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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
Maxine Goddard, in her role as senior vice president of strategic distribution at Sompo International, spearheads broker management, broker portfolio development and strategic initiatives within the distribution space.
Actively engaged in championing diversity and inclusion within the insurance industry, Goddard holds influential roles. She sits on the global advisory board of the ISC Group and on the education and membership committees of the Worshipful Company of Insurers as a voice for gender and ethnicity. She also sits on the Executive Committee of the industry-wide Insurance Cultural Awareness Network (iCAN) as an advisory board member. She is also the co-chair of RATL, the Race Action Through Leadership group for insurance CEOs and board chairs. She chaired and facilitated the Association of British Insurers (ABI) Annual Diversity Summit in 2021.
With over two decades of international experience spanning insurance, banking, oil and gas and the United Nations, Goddard brings a wealth of insight to her role. Before joining Sompo, she held the position of global head of sales operations and planning at Zurich Insurance, where she led the delivery of various strategic initiatives.
Goddard’s contributions have garnered recognition across the industry. She was honoured as a 2022 Business Insurance Woman to Watch and received the 2020 Role Model of the Year, along with being Highly Commended Woman of the Year at the Women in Insurance Awards. In 2019, she earned the title of Race Equality Champion at the Insurance Age D&I Awards. Her influence extends globally, being recognised by Insurance Business as a Global 100 person of influence within the insurance industry. She is also a consistent presence on the Yahoo! Finance EMpower Top 100 Role Model list for 2020–22.
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Maxine Goddard
Senior Vice President, Strategic Distribution
Sompo International
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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
Milestones
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