ACE Appoints McDonald as Regional General Counsel for Eurasia & Africa

ACE Group has appointed Susan McDonald to the role of regional general counsel for Eurasia and Africa, as it continues to build its management team in its newest business region.

Currently legal and compliance manager for MENA, in her new role McDonald will be responsible for overseeing the legal and compliance functions of ACE’s operations in Eurasia and Africa. She will provide guidance, advice and support on all legal and compliance issues to the business and will work with country legal and compliance officers to ensure that all local regulatory and ACE Group standards are adhered to.

McDonald has more than 20 years of legal experience in the insurance industry, spanning different regions. She joined ACE in 2010 prior to which she held a series of senior legal counsel roles for international insurers. She holds an LLM in Corporate and Commercial Law from the London School of Economics.

McDonald will continue to be based in Dubai. She will report to Giles Ward, regional president for Eurasia and Africa at ACE and to Kenneth Underhill, general counsel for ACE in Europe, Eurasia and Africa. Her appointment is effective 1 April.

Source: ACE Group