LONDON – HDI Global SE-UK and Ireland (HDI) is pleased to announce that Arvind Drubhra will take up the role of Director of Operations, effective 7th June.
In this new role, Drubhra will be responsible for HDI’s Technical Operations, Claims Operations, Global Servicing and IT & Change teams and will report directly to Managing Director Claire McDonald.
Drubhra joins HDI from AGCS in London where, for the past 16 years, he has worked in a number of senior Operations, Transformation and Technology roles, most recently in the Global Process Management function looking after Process Oversight, Productivity Management and Enterprise Data Quality.
On Drubhra’s appointment, McDonald said: “This is an important time for HDI, as we renew our focus on improving processes, data quality and technical delivery to ensure we provide the best experience possible to our broker partners and clients. Arvind’s expertise will be hugely valuable in navigating us on our journey to operational excellence both on a local and global level.”
Drubhra said of his new role: “I am super excited to be joining HDI and the opportunity that this new role brings. I hope that my experience and knowledge can help drive the evolution of HDI to achieve its future goals and look forward to working with the wider HDI Global community.”
Drubhra has over 25 years of experience in the Insurance industry, holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration, and graduated in Computer Systems Engineering from University of East Anglia in 1996.
About HDI Global SE (HDI)
As an industrial lines insurer, HDI Global SE (HDI) meets the industrial companies and corporate customers with insurance solutions that are specifically tailored to their requirements. In addition to HDI’s prominent position in the German and broader European market, the company also has operations in more than 150 countries through foreign branch offices, subsidiary and peer companies, and network partners. The company is thus able to offer its customers local policies for their global operations, which ensure that the established service and insurance protection is extended for all covered risks worldwide.
HDI Global SE is a company in the Industrial Lines Division of the Talanx Group. Approximately 3.700 employees in this division generated gross written premiums of approx. EUR 6.7 billion in the year 2020.
The rating agency Standard & Poor’s has given the Talanx Primary Group a financial strength rating of A+/stable (strong). Talanx AG is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in the SDAX.
