World property and casualty insurer Liberty Mutual Insurance has introduced the appointment of Defne Turkes as President and Managing Director (MD) of Liberty International Insurance (LII), the worldwide division of World Danger Options (GRS), efficient July 1, 2026.
She succeeds Phil Hobbs, who lately moved into the position of President of Underwriting, GRS.
In her new place, Turkes will lead strategic development throughout industrial insurance coverage internationally in addition to retail markets in Asia.
She is going to report on to GRS President Matthew Moore, who commented: “Defne brings a formidable mixture of expertise and deep worldwide insurance coverage experience.
“She is an distinctive chief, with confirmed expertise delivering operational platforms throughout advanced, multi-jurisdictional environments, alongside industrial expertise operating a multi-country enterprise.”
Turkes has been a part of Liberty since 2006, having initially joined the corporate as chief monetary officer in Turkey. Since then, she has held varied senior management positions in Asia, culminating as president of Liberty’s Asia retail companies.
Most lately, she served as chief working officer for Liberty International Insurance, a job she held for 2 years.
Previous to Liberty, Turkes labored as a Company Finance Supervisor for World Menkul Değerler, and served as Supervisor, Transaction Advisory Providers at EY earlier than that.
