Brightwater Executive has been exclusively engaged to lead the search for this Chief of Staff appointment.
About the Company
Joining a market leading financial services organisation at a pivotal stage of their strategic road map, this is a unique and exciting time to join, with their ambitious growth journey.
The Role Purpose
The Chief of Staff partners with the CEO and ExCom to drive strategic priorities, ensure operational discipline, coordinating ExCom workflows, key initiatives, governance, and all aspects of information flow, and meeting preparation.
Strategic Partner to CEO & ExCom (Chief of Staff)
- Act as a trusted advisor and sounding board to the CEO on strategy, priorities, and organisational issues.
- Translate CEO and ExCom priorities into clear roadmaps, milestones, and action plans across functions.
- Track and drive follow through on CEO and ExCom decisions, ensuring owners, timelines, and outcomes are defined and delivered.
- Prepare the CEO for key internal and external meetings; Run or support special cross functional projects (e.g., strategic reviews, transformation initiatives, annual planning, budget cycle).
- Represent the CEO in selected internal meetings and working sessions, escalating decisions and risks as appropriate
- Support preparation for Board and Board Committee meetings, gathering input from functions and ensuring materials are concise and decision ready.
Executive Committee & Governance Management
- Manage the ExCom operating rhythm: agendas, papers, minutes, actions, and forward calendar.
- Ensure alignment between ExCom meetings, Board, and key business cycles (strategy, budget, performance reviews).
- Coordinate cross functional alignment on major initiatives, proactively surfacing dependencies, conflicts, and trade-offs.
- Maintain a central view of strategic initiatives, KPIs, and risk items, and ensure regular reporting to the CEO and ExCom.
- Build strong relationships across senior leaders to facilitate collaboration and unblock execution
CEO & ExCom Schedule
- Ensure the CEO and ExCom schedule and time usage is optimised.
- Maintain high standards of discretion, confidentiality, and judgement in all CEO related matters.
Communication, Alignment, and Culture
- Act as a communication arm for the CEO, ensuring consistent, timely messages to leaders and teams.
- Draft or coordinate CEO communications (town halls, ExCom updates, board letters, key stakeholder messages). Help shape and reinforce desired leadership behaviours and culture through how the CEO operates and engages.
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Key Competencies
- Understanding of Insurance Business Models
- Strategic Planning & Execution
- Executive Governance & Board Support
- Financial & Business Acumen
- Data, Reporting & Decision Support
- Stakeholder Communications
Experience & Qualifications
- 8–12+ years’ experience in management consulting, strategy, Chief of Staff, senior project/program management, or similar, ideally with exposure to C suite stakeholders.
- Prior experience supporting a CEO or C-level leader in a senior strategic, governance, operations, or programme management capacity.
- Proven track record of leading cross functional projects and driving execution in fast paced, high growth or transformation environments.
- Exceptional organisational and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage many concurrent tasks while maintaining high standards.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capability; able to synthesise complex information into concise insights and recommendations.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to tailor style for Board, ExCom, and broader organisation.
Brightwater Executive has been exclusively engaged to lead this search. For a confidential discussion regarding this Chief of Staff position, please apply in confidence contact: Estelle Davis at
e.davis@brightwaterexecutive.com
DDI: + 353 1 592 7844 | +353 86 384 9662.
