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“No matter how many clients I have, I make sure to call each one personally every quarter. It’s a chance to not only update them on their portfolio, but also check on how they’re doing personally”
Kelvin Rampersad,
Carte Wealth Management
MaryKate Townsend joined Lloyd’s Canada in May 2023 in the role of market development director, where she supports strategic relationships with Lloyd’s stakeholders, including coverholders, underwriters, and brokers, and develops access to the Lloyd’s market for insurance partners across Western Canada. She contributes to Lloyd’s strategic goals and objectives by expanding its footprint and enhancing its market position through collaborative partnerships in Western Canada.
For nearly a decade, Townsend was manager and senior underwriter at a Canadian MGA, where she was appointed vice president of the Central Canada region in early 2022. Throughout her 15-year insurance career, she has experience as a principal broker and earned the CAIB designation, and most recently, in the first ever graduating class, the CMGA designation.
Townsend is the past president of the Canadian Association of Managing General Agents (CAMGA). While serving as an executive on the CAMGA board for two years, she focused her efforts on representing the delegated authority sector in a professional manner through education and advocacy among her peers and industry partners. She also held various roles with the London Insurance Brokers Association (LIBA), including president and chair, and has been an ambassador for the industry with the Insurance Institute of Canada.
In addition to being a wife and mother of three daughters, Townsend remains closely connected with her hometown community, where she is the founder and co-chair of the Elgin County Drowning Prevention Coalition. She also volunteers with her local Big Brothers, Big Sisters organization as an in-school student mentor.
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MaryKate Townsend
Market Development Director, Lloyd’s
Past President, Canadian Association of Managing General Agents
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“I strongly believe in working smarter, not harder. I think it’s one of the keys to living a great life, and I want to share that with as many people as possible”
Kelvin Rampersad,
Carte Wealth Management
2008
2018–2022
2010–2012
Present
2019
2022
American Express Regent’s Club award winner
2008
2018–2022: Education Partnerships Manager and Officer at Chartered Insurance Institute – creation of new diverse talent stream approaches inclusive of higher education alignment of Chartered Insurance Institute professional qualifications to degrees, consultative advice on the growth of graduate talent into insurance and financial planning
2022: EDI General Practitioner at Chartered Insurance Institute, comprising EDI learning and development and EDI strategy, creation, design and delivery; creator and curator of organisational EDI resources; NextGen Planners Education Initiative of the Year award winner
2018–
2022
Chairman of the Motor Accident Solicitors Society
2010–
2012
Carpenters Group now employs over 1,000 people with six offices in the UK, covering a range of legal and insurance services
Works with the Ministry of Justice on reforms that impact industry, speaks to the public on insurance and legal topics, and writes articles for various periodicals
Present
Joined the partnership at Wynn Williams in the property and commercial team
Appointed to the Property Council NZ Retail Committee
Invited to sit on the judging panel for Lawyers Weekly’s Australian Law Awards
2022
Suncorp Bank’s turnaround times are the lowest they have ever been. The lender becomes Australia’s first certified carbon neutral bank for both its operation and transaction services
Aug 2022
Milestones
Aug 2022
Milestones
Sept 2021
Feb 2022
Apr 2022
Jul 2022
Aug
2022
Suncorp Bank introduces Solar Home Bonus offer for customers who are choosing renewable energy for their homes
Sept 2021
Month-on-month market share growth commences
Feb 2022
Suncorp Bank wins the Canstar award for most outstanding value in investment loans
Apr 2022
Suncorp Bank wins Money Magazine’s Bank of the Year and Business Bank of the Year awards for the fifth year in a row
Jul 2022
Suncorp Bank’s turnaround times are the lowest they have ever been. The lender becomes Australia’s first certified carbon neutral bank for both its operation and transaction services
Aug 2022
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