Executive Management

Sid Sankaran took up leadership of SiriusPoint, as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, at the company’s inception in 2021. He was instrumental in the creation of the global insurer and reinsurer, having served as the lead Independent Director on the Third Point Re Board during the acquisition of Sirius Group. He brings extensive insurance and business leadership experience to the team.

Sid has most recently been the Chief Financial Officer at insuretech Oscar Health. He joined Oscar in 2019, after spending over eight years at American International Group (AIG). At AIG he served as Chief Financial Officer of the group having been appointed to the role in December 2015, and had previously served as the company’s Chief Risk Officer post financial crisis. Sid was a key member of the executive team that led AIG through its re-structuring from government support and re-IPO as an independent company.

Before AIG, Sid was a Partner in the Finance and Risk practice of Oliver Wyman Financial Services where he led the company’s Toronto office. He graduated with distinction from the University of Waterloo with a Bachelor of Mathematics majoring in actuarial science.

Seen as an innovator and problem-solver, Sid has laid the foundations for a new type of global insurer and reinsurer in SiriusPoint. He is passionate about changing the face of the industry and advancing the consumer and client experience through technology, data and creative entrepreneurial thinking.

As part of the senior executive team at SiriusPoint, Monica Cramér Manhem serves as President of International Reinsurance.

Before the Sirius Group and Third Point Re merger, Monica was the President of Global Reinsurance at Sirius. She was also the President and Chief Executive Officer of Sirius International Insurance Corporation, the largest reinsurance company in Scandinavia.

Monica, who joined Sirius in 1985, has been a Director of the Board since 2014. She has held several key underwriting positions throughout her career, including Business Unit Manager/Area Underwriter for Scandinavia, Southern Europe, Latin and Central America, and the Nordic Markets.

Between 1989 and 2014, Monica was also Head of the Outwards Reinsurance Department, responsible for all group retrocession purchasing.

She has also been instrumental in identifying and supporting initiatives to develop and strengthen the Sirius brand around the globe.

Monica holds a degree in International Business Administration from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She is fluent in English, Swedish and French.

With her extensive market knowledge and insight into client needs, Monica successfully led Sirius Group and Sirius International Insurance Corporation through challenging market conditions by focusing on the maintenance of sustainable, profitable underwriting, and strengthening relationships.

Rachael Dugan is Chief Legal Officer at SiriusPoint.

Rachael was formerly General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Reverence Capital Partners, a private investment fund based in New York.

She joined Reverence in 2019 after more than five years at Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), where she served as Chief Strategy and M&A Counsel. In that role, Rachael was responsible for overseeing mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and other strategic transactions for MMC and its four operating companies (Marsh, Mercer, Guy Carpenter and Oliver Wyman) globally from a legal and compliance perspective. At MMC, Rachael also managed the securities compliance team that supports MMC's broker-dealer and investment advisory businesses.

Prior to MMC, Rachael was an associate in the M&A group at Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP (S&C) for more than six years. At S&C, Rachael advised numerous domestic and foreign clients in a range of public and private M&A transactions, joint ventures and other strategic transactions.

Rachael has a B.S. in Biology from Loyola College in Maryland, with honors, and J.D. from Columbia Law School, graduating as a Stone Scholar.

Prashanth Gangu serves on the executive team as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and President of Insurance and Services.

As COO, Prashanth oversees SiriusPoint's operating platform with an emphasis on upgrading technology and operational capabilities. Responsible for enterprise strategy and capital allocation, he will direct corporate development and lead the evaluation of strategic investment and partnership opportunities. As President of the Insurance and Services division, Prashanth is responsible for managing and growing a technology-enabled insurance business.

Prashanth joins SiriusPoint from Oliver Wyman, where he was Partner and Head of Americas P&C Insurance.

Prashanth was active in the insurance M&A space, advising private equity investors on transactions covering carriers, brokers, MGAs, TPAs, networks, services and software providers.

He co-led the firm’s insurtech platform, was a keynote speaker at InsureTech Connect, the world’s largest gathering of insurance leaders and innovators, and was involved with the World Economic Forum.

Prashanth published the article “We Need to Approach AI Risks Like We Do Natural Disasters” in HBR, and has co-authored various Oliver Wyman reports. Prior to Oliver Wyman, Prashanth worked at the Mitchell Madison Group.

Prashanth received a post-graduate Engineering degree from Caltech, a Master’s in Aeronautics from Caltech, and a Bachelor’s in Aerospace Engineering from IIT Bombay.

David Govrin is SiriusPoint’s Global Chief Underwriting Officer and President, Americas Reinsurance.

David brings 32 years’ industry experience to the SiriusPoint leadership team. He has a diverse background having split his career in various roles on the advisory side of the industry and risk taking across a range of products and sectors. His background includes reinsurance brokerage, investment banking, capital markets, private equity, and underwriting.

