QBE has appointed David Germain as Group Chief Information Officer, based in the insurer’s London office.

Mr Germain will lead QBE’s global Technology Services function to deliver “transformative technology change”.

Joining from RSA Group, he reports to Group Executive Operations and Technology Matt Mansour.

“QBE has made great strides executing on our modernisation agenda over the past three years and David will continue to drive our strategic priority areas as we move into the next phase of our modernisation and digitisation initiatives,” Mr Mansour said.

“As technology becomes ever more central to driving value in the insurance sector, I’m excited to bring someone of David’s calibre into the senior executive team.”