French reinsurer SCOR announced it has expanded its group finance functions with the appointment of Ian KELLY as Head of Investor Relations (with effect from November 1, 2016) and Bertrand BOUGON as Head of Group Ratings & Capital and SCOR SE Finance Director.

Ian KELLY will be based in London and will report to Mark KOCIANCIC, Group Chief Financial Officer. Ian KELLY will continue to oversee the Group Financial Planning & Analysis and Group Cost Control and Budgeting departments.

Bertrand BOUGON will also report to KOCIANCIC, and will be based in Paris.

Ian KELLY, 49, is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. Having begun his career with Prudential, he subsequently joined the Gerling Group (later Revios UK) in London working for its life reinsurance operations. Following the acquisition of the Revios Group by SCOR, Ian became CFO of the UK operations before taking up the role of Head of Group Financial Consolidation, and then of Head of Group Financial Planning and Analysis.

Bertrand BOUGON, 44, is an actuary and a graduate of the Euro Institut d'Actuariat and the London Business School. He started his career with Rhodia Assurances, a Winterthur Group company, where he was Planning & Controlling Manager. He joined SCOR in 2005 as Group Management Controller. In 2008, he became Rating Agencies Director, a function that was subsequently extended to capital management. He was promoted to Deputy Head of Cash and Capital Management in May 2013, and Head of Investor Relations & Rating Agencies in October 2014.