Board of Directors

ACORD Solutions Group board chair Sabine VanderLinden is co-founder, CEO and Managing Partner of Alchemy Crew, a venture validation studio using open innovation, ecosystem thinking, and digital parallel experiment-led techniques to accelerate the identification, validation, and commercialization of new world services as well as disruptive business models. Sabine was the CEO & co-founder of Startupbootcamp InsurTech (UK) & Hartford’s InsurTech Hub Accelerator (Hartford, USA) where she built issue-led accelerators with over 30 corporate insurers, 100s of global investors and accelerated in 70+ startup ventures, helping them raise over $100m in funding. She is a pioneer in building innovation ecosystems, a co-editor of bestseller The INSURTECH Book, a multi-award winner, and a top 50 InsurTech Influencer.

Jonathan Beerman has over 35 years of experience in the Insurance and Reinsurance industry, primarily in managing Reinsurance and Pool business and in overseeing operations and Reinsurance Accounting systems.  Jonathan graduated summa cum laude from St. John’s University with a BBA in Insurance and Risk Management, is a CPCU, and holds ARe (Associate in Reinsurance) and ARM (Associate in Risk Management) designations.

Jonathan recently retired from SCOR after 17 years with the company.  The last position he held was Senior Vice President, Chief Officer Technical Accounting & Administration, for the P&C Division, where he oversaw all back-office operations globally.

Regis is the CEO of COGITANDA France, the French subsidiary of a German insurance group created in 2016 that focus on managing and insuring cyber risks. Before joining COGITANDA, Regis has been the Group CIO of SCOR for 25 years. He led the transformation of SCOR and its information system towards globalization, all cloud, close IT & Business partnership, and digital adoption. Regis joined SCOR in 1982 as a Project Manager, after a first experience in IT Consulting. He was then successively Head of IT Developments, CIO France, before being appointed Group CIO in 1992. Regis has always been committed to global insurance market initiatives. From 2014 to 2018, he has acted as the Chairman of Ruschlikon, the global community of insurers, brokers and reinsurers created to develop e-processing within the ecosystem, based upon ACORD standards. One of the Ruschlikon founders, he’s still involved in growing its footprint in new countries. Over 2017 & 2018, he chaired the Shareholder Committee of B3i, the Blockchain Insurance Industry Initiative. Régis has been vice-president of Cigref, the large Groups’ CIO organization in France, and is still a Board member of Afai, the French association for IT audit & security, the national ISACA Chapter. In 2007, he has been elected “CIO of the year” for the Finance area in France. Régis has an IT Engineer degree from the INSA Lyon High School.

As Head of Americas Operations P&C Business Management, Pascal Lehmann is leading the Technical Accounting and Claims Operations Teams for US, Canada and Latin America. His mandate is to provide timely and accurate analysis and administration of claim and technical accounting submissions, including the implementation of digitized and automated solutions.

In his former role as Head of Enabling Pascal was responsible for the design, maintenance and continuous improvement of the Operating platform for P&C Business Management. Pascal is involved in the Ruschlikon initiative since 2010, first as a member in the Business Implementation Group (BIG) and since 2017 in his role as Steering Committee member representing Swiss Re.

Harald graduated with a degree in business administration (UAS) and joined Munich Re in 1998. After various roles in Accounting and Reporting and a 2 year project delegation, he took on a management position in Technical Accounting in 2009. He led teams with different responsibilities and at the same time was heavily involved in various strategic operational and organizational projects. Since 2016, he has been managing a dedicated team of Technical Accounting and Claims Handling experts, dealing exclusively with B2B messaging.

Harald has been representing Munich Re in the Ruschlikon initiative as a member of the Business Implementation Group (BIG) since end of 2018. In his role as Global Topic Owner, he currently oversees all activities in respect of B2B messaging as well as the persistent enhancement of Munich Re´s Operations automation activities in the ACORD environment.

Ian is the Global Business Leader of AdvantageGo. In this role, Ian is responsible for the strategic direction and the operations of the company and leading AdvantageGo´s dedicated team of specialists in delivering best-in-class commercial (re)insurance software that transforms risk administration. He has a goal to build the next generation ecosystem to digitise the Specialty insurance market. Ian brings over 30 years of experience across the insurance, reinsurance and technology sectors.

Bill Pieroni is President & CEO of ACORD. Prior to his appointment in 2016, Mr. Pieroni served as the Global Chief Operating Officer of Marsh and was responsible for the firm’s global operations. Additionally, he was the Chief Technology and Transformation Officer across the Risk and Insurance Segment. Prior to joining Marsh, Mr. Pieroni was Senior Vice President and part of the Office of the Chairman at State Farm. Prior to that, he served as Aon’s Senior Vice President and Global Chief Information Officer with global responsibility for operations across retail, wholesale and reinsurance brokerage. His extensive insurance and financial services background also includes General Manager of IBM’s insurance business, a partner at Accenture, and consultant with McKinsey & Company. Mr. Pieroni earned his Bachelor of Science in accounting with University Honors & Distinction from the University of Illinois. He also received his M.B.A with Highest Distinction, and was named a Baker Scholar from Harvard University School of Business Administration.