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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 is senior vice president, strategic distribution and development for global markets at Sompo International. She has over 20 years of international experience across insurance, banking, oil and gas, and the United Nations. She is responsible for broker management, broker relationships and broker portfolio management as well as strategic initiatives in the distribution space.
Prior to joining Sompo International in 2021, Goddard was the global head of sales operations and planning at Zurich Insurance, where she led the delivery of various strategic initiatives. She is an award-winning advocate for greater inclusivity across the insurance industry. She also sits on the Advisory Board of the ISC Group as a champion for gender balance and on the Executive Committee of the industry-wide Insurance Cultural Awareness Network (iCAN) as an advisory board member.
Goddard is also the co-chair of the Race Action Through Leadership (RATL) group uniquely aimed at chief executives and board chairs. She is active in D&I within the insurance industry and is a regular public speaker on race and ethnicity. Her work across the insurance industry involves raising awareness of the challenges faced by persons of colour, from recruitment through to career development and senior progression and exit. Her work involves mentoring, sponsoring, holding listening sessions and focus groups while educating middle management, hiring managers and external recruiters and broadly garnering C-suite executive sponsorship. This has enabled her to inspire over 50 C-suite executives to volunteer as mentors to a range of BME professionals across the industry.
Goddard also chaired the Annual Diversity Summit for the Association of British Insurers in 2021. She was the first winner of the Insurance Award as the Race Champion in 2019. She was recently recognised as a 2022 Business Insurance Woman to Watch and the winner of the Women in Insurance 2020 Role Model of the Year at the Women in Insurance Awards. She previously chaired the Zurich Cultural Awareness Network and has been key to leading their multicultural D&I strategy, including the publication of the Zurich UK ethnicity pay gap report in 2020, the first for the insurance industry.
Goddard has been awarded the Freedom of the City of London and is an active Livery member with the Worshipful Company of Insurers.
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Maxine Goddard
Senior Vice President, Strategic Distribution and Development
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
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Lawyers Weekly’s Top 30 Under 30 Property Finalist
2017
Promoted to Senior Associate at MinterEllison
2018
In-House Legal Counsel at L'Oréal Australia and New Zealand
2019
Australian Corporate Lawyers Award In-House Finalist
2020
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
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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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RISING STARS 2023 JUDGE