Bespoke

Seán is EEA Deputy CUO at The Fidelis Partnership. Seán joined Fidelis Insurance in April 2020. He has over 6 years’ experience in the insurance and reinsurance industry. He most recently worked with ffh Management Services (Fairfax company) where he held Reinsurance Technician and Team Leader roles. Seán also completed a 24 week intercompany rotation programme in London with Advent Syndicate in 2017 with the Exposure Management and Casualty Treaty teams. Seán graduated from the University of Limerick in 2013 (BBS degree majoring in Risk Management and Insurance) and holds the Diploma in Insurance from the Chartered Insurance Institute.

Email: Sean.Harty@fidelispartnership.com

Mel is Head of Asset Backed Finance and Portfolio Credit Underwriting at  The Fidelis Partnership. Mel joined Fidelis Insurance in 2019 from AmTrust where she was an Underwriter for the Mortgage & Credit division. Mel has nearly 15 years of experience in insurance in a variety of roles ranging from risk management, pricing and underwriting. Previously Mel was at HSBC and Genworth Financial. Mel holds a degree in Applied Statistics and Mathematics.

Email: mel.puskar@fidelispartnership.com

Savannah is Head of Underwriting Development and Head of Political Risk at The Fidelis Partnership. Savannah joined Fidelis Insurance in 2017 where she has worked across all Bespoke & Specialty Lines of the business, as well as Property Reinsurance, specifically in North America. Savannah graduated from Queen’s University, Belfast in 2017 with a Master’s degree in Violence, Terrorism & Security.

Email: Savannah.thompson@fidelispartnership.com

Alex is a Senior Underwriter on the Asset Backed Finance and Credit Portfolio team at The Fidelis Partnership, having joined in in February 2023. Alex started his career in 2014 at Deutsche Bank New York within the Syndications desk before joining Marsh’s Credit Specialties team, where he spent 5 years placing single risks and portfolio credit transactions in the non-payment credit insurance market. Alex holds a Masters in Finance from London Business School.

Email: alexandre.bueno@fidelispartnership.com

Aycan joined The Fidelis Partnership in January 2025, as a Senior Political Risk Underwriter. Bringing over eleven years’ of experience in the credit and political risk insurance sector, she began her career at Turk Eximbank in Istanbul as a Credit and Political Risk Underwriter, where she underwrote short-term and medium/long-term export credit risks and supported the organization’s international relations function. After 6 years at Turk Eximbank, she joined the Berne Union as Committee Manager, facilitating technical and legal solutions and providing data-driven analyses in the credit and political risk insurance sector to the member export credit agencies and private insurers. In 2021, she transitioned to Mizuho Bank, where she spent 3 years in structuring loans for transactions insured/guaranteed by multilateral development organizations and export credit agencies.  She holds a BSc in Economics and a MA in International Trade Management.

Email: aycan.ertugrul@fidelispartnership.com

Bernhard is Senior Credit Portfolio Underwriter in Asset Backed Finance and Portfolio Credit Underwriting at The Fidelis Partnership. Bernhard joined in 2023 from Banco Santander where he was an ABS structurer in the Securitised Products Group. Prior to this, Bernie worked for more than four years at Fitch Ratings focussing on rating ABS and RMBS transactions. Bernie holds a Master’s degree in Finance from Cass Business School (now Bayes Business School).

Email: bernhard.straeter@fidelispartnership.com

Jim is a Senior Underwriter on the Asset Backed Finance and Portfolio Credit team. He joined The Fidelis Partnership in 2024. Prior to Fidelis, Jim worked in mortgage analytics at Guy Carpenter in Philadelphia, PA. Prior to that, he was at Fannie Mae for 10-years where he contributed to the structuring and launch of both the Single-Family and Multifamily CRT programs. Jim started his career in the capital markets structuring mortgage and asset-backed securities at Bear Stearns and UBS. He graduated from Drexel University with a degree in Finance and Engineering. He is a CFA Charter holder.

Email: james.doyle@fidelispartnership.com

Kevin is a Senior Political Risk Underwriter at The Fidelis Partnership. Prior to joining in January 2025, Kevin acquired 10 years of banking sector experience, having previously worked for Citibank as a Senior Vice President, Underwriter and held various sovereign credit risk manager roles at ICBCS and Standard Bank, which included secondments in Nigeria and Ghana as an expatriate. Kevin holds a BCom (Honors) in Investment Management and Economics from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Email: kevin.orpen@fidelispartnership.com

Andrew joined in January 2024 as an Asset Backed Finance & Portfolio Credit Underwriter. He started his career as a financial services auditor at BDO, focusing on audits within the FinTech lending sector, banks, and asset managers. Having attained qualification as a Chartered Accountant in 2021, he proceeded to join Valuation Consulting, where he specialised in valuing unlisted businesses, intellectual property, and intangible assets. Andrew holds a BSc in Accounting, Business Finance and Management from the University of York.

Email: andrew.watters@fidelispartnership.com

Sinéad is an Assistant Underwriter at The Fidelis Partnership. Sinéad Cunningham joined Fidelis Insurance in June 2021 as an Underwriting Assistant. Prior to this, Sinéad worked at AXIS Capital in Dublin as an Underwriting and Operations Intern. Sinéad graduated from the University of Limerick in 2021 with a Bachelor of Business Studies honours degree with a major in Risk Management and Insurance.

Email: sinead.cunningham@fidelispartnership.com

Lorena a Portfolio Credit Analyst at The Fideis Partnerhsip. Lorena joined Fidelis Insurance in June 2022 as a Portfolio Credit Analyst. Prior to joining Fidelis Insurance, she worked as a Finance Business partner and Data Analyst. Lorena hold a MSc in Investment and Quantitative Finance from Westminster University.

Email: lorena.casserly@fidelispartnership.com

Annabel is an Underwriting Assistant on the Political Risk team, having joined The Fidelis Partnership in July 2024. Prior to joining Fidelis, Annabel graduated from the University of Exeter having studied International Relations and Business Management. She also interned at the Hartford in the PRI team and at CVC Capital Partners.

Email: annabel.hills@fidelispartnership.com

Cathal is an Assistant Underwriter at The Fidelis Partnership. Cathal joined Fidelis Insurance in 2022. Prior to joining Fidelis, Cathal worked in the renewals team at Arachas Corporate Brokers. Cathal holds an honours degree in Risk Management and Insurance from the University of Limerick.   

Email: Cathal.Ruane@fidelispartnership.com

Conor is an Assistant Underwriter at The Fidelis Partnership. Conor joined Fidelis Insurance in 2022. Prior to Fidelis Insurance, he worked for Axis Capital as a control operations and DUA intern. Conor graduated from the University of Limerick with a Bachelor of Business, majoring in Insurance and Risk Management.

Email: conor.pearson@fidelispartnership.com