MEDIA RELEASE 18 March 2015 Steadfast appoints Bobby Lehane as CEO of CHU Underwriting Agencies Steadfast Group Limited (Steadfast) (ASX: SDF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Bobby Lehane as CEO of CHU Underwriting Agencies (CHU), effective Wednesday, 1st April 2015. Mr Lehane has spent the last seven years at Zurich Financial Services Australia, with the past two as Executive General Manager initially of the SME segment and then of the $1 billion Commercial Insurance Segment. In this role he was responsible for achieving the premium, profit, business growth and performance targets for the segment, leading Zurich to the number one seller of Business Insurance in Australia. Managing Director & CEO of Steadfast, Robert Kelly, said, “The appointment of Bobby is key to the ongoing success of CHU. He has an impressive track record of building high performance teams, leading transformation and change, leveraging technology and delivering results. We look forward to working with Bobby to add value to and grow CHU.� Mr Lehane joined Zurich Financial Services Australia in November 2007 as Chief Information Officer and as a member of the leadership team, he was promoted to the role of Chief Information Officer for Asia Pacific & Middle East in 2009 and to Chief Operating Officer of APAC General Insurance in January 2011, moving to his EGM role in June 2012 and running the business he had previously enabled as CIO. His previous work experience includes 12 years in technology related roles including three at Multiplex as CIO, three at Commonwealth Bank as Head of Financial Markets Technology and five at Lehman Brothers in various software development roles in London and Tokyo. For more information, please contact: Robert Kelly Steadfast Group Limited Managing Director & CEO +61 2 9495 6535
Vanessa Beresford Steadfast Group Limited Investor Relations Manager +61 2 9495 6582 vberesford@steadfast.com.au
About Steadfast Group Steadfast, established in 1996, is the largest general insurance broking network and the largest underwriting agency group in Australasia. Our network provides services to over 300 insurance broker businesses across Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Steadfast brokers and underwriting agencies generated annual billings of more than $5 billion for the 12 months ended 30 June 2014. Steadfast also operates as a co-owner and consolidator through its equity interests in a number of insurance broker businesses, underwriting agencies and other complementary businesses. For further information, please visit investor.steadfast.com.au
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