Howden RE has appointed Richard Pike as Executive Director Treaty Reinsurance, reporting to Head of Treaty for Asia Pacific Stephen Warwick.

Mr Pike will start in the newly created role in April and will be based in Sydney.

He will be responsible for serving clients and markets across Asia Pacific as part of the growing Treaty Reinsurance team.

Mr Pike joins from Berkley Re Asia Pacific, where he has been Regional Reinsurance Officer since March 2015, according to his LinkedIn account. Before this, he was Berkley Re Australia Chief Marketing Officer.