Insurance Coffee House Podcast with Warrick Beaver, Fidelis Insurance Group

S4 EP66: Commercial curiosity, business bifurcation and culture co-creators

Warrick Beaver started his working life as an HR professional in the fashion retail industry.

“If you're talking about journeys to insurance, fashion and retail is probably as far away as you can imagine. It taught me that you were a retailer first and an HR professional second.

The lesson learned was to understand where the value creation happens and be as close to it as possible. Understand your business. That commercial curiosity has always stayed with me. It has probably stood me in good stead and helped me find impact, meaning, and alignment throughout my career.”

On the podcast this week, Warrick talks about:

- his career journey through retail and recruitment industry, FMCG manufacturing and information services to insurance
- M&A, business divestures and balancing his commercial and HR hats
- being a Chief People Officer and supporting the team in London, Dublin and Bermuda
- the impact of Fidelis Insurance Group’s operating model on talent attraction
- how candidates can translate technical capability, skills and experience in to value-add

As closing advice, Warrick says,

“Understand your business. Be as close to the value-add inflection point as possible because you will feel relevant, get immediate feedback, and will be constantly evolving with the needs of the organization.”

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