Sagicor Financial Company Ltd. announced that Paula Walcott has been appointed Chief People Officer. Sagicor is also pleased to announce that Neil Freyke has been appointed Executive Vice President, Technology and Chief Digital Officer. Ms. Walcott will be based in Bridgetown, Barbados, and Mr. Freyke will be based in Toronto, Canada.

Both will be members of Sagicor's Executive Committee. Sagicor also announced that Mr. Ronald Blitstein will retire as Executive Vice President and Group Chief Information Officer as of May 31, 2024, after eleven years of service to Sagicor. Ms. Walcott joined Sagicor in 2016 as Assistant Vice President, Human Resources and was subsequently promoted to Vice President, Human Resources in September 2021, and Senior Vice President, Human Resources in June 2022, both roles with Sagicor Life Inc. Paula holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree from the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus, and a Master of Science in Human Resource Management from the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom.

Ms. Walcott is a Prosci Certified Change Management Practitioner, a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (UK), a Senior Certified Professional member of the Society for Human Resource Management (USA), a member of the Human Resource Management Association of Barbados, and a member of the International Association of Business Communicators, Barbados Chapter. Mr. Freyke was most recently Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Group Functions, Global Technology at another large financial services group. Previously, he also held progressively senior roles within data, analytics, and technology management at a Canadian chartered bank.

Neil holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland, and a Master of Business Administration degree from Saint Mary's University.