Zurich Global Appoints Lestan to Head of Risk Engineering

Elizabeth Lestan has been named head of Zurich Global Energy’s Risk Engineering.

As head of risk engineering, Lestan will be responsible for all global risk management services, coordinating risk-engineering analysis for onshore and offshore energy risks. She will also manage the integration of the unit’s risk engineering services with claims and underwriting operations.

Most recently Lestan, who will be based out of Zurich Global Energy’s New York office, was a senior risk engineer in Zurich North America’s Services unit, where she served as an oil/petro specialist and oil/petro/mining team leader.