ACE Names Ashley Mullins Global Compliance Officer

The ACE Group today announced that Ashley Mullins has been appointed Global Compliance Officer. Based in New York, Mr. Mullins will have responsibility for providing ethics and business practices guidance and related education throughout the ACE organization, and maintaining a global monitoring function to evaluate compliance. He will report to the Audit Committee of ACE Limited’s Board of Directors, as well as to ACE Limited Chairman and CEO Evan Greenberg and General Counsel Robert Cusumano. He replaces Audrey Samers, who was recently named Deputy General Counsel, ACE North America, and General Counsel of ACE Private Risk Services.

Ashley Mullins, Global Compliance Officer, ACE Group (Photo: Business Wire)

Mr. Mullins joined ACE in 2002 as Legal Counsel to ACE Asia Pacific. In 2006 he was appointed Company Secretary and General Counsel to ACE Australia and New Zealand and played a leading role in the legal and functional integration of the ACE and Combined Insurance businesses in those countries.

"We are pleased to bring Ashley into this critical, global role,” said Mr. Cusumano. "His leadership and legal experience in the diverse and dynamic Asia Pacific region, an area that is so important to the company’s future, will be an asset as he develops effective compliance programs around the world.”

Mr. Mullins holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) degree from Bond University in Queensland, Australia, and a Master of Laws degree from the University of Sydney. He is admitted to practice before the High Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

Celebrating 25 years of insuring progress, the ACE Group is a global leader in insurance and reinsurance serving a diverse group of clients. Headed by ACE Limited (NYSE: ACE), a component of the S&P 500 stock index, the ACE Group conducts its business on a worldwide basis with operating subsidiaries in more than 50 countries and commercial and individual customers in more than 170 countries. Additional information can be found at: www.acegroup.com.

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