Intact Financial Corporation has named Emmanuel Clarke, former president and CEO of PartnerRe, to its board of directors. 

"We are pleased to welcome Emmanuel Clarke to our Board of Directors at this important stage of Intact's growth,” the property and casualty insurer said in a news release. “As a highly respected and seasoned professional with valuable global insurance industry experience, we look forward to Mr. Clarke's guidance as Intact continues to execute its strategy," said Claude Dussault, chair of Intact’s board of directors. 

Clarke held various roles at PartnerRe 

During his 25 years at global reinsurer PartnerRe, Clarke held various roles in the company's property and casualty, specialty lines and international divisions. In 2015, he was appointed president of the company and shortly afterwards took on the role of president and chief executive officer, where his leadership was instrumental in building the company's global reinsurance business. 

Clarke also serves on other boards of companies, including Wakam, Tremor Technologies and Compre Group.