Sean Beatty became Chief Financial Officer on January 1, 2004.

He oversees all internal and external financial reporting in the US, taxation, investments, treasury, accounts payable, reinsurance accounting, and statistical and data management.

Sean joined Royal & SunAlliance USA in 1994 and has held positions of increasing responsibility within the Financial Services Department in the US. He worked for the World Group’s financial team in London for the latter half of 2003, returning to the US as part of John Tighe’s new leadership team.

Sean began his career in England at Coopers & Lybrand in Liverpool. In 1991, he moved to the Charlotte, NC office of Coopers & Lybrand LLP as a participant in the firm’s US/UK assignment program. The duration of the US assignment was extended and during that period Sean worked on the audit of Royal & SunAlliance USA, before joining the company.

Sean attended Sheffield University in Great Britain, where he earned his BSC in Mathematics. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.