Before joining Somerset, Joelina was General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary at Athora Life Re Ltd. and Senior Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Athora Holding Ltd. responsible for legal, regulatory, corporate secretarial, governance and compliance matters. Previously, she was Vice President, Associate General Counsel at Allied World Assurance Company Ltd and prior to that Counsel at Appleby (Bermuda) Limited where she advised on all aspects of (re)insurance-related corporate, regulatory, compliance and transactional matters. Joelina has over 23 years of experience in the Bermuda (re)insurance industry.
Joelina graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (cum laude) (Anthropology and International Development Studies) from Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Canada. She earned a Post Graduate Diploma in Law from City St George’s University of London, England and completed the Legal Practice Course at BPP Law School, London.
Joelina has been a member of the Bermuda Bar Association since 2002.