Joelina Redden is Chief Legal Officer, responsible for complete legal oversight of the firm’s operations.
Ms. Redden joins Somerset Re with over 23 years of experience in the Bermuda (re)insurance industry. Before joining the company, she was General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary at Athora Life Re Ltd., and Senior Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Athora Holding Ltd., where she was responsible for legal, regulatory, corporate secretarial, governance and compliance matters. Before that, 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.
Ms. Redden graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (cum laude) in 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. She has been a member of the Bermuda Bar Association since 2002.