US insurance giant Allstate has appointed Dr Stephen McKeown as the new managing director of its Northern Ireland business.
Dr McKeown, who will also be a vice president in the business, will head up Allstate NI’s 2,000 employees spread across three locations in Belfast, Londonderry and Strabane. He takes over from John Healy who announced his intention to step down last year.
Dr McKeown has been with the Allstate NI since 2018 and was its first Chief Information Officer appointed outside north America. He led the transformation of Allstate NI’s analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence functions, and has held positions including Director of Data Science and Real-Time Insights and Director of the AI Centre of Excellence.
