CAPTIVE INSIGHT
Editorial BOARD
MELISA JOHNSON
Director
Avery Consultants (Cayman) Limited
mjohnson@averyconsultants.ky
Melisa graduated from Kansas State University with
a Bachelor of Science in Accounting (1999). Melisa
has over fifteen years of experience in the insurance
industry with specialist knowledge and expertise in
the surety, property and casualty, and life and annuity
sectors. She has extensive multi-jurisdiction experience
in the captive insurance industry, having worked in
the British Virgin Islands, Barbados, Cayman and
Washington DC. Melisa’s background includes wealth
management, company management in the property
and casualty, life and annuity sectors, as well as surety
underwriting. Melisa has managed a variety of captive
structures and worked in all aspects of international
captive management, from the initial stages of
obtaining regulatory approval to the liquidation of
captive companies.
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DEREK STENSON
Partner
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Derek.Stenson@conyersdill.com
Derek Stenson is a Partner in the Cayman Islands
office of Conyers Dill & Pearman. Derek joined Conyers
in 2018. He specialises in insurance, reinsurance and
structured products, as well as a broad range of
corporate and finance matters.
Derek has extensive experience advising a wide range
of international financial and insurance institutions
on all aspects of insurance and reinsurance law and
regulation. Derek also has particular expertise advising
on repackagings and collateralized loan obligations,
corporate finance and M&A transactions, portfolio
transfers, restructurings, stock exchange listings,
mergers, migrations, contractual negotiations and
regulatory and compliance matters.
Derek has been consistently ranked as a recommended
Lawyer in Legal 500 since 2014. Clients highlight him
having “outstanding knowledge, responsiveness and
collaboration with other advisors”. They also note that
he is “intelligent, diligent, responsive and hardworking”.
ROB LEADBETTER
Vice President
USA Risk Group Cayman Islands
RobLeadbetter@usarisk.ky
As Vice President of Cayman operations for USA Risk, Rob is responsible for a portfolio of clients and serves as
a primary contact for Cayman clients and the Insurance Department of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority.
In addition, Rob serves as the liaison for offshore operations, ensuring consistency and compliance among the
company’s offshore domiciles. Rob holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the Open University
of British Columbia and has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Canada since 2001. Rob
is currently a member of the Cayman Islands Institute of Public Accountants and is a
past chairman of the Insurance Managers Association of Cayman.
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