Avalon announces the promotion of Kevin
Sarsfield to Senior Vice President, Southern
Division & International Development and the
appointment of Grant Goldsmith as Vice
President of Business Development for our
Southern Division.
In Kevin’s new role, he
will continue to be based in our Miami
office and be responsible for our Southern
Division while also taking on responsibility
for our international expansion in Latin
America, Australia, Europe and the Middle
East. Kevin has been instrumental in growing
and developing our
FIATA Group Bond Programme and is
actively involved in
ALACAT
in Latin America. He will continue to travel
internationally to successfully build
strategic partnerships and business on a
global basis.
As Vice President of
Business Development, Grant’s experience is
a perfect fit to oversee and further develop
Avalon’s broad base of product lines within
our Southern Division. Effective May 21,
2012, Grant will be based in our Houston
office to manage responsibility for business
development in Texas, Georgia, and the
Carolinas. Grant has more than 20 years of
insurance and transportation experience,
acting as an insurance agent for Marine and
P&C lines, as well as serving as Global Risk
Manager for a multi-national logistics
company. He holds a bachelor’s degree from
the United States Military Academy and a
master’s degree from Seton Hall University,
as well as a Marine Diploma from Lloyd’s of
London. In addition to being a Certified
Insurance Counselor (CIC) and Certified Risk
Manager (CRM), Grant is pursuing his
Certified Property & Casualty Underwriter
designation.
With the addition of
Grant to the management team, Avalon has
also acquired
Overwatch, Inc., which specializes in
high-risk insurance for U.S. Government,
United Nations, NATO and International
Commercial Contractors working globally,
particularly in areas such as the Middle
East and Africa. Grant will continue to
manage Overwatch’s programs to offer these
specialized insurance services to our global
logistics clients through Avalon’s network
of offices throughout the United States and
Canada.
“These two executive
appointments add to an already strong
leadership team,” said Lisa Gelsomino,
Avalon’s President/CEO. “Our Southern
Division and international expansion efforts
will continue to flourish under Kevin’s
leadership and expertise in the logistics
industry. Grant will also bring
extraordinary insight into our global
insurance products as we continually strive
to build value-added services around our
customers’ specialized insurance needs. The
acquisition of Overwatch also allows us to
provide our clients with risk management
solutions to insure military shipments and
high-risk cargo.”
Please join us in
congratulating Kevin and welcoming Grant to
the Avalon team. Please feel free to contact
Kevin at
ksarsfield@avalonrisk.com or Grant at
ggoldsmith@avalonrisk.com. For your
convenience, all of our Houston office
contacts are listed below. As always, we
appreciate your business and look forward to
serving you.
Kevin
Sarsfield
Senior Vice President,
Southern Division & International
Development
Phone: (305) 513-0889
Fax: (305) 513-4897
ksarsfield@avalonrisk.com
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Grant Goldsmith
Vice President,
Business Development
Southern Division
Phone: (713) 343-0889
Fax: (713) 343-0890
ggoldsmith@avalonrisk.com
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Christie Brush
Senior Account Executive
Phone:
(713) 343-0893
Fax: (713) 343-0890
cbrush@avalonrisk.com |
Benita McCauley
Senior Account
Manager
Phone: (713) 343-0892
Fax: (713) 343-0890
bmccauley@avalonrisk.com |
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