Veronica Scotti

Veronica Scotti is President and CEO of Swiss Re in Canada, and is responsible for the company’s Property & Casualty and Life & Health reinsurance operations in Canada and English Caribbean.  As a leader in the insurance industry, Ms. Scotti can provide insights into industry norms and trends in the climate adaptation space during our plenary on climate adaptation and mitigation.

Veronica is President and CEO of Swiss Re in Canada. Based in Toronto since April 2015, she is responsible for the company’s Property & Casualty and Life & Health reinsurance operations in Canada and English Caribbean.

She joined Swiss Re in 1999 in London when the company acquired Fox Pitt Kelton, a financial sector boutique investment bank. After relocating to Zurich in 2002 and gaining broader reinsurance experience through strategy, risk management and structured product roles, Veronica moved into client facing functions in 2007 and has held since a number of positions including Head Business Development EMEA, Key Account Manager for European headquartered clients and between 2013 and 2015, Client Executive, MD in Armonk, New York, where she managed a team with global responsibilities for some of Swiss Re’s largest US-headquartered clients.

In the five years prior to joining Swiss Re, Veronica worked in commercial and investment banking in the UK, Switzerland and Italy with Banque Paribas, Union Bank of Switzerland and Banco di Napoli.

Veronica holds a Masters in International Economics and Management from the SDA Bocconi School of Management in Milan, Italy and a degree in International Commerce magna cum laude from Istituto Universitario Navale, Naples, Italy.