David has served in a variety of senior positions at Third Point Reinsurance and was most recently President of Third Point Reinsurance (USA) Ltd., a position he held since May 2019. He also served as Head of Business Development of Third Point Reinsurance, and began at Third Point Re in April 2017 as an Executive Vice President, Underwriting.

Prior to joining Third Point Re, he was a Vice President in Berkshire Hathaway’s Reinsurance Group for seven years and a key member of the underwriting team. Before joining Berkshire, David founded Hudson Insurance Capital Partners in 2007, a specialty insurance-focused private equity fund, and Sierra Re Advisors, a boutique reinsurance intermediary.

Prior to forming Sierra in 2006, David built his reinsurance career at Goldman Sachs (1997 - 2002) and Guy Carpenter (1989 - 1997), in addition to Citigroup and Ritchie Capital Management.

Before entering the reinsurance business in 1989, David spent three years in fixed income at Dean Witter Reynolds and began his career in 1985 as a commercial credit analyst at Horizon Bank.

David holds a BSBA in finance/real estate from the University of Denver, and an MBA in finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business.

Bringing 20 years of experience to the role of Chief People Officer, Vievette M. Henry is responsible for leading the People function for SiriusPoint and its approximately 1,200 staff members worldwide.

An experienced HR executive, Vievette has led successful global human capital strategies, organizational development and talent management programs for multinational companies. Her additional specialties include building inclusive organizational culture; diversity, equity and inclusion; internal talent development, mobility initiatives and succession management, and emerging women leadership development programs.

Vievette joins from American Insurance Group (AIG) in New York, where for the past three years she has served as Global Head of Talent, Organizational Effectiveness, and Chief Diversity Officer.

Prior to joining AIG in 2014, Vievette served as Executive Director, Strategic Human Resources Partner at Columbia University in New York. She previously held HR positions in Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, Pfizer and Credit Suisse Investment Bank.

Based in New York, Vievette, holds a BA in Computer Science from Clarke University, and an MBA from Dowling College School of Business.

David brings 23 years’ industry experience to the role of Chief Financial Officer, SiriusPoint.

He most recently served as Chief Operating Officer of Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. He joined the company in October 2020, from American International Group (AIG), where he was Chief Financial Officer for the international division of the General Insurance segment from 2018.

From 2016, David was AIG’s Corporate Treasurer, and from 2014 to 2016, he was Head of Capital Strategy for AIG’s Treasury Group.

Previously, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President for the Asia Pacific division of AIG’s Property and Casualty segment, Managing Director of AIG Strategic Planning, and a Senior Political Risk Underwriter for AIG’s Trade Credit and Political Risk division.

David holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Soviet Studies from Boston University, a Master of Arts in International Affairs from George Washington University, and an MBA in Analytical Finance and Accounting from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

He is Chairperson of the Finance Committee for the Parish of St. Catherine’s and St. Agnes in Riverside, CT and finance chair and Assistant Scout Master for BSA Troop 11.

Andreas brings over 20 years of experience in risk management and actuarial roles in the global property and casualty and life (re)insurance industry.

Prior to joining SiriusPoint, Andreas was the Chief Risk Officer of Bernina Re, an ILS reinsurer. As a member of the Executive Team, he led the enterprise risk management team and oversaw the build-up and development of the risk management and modelling functions.

Prior to Bernina Re, Andreas served as Chief Risk Officer and Executive Team member at Tokio Millennium Re, leading a global risk management and actuarial team. Before that he held the Chief Risk Officer position at AXA Winterthur. Andreas also has experience as an executive director at EY's Financial Services Risk Management practice, and has held risk management and actuarial roles at Converium (now Scor) and Zurich Insurance.

Based in Zurich, Andreas is a qualified actuary with CERA designation. He holds a PhD in Physics from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and a Master’s degree in Physics from the University of Bern.

Ming Zhang is SiriusPoint’s Chief Investment Officer.

Ming was previously Chief Investment Officer of Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. Prior to joining Third Point Re, Ming served as Senior Vice President, Head of Insurance and Product Risk Management at MetLife Inc., with responsibility for MetLife’s global insurance risk management, product risk and pricing oversight, and product and case approvals.

Prior to joining MetLife, Ming worked at American International Group from 2011 to 2019, where he most recently served as Senior Managing Director, Chief Market Risk Officer, responsible for AIG’s global market risk management, strategy and oversight, while also heading AIG’s Group Internal Capital program and Portfolio Analytics for AIG Investments. Previous to AIG, Ming worked as an engagement manager at Oliver Wyman, covering financial services clients.

Ming holds a PhD in Physics from the University of Chicago, and a Bachelor’s degree from Peking University.