Odyssey Reinsurance Company (OdysseyRe) has named Tegwen Gromellon and Anne-Claire Serres as co-chief underwriting officers of its EMEA division, taking effect July 1, in one of the more notable leadership changes at the reinsurance group this year.
The pair will succeed Gaël Le Païh, who is retiring later in 2026 after 36 years with the company. Le Païh has served as chief underwriting officer for the EMEA division.
Serres, based in Paris, joined OdysseyRe in 2018 as market director for France. Under the new structure, she will oversee business across France, Africa and the Middle East.
Gromellon has been with OdysseyRe since 2004 and has held the role of market director for Germany, Austria, Benelux and Switzerland since 2019. He will take responsibility for the rest of Europe under the revised setup.
His brief includes the relationship with the company's representative office in Stockholm, which covers the Nordic markets, along with business across Turkey.
Isabelle Dubots-Lafitte, chief executive officer of EMEA at OdysseyRe, said the appointments acknowledged the contributions of both executives and reflected a focus on developing leadership talent from within the reinsurance organization.
She added that the moves were intended to preserve "the culture, expertise and client focus that define our value proposition." The co-CUO structure is designed to maintain continuity across the EMEA reinsurance portfolio.
The leadership transition lands alongside broader changes at the parent group.
In March 2026, Odyssey Group Holdings brought its Hudson Insurance and Newline subsidiaries under a unified brand. The move aligned all of the group's insurance and reinsurance operations under the wave symbol first adopted in 1996.
The rebrand coincided with Odyssey Group's 30th anniversary as a Fairfax Financial Holdings subsidiary, with management framing the timing as natural given the milestone.
The new EMEA leaders also take up their roles against a strong financial backdrop at parent Fairfax Financial.
Fairfax reported fiscal year 2025 net earnings of $4.77 billion, up 23%, with record underwriting profit of $1.82 billion on a consolidated combined ratio of 93.0%.
Odyssey Group itself wrote $5.96 billion in net premiums during the year. All major Fairfax insurance and reinsurance segments posted combined ratios below 100%.
