Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited has announced that Joshua Brekenfeld has been appointed as the firm’s director of global corporate development.

Brekenfeld joins Aspen from Lloyd’s of London where he spent six years in senior leadership roles, most recently leading the business oversight relationship between Lloyd’s and 10 companies operating in the Lloyd’s market.

In this new role, Josh will report to Mark Cloutier, executive chairman and group chief executive officer at Aspen Insurance, and will work closely with other senior personnel – including group chief operating officer Mike Cain, chief strategy officer Marcus Foley, group general counsel Silvia Martinez, and global head of insurance marketing and distribution and head of insurance London Jonny Atkinson.

“I am delighted that Josh is joining Aspen,” said Cloutier. “His proven experience and expertise will be invaluable as we strive to achieve organisational excellence within the business and develop further our corporate initiatives across a broad range of areas. Josh will be an excellent addition to our senior team at Aspen and I very much look forward to working with him.”