilize the resources of a large company while meeting challenges with quickness and efficiency.”

Prior to joining myMatrixx, Dubrof served as vice president of sales for Genex Services, where he was able to recruit and build a national sales organization, expand its client footprint and grow its business. Dubrof holds a bachelor of science in business administration from Florida State University.

Oneglobal Appoints Two Senior Partners for Energy and Financial, and a Head of HR 

Oneglobal announced the appointment of Gavin Pickering as Senior Partner Energy, reporting to Group Head of Broking Roger Spicer.

Pickering is a senior broker with 18 years of experience in leading business production and relationship development. He joins Oneglobal from Aon where he held the position of director of Upstream Energy. Prior to that he was an Upstream Energy Broker at RKH.

“We pride ourselves on our clients always having access to a senior, expert broker who understands their business, these are qualities Gavin has in abundance,” said Mike Reynolds, group chief executive officer, Oneglobal. “I’m very much looking forward to working with him.”

Pickering added: ‘Oneglobal puts the client at the heart of everything and I am excited to join Roger and the team on the mission to drive the client agenda in the energy sector forward, and look forward to building out the team.”

Pickering will join once he has fulfilled his contractual notice period with Aon. 

Max Bingley, Senior Partner Financial Lines, Oneglobal

Oneglobal has also announced Max Bingley as Senior Partner Financial Lines, reporting to Group Head of Broking, Roger Spicer.

Bingley has worked exclusively for Aon over the past 18 years developing their specialty financial lines business, with an emphasis on directors’ and officers’ liability. Most recently as executive director of Financial Lines, he led the EMEA Financial Lines business.

“Max brings with him a standout track record for developing teams and delivering outstanding client outcomes,” said Reynolds. 

“This makes him the perfect candidate to lead our expansion into the financial lines market, at a time where many such lines of business are challenged.” 

“Developing Oneglobal’s proposition to the financial lines market is enormously exciting for me.  I look forward to growing the team with like-minded individuals with the right expertise that share our values to drive the client agenda forward in the financial lines space,” committed Bingley.  

Jeanette Paul, head of human resources, Oneglobal

Bingley will join as soon as he has fulfilled his contractual notice period with Aon.

Jeanette Paul will also join the firm as head of human resources on October 5, 2020. She has over 30 years’ experience successfully leading and implementing human resources and people strategies to drive transformational growth. She joins from Guy Carpenter where she held the position of HR Business Partner. Prior to that she held various HR roles at JLT and Aon.

 “First and foremost, we are a people business, meaning that the HR lead is critical to the organization. With her aptitude and experience, Jeanette will be a key driver in further developing our HR strategy to strengthen employee engagement and drive a forward thinking, exciting and modern culture within Oneglobal,” said Reynolds.

Argo Hires Chris Haarmann as Leader of Casualty

Chris Haarmann, senior vice president and head of casualty, Argo

Back in June, Argo appointed Chris Haarmann as the Argo head of casualty in the U.S. and Bermuda, a role in which he reports to Gary Grose and to Matt Harris.

Haarmann came to Argo from Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group, where, since 2013, he served as president and chief operating officer. In this role he led development and execution of the firm’s new product offerings, new market segments and channels, and the expansion of its geographic footprint.

He has already taken to his role as senior vice president at Argo. Haarmann is already gearing up to expand his team’s capabilities by hiring 10 new underwriting members.

“I’m looking for new colleagues who keep pushing the boundaries of understanding and underwrite risk,” Haarmann said.

“At Argo, we take on complex, unique and interesting risks, so the best candidates are ones who continually want to learn something new to make an impact,” Haarmann added. &

Emily Spennato is a former staff writer with Risk & Insurance.

More from Risk & Insurance