Location Ireland, Europe Regions European Union (EU), Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male
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Bob Brannock is President of Genworth’s International Protection segment. He is focused on strengthening the business outside the U.S. to enable further growth, efficiency and improving returns.
Bob is also Chairman of Genworth’s Mortgage Insurance Europe business and a board member of Genworth Financial Canada.
In 1993, Bob joined Genworth’s
former parent company, GE, following its acquisition of Irish commercial aircraft sales and leasing company, Guinness Peat Aviation. He took on the role of IT Development Director with GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) for two years before joining GE Insurance Holdings (GEIH) as Chief Information Officer in 1995. In this role, Bob was responsible for establishing Centres of Excellence for operations and systems development in Ireland. Bob was appointed Managing Director, Sales & Marketing for Lifestyle Protection in October, 2002. In July 2005 he became global CEO for the Lifestyle Protection Business extending operations to over twenty countries across the world.
Bob was educated at Greenhills College, Rathmines College of Commerce and Trinity College Dublin. He graduated in 1983 and was accepted for membership of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ACIS) in 1984.
Bob is an active member of the Global Irish Network and serves as a board member of Forfas advising on enterprise policy. He is a Fellow of the Irish Computer Society (FICS). He is based in London and the west of Ireland where he lives with his wife Adrienne and their five children.
