Strategic Risk Solutions (SRS) has appointed Maxime Schons as managing director, European finance and compliance, based in the firm’s Luxembourg office. Effective on 1 September 2021, Schons will also serve on the executive committee of SRS Europe operations and will be appointed to the SRS Europe board of directors. He joins SRS from Risk and Reinsurance Solutions SA (2RS) where, for the past five years, he has been chief operating officer. Schons, who has worked at 2RS since 2013, held a variety of leadership roles and had responsibility for leading teams in all aspects of captive management, risk management, compliance, and business development. He also ran mandates as a licensed manager and/or director for a significant number of reinsurance captives in Luxembourg and France. In addition, Schons has served as a financial controller for PayPal Europe, treasury manager at Eurowatt HQ, and a senior manager in Big4. It was announced in August 2020 that SRS was expanding into Luxembourg with a new office. Brian Collins was named as managing director of its new captive management business in Luxembourg. Commenting on the appointment of Schons, SRS president and CEO Brady Young, says: “[Maxime Schons] adds strong compliance and operational expertise in Luxembourg and across our European operations and will be a key member of our European team.” While Schons will be placed in Luxembourg, his role has a pan European focus. Young notes: “We are seeing strong growth in Europe, both in new formations and takeovers, and the continued addition of senior personnel in our European domiciles is in response to the demand.”
