Markel Corp.

JOHN LATHAM John Latham may refer to:

John Latham (ornithologist) (1740–1837), English physician, naturalist and author
John Latham (jurist) (1877–1964), Australian judge and politician
John Latham (artist) (1921–2006), a conceptual artist born in Zambia

has been named senior vice president of operations at property/casualty insurer MARKEL CORP. Chief Technical Officer DAVID David, in the Bible
David, d. c.970 B.C., king of ancient Israel (c.1010–970 B.C.), successor of Saul. The Book of First Samuel introduces him as the youngest of eight sons who is anointed king by Samuel to replace Saul, who had been deemed a failure. EGBERT will fill Latham's former position of chief information officer.

Before he became CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.

(Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. , Latham was chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO)

The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. for Markel Re. Prior to that, he had been president and chief executive officer of Colony Insurance Co.

Egbert joined Markel as chief technical officer in March. Prior to that, he was CIO for Viasystems Technologies.

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