12 October 2017

Coface has appointed Berna Keskin as the acting interim Country Manager for GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council Countries, consisting of UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia), based in Dubai and succeeding Massimo Falcioni, who has decided to pursue opportunities outside Coface.  Berna Keskin was last appointed to the position of COO for the GCC Countries.

Berna joined Coface in Turkey in 2007 as Director of Underwriting and Claims departments after 10 years’ experience in various public and private financial institutions. She worked as Chief Risk Underwriting Officer for Coface Turkey since 2013 and in 2015 extended her responsibilities to Deputy Risk Underwriting Director for Mediterranean Africa Region.

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 About Cofacee

Coface, a world-leading credit insurer, offers 50,000 companies around the globe solutions to protect them against the risk of financial default of their clients, both on their domestic and export markets. The Group, which aims to be the most agile global credit insurer in the industry, is present in 100 countries, employs 4,300 people and posted consolidated turnover of €1.411 billion in 2016.  Coface publishes quarterly country and sector risk assessments, based on its unique knowledge of companies’ payment behavior and on the expertise of its 660 underwriters and credit analysts located close to clients and their debtors.

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Coface SA. is listed on Euronext Paris – Compartment B

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