Emmanuel Dubreuil and François Bucchini, have joined the board of directors of reinsurer PartnerRe Ltd, replacing Sylvestre Frézal and Thierry Francq.

Mr Dubreuil is head of insurance and reinsurance initiatives at Covéa, having joined Covéa in 2019, as head of reinsurance cessions.

Prior to that, he was a partner at PwC France in risk and value measurement services, from 2015 to 2019 and he occupied various positions in the reinsurance broking industry (Benfield, Aon, Guy Carpenter) between 1996 and 2015.

Mr Bucchini who joined Covéa Group in 2022 is head of International and has previously held various senior management positions.

He served as France deputy CEO and member of the Group Risk Committee at Willis Towers Watson (2015-2020), Groupama as head of Insurance, Axa as chairman and CEO of Axa Cessions, P&C France general manager, deputy CEO and CFO of Axa Corporate Solutions.

PartnerRe chairman Thierry Derez said: “On behalf of the board, Jacques Bonneau and I would like to thank Sylvestre and Thierry for their contributions during their time on the PartnerRe board.

“We also extend a warm welcome to Emmanuel and François. Together they bring more than 60 years of experience in the reinsurance industry. The combination of their deep professional experience and breadth of industry knowledge will bring a valuable perspective and we look forward to their contributions.”

The PartnerRe board comprises nine directors, four of whom are independent from the company.