We are a team above all

Nick joined APRIL Canada in April 2014 as CEO of its Canadian operations.
Nick has 19 years of experience in the Insurance industry across both the UK and Canada in a wide array of roles at AXA and Aon – including underwriting, pricing, product management, claims management, strategic marketing, and general management.

Kent joined April in February 2015 as National Director of Commercial Lines.
Kent brings 11 years of Insurance industry knowledge spanning Primary, with Aviva, to Reinsurance, with Munich Re – Including a strong underwriting background, market knowledge, and leadership skill set.

Russel joined APRIL Canada in 2008 through the acquisition of his successful MGA, Canada Worldwide. Russel has been a pioneer in the development of the MGA model in Canada – particularly in the creation of binding underwriting contracts with Lloyds of London. Russel has 25 years of experience as an underwriter and director working in niche markets.

Sébastien joined APRIL Canada in July 2013 as CFO. Sébastien has 9 years experience in the insurance industry, both across France and Canada. Sébastien is also now leading our Broker Development Initiatives.

After a year in the International division at the Group’s head office in France, Charlotte joined APRIL Canada in 2011.

She has been involved in various positions: assisting the CUO, creating training modules for brokers, managing projects such as online quoting tools & process workflow platforms, e-Commerce. Charlotte is now National Director – Residential. She holds an MBA in International Business and a CIP (Chartered Insurance Professional).

Katharine joined APRIL in March 2015. With fourteen years experience at top multinational companies including Pepsico and Unilever, Katharine brings a wealth of marketing experience. Before coming to Canada Katharine worked in London, Paris and Africa on brands including Pepsi, Gatorade, Lipton and Guinness.

Karin joined APRIL Canada in May 2013 as a Human Resources Director. Karin has been working in HR for 9 years. Before stepping in the insurance market 2 years ago, she worked in Market research and Retail. She also have 6 years of experience in a managerial position prior to her HR career.

Karen joined April in October 2014. Based in Vancouver Karen started in the industry in her hometown of Winnipeg and migrated West with a lengthy stop in Calgary. Over the past 17 years she’s worked in underwriting, business development, broking, system development and training with ING, Zurich, CGI/IAO and Aon.

Patricia joined APRIL in November 2012 as a Residential Underwriter. She became the Residential Team Leader in 2015, and was appointed Transport & Personal Lines Director in 2016. She is now Personal and commercial vehicles Director.

She has been working passionately within the industry for more than 20 years as a trainer, underwriter and as a manager.

Known for her close relationships with brokers, her high-quality customer service can only benefit our Canadian brokers and their clients. She always works hard to implement new products and solutions to ease brokers’ lives.

Kent joined April in February 2015 as National Director of Commercial Lines.
Kent brings 11 years of Insurance industry knowledge spanning Primary, with Aviva, to Reinsurance, with Munich Re – Including a strong underwriting background, market knowledge, and leadership skill set.

John Azzarello joined April in 2015 as Commercial Team Leader in the Toronto office of April Canada.  The addition of John to our Toronto office brings an experienced Team Leader with multi-line commercial underwriting, management and business development background. John’s experience adds depth to April’s offering in Ontario and strong leadership to assist underwriters and brokers in our shared growth opportunities.

After working at Coast Capital Insurance Services Ltd. in British Columbia for 22 years, Lucie joined APRIL Canada in September 2015 as a senior underwriter in residential insurance.

Her know-how in underwriting and her 31 years of experience as a broker and manager has allowed her to be promoted in November 2016 as a residential Team Leader (out of Quebec).

Her passion results in her strong engagement towards the industry: she has recently instructed CIP & IBABC courses. Thanks to that, she has developed a particularly strong contact with the brokers.

Lucie proudly represents the values of APRIL Canada, she doesn’t hesitate to think “out of the box” to help our brokers with their difficult risks.

After working two years as a client advisor in one of the main bank organizations in French, Mickael joined APRIL Canada in 2014 as Residential Underwriter.

His underwriting knowledge and his experience as a “Master User” led to his promotion as Personal Lines Team Leader in Quebec in November 2016.

Mickael is always looking to improve his set of skills and knowledge, and is currently working on his CIP.

After many years at Assuraction Transport Expert, a brokerage firm specialized in transport, Melanie joined APRIL Canada in 2009 as an underwriter in our Transport team.

With her underwriting knowledge and her 15 years of experience as an underwriter, Melanie was quickly promoted Team leader of our Non-Fleet Transport department. Since 2018, she is our Personal and commercial vehicles Team Leader.

Melanie has a deep expertise in the Transport industry, and she’s always keen to go the extra mile to offer the best service possible to brokers.

Claude joined APRIL Canada in 2015, to create the Commercial Marine line. He brings with him 25 years of experience in the commercial insurance industry, allowing APRIL to develop competitive products and to create synergies with its existing commercial lines