BOXX Scoops up Sales Leader from Beazley and Announces its First CFO

BOXX Insurance, Canada’s leading cyber insurtech announced its appointment of Alain Jullienne, as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Cheryl Hobbs as Head of Broker Distribution, Canada to further accelerate the company’s growth and purpose of making the world a digitally safer place.   

The two senior hires come on the heels of achieving 10x growth, as well as an injection of US$24.5M of growth capital in the last 2 years. 

“The new additions to our senior team are top quality and I am delighted they felt BOXX was the right place for them to continue their successful career journeys,” said BOXX co-founder and CEO Vishal Kundi. 

Alain brings over 20 years of global finance and accounting experience within Financial Services to BOXX, having worked in South Africa, UK and Canada. For the past 15 years, Alain held progressive finance and strategic leadership roles at Aviva Canada before holding the Interim CFO position. 

“I am incredibly excited to join BOXX at such an important stage in its growth journey. As CFO, I look forward to helping build an exciting business that can scale smart and achieve continued success.” said Alain on the appointment. 

Cheryl Hobbs brings over 20 years of industry sales and leadership experience in broker management and business development, as well as underwriting at both insurance carriers and MGAs. Her strong market credentials will be invaluable as BOXX gears up for its next phase of growth. 

“I am honoured to be joining the BOXX team. Their innovative and client centric approach is what attracted me to this position. I look forward to connecting with our Broker partners to help them deliver world-class solutions that will meet their clients’ risk needs.” 

“As BOXX continues to see more demand for our products and services, Cheryl will play an integral role in managing our expanding number of broker relationships,” said Phil Baker, President of BOXX Canada. He continues “I am excited to work with her again and to see her help our broker partners close the ever-developing cyber risk gap for their clients.” 

Please join us in welcoming Alain and Cheryl to BOXX!