Quanta Capital Holdings Ltd. has appointed John J. Byrne its chief underwriting officer for Quanta's European operations, Quanta Europe Ltd., based in Dublin, Ireland.

Mr. Byrne brings more than 25 years of professional experience to the job, most recently as vice president and financial lines manager ? Iberia for AIG Europe S.A., a member of American International Group (AIG) based in Madrid.

He has also held a variety of underwriting roles with AIG Europe in London, Dublin, Prague, Paris and Madrid, in addition to his initial role with AIG's internal audit function. Prior to joining AIG, Mr. Byrne was with Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) in Dublin.

Richard Harris, managing director of Quanta's European operations, said: "John brings a strong background and significant industry expertise to Quanta Europe, and we are delighted to welcome him as the chief underwriting officer. We are looking forward to John's contributions in expanding our European specialty lines strategy and our European operations."

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