HSB (UK & Ireland) appoints Director of Strategic Partnerships

Sunita Poll joins HSB with 25 years of experience at AXA, where she held senior roles across global sales and account management, client services and strategy. Throughout her career, Sunita has been responsible for building, retaining, and growing complex global partnerships, working extensively at board level within a multinational environment.

From 2011, Sunita held global account director and business development positions at AXA Partners, leading major financial institution partnerships including American Express, Mastercard, Co-op Insurance, Visa and Monzo. Prior to that, she was employed in various business management positions, acquiring extensive commercial and operational expertise across the organisation.

Sunita's appointment reflects HSB's continued focus on strengthening strategic relationships and accelerating growth across its core engineering and technology insurance solutions, which include construction, computer, commercial and home cyber, and equipment breakdown.

Sunita Poll, Director of Strategic Partnerships, said: "Having spent many years in a similar environment at AXA, the scale, stability and ambition of HSB really resonates with me. I see a real opportunity for HSB UK & Ireland to grow, not only through existing strategic partnerships, but also by diversifying into new sectors and building added-value relationships with affinity partners due to our strong core products and financial strength."

Andrew Burke, CEO at HSB, commented: "Sunita joins HSB with a proven track record in nurturing long-standing and successful partnerships at AXA. Together, we share the same vision which is to support our strategic partners to deliver added value for their customers in a way that is absolutely seamless."