John Tighe is our President and Chief Executive Officer.

He assumed this position with Royal & SunAlliance USA on October 1, 2003, after serving as chief risk officer, responsible for corporate risk levels and aggregation, mitigation measures and claims resolution.

A 25-year veteran of Royal & SunAlliance, John has been president and chief operating officer of the Custom Risk Insurance Division, and chief executive officer of the Risk Management & Global (RM&G) business unit. 

He has worked in a wide range of senior-level management and leadership positions, including: senior vice president/western region executive, business and product development executive, vice president/eastern region support executive, vice president/central regional field executive, and resident vice president/general manager.

John is a graduate of the general management program at Centre Europeen d'Education Permanente in Paris, France. He has a bachelor's degree in psychology from Illinois State University.