Karen Barkley appointed president and CEO of ACE Canada

ACE INA Insurance and ACE INA Life Insurance, part of the ACE Group of Companies, has appointed Karen Barkley as president and CEO of ACE Canada.
She succeeds Daniel Courtemanche, who is now the president and CEO of GCAN Holdings Inc., part of the Ontario Teachers Pension Funds Ontario teachers Private Capital.
Barkley was previously the chief operations officer for ACE INA Insurance. She will now be responsible for managing ACE’s operations in Canada. In her new role, she will report to John Lupica, president and CEO of ACE USA.
“Karen is a proven leader within our organization and the Canadian market,” Lupica said in a press release. “I am confident in her ability to lead our Canadian operation and to maintain ACE Canada’s history of delivering results.”
Barkley joined ACE in 1992 in the risk management unit. She has held several senior management positions within ACE Canada.
Barkley earned a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Athabasca University. In addition, she has CIP and CRM designations.
ACE INA Insurance and ACE INA Life Insurance are members of the ACE Group of Companies (NYSE: ACE). ACE INA Insurance and ACE INA Life Insurance provide commercial property and casualty and accident and health insurance products and services throughout Canada.