Agency Partner Leaders
Leroy Hobson
Advent Risk Management
Ireland & UK
Leroy Hobson
Advent Risk Management
Ireland & UK
CEO of Advent Risk Management in Ireland and the UK. Leroy has 30 years of experience in the surety industry and a decade in Corporate Banking. He has held senior positions at Chubb (Head of European Surety), Zurich (Regional Head of Surety), and most recently QBE (Head of Surety, UK).
Pedro Fonseca
Advent Risk Iberia
Portugal & Spain
Pedro Fonseca
Advent Risk Iberia
Portugal & Spain
CEO of Advent Risk Iberia. Pedro is an experienced business leader with 20 years of C suite roles in Europe, Africa, and South America. His most recent role was the CEO of Chilean conglomerate, Orsan, where he developed a surety bonding business. He has experience across various sectors including Banking, Financial Services, Debt Collections, Claims Handling, and High End Retail.
Jørn Petter Grøstad
Evident Garanti
Norway
Jørn Petter Grøstad
Evident Garanti
Norway
CEO and Founder of Advent’s Norwegian Partner, Evident Garanti. Jørn has over 12 years of underwriting expertise in the Norwegian surety market. Former Manager and Director of a competing surety MGA before starting up Evident Garanti to focus on specialised surety business.
Jos Kroon
Advent Netherlands
Netherlands & Belgium
Jos Kroon
Advent Netherlands
Netherlands & Belgium
Key Advisor and Founding member of Advent Netherlands. Jos is a member of Advent’s Advisory Group. He plays a key role in setting up Advent Netherlands and developing the strategy for the Partner based on his decades of experience in the Dutch market. Jos was the Former Managing Director Europe for Liberty Mutual in the Netherlands and Former CEO of National Borg.