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In his time at Swiss Re, Nick Raymond has progressed through different areas of the flagship insurance group, and has played a pivotal role in ‘corporate reorganisation’ that has precipitated change ‘within a legal department which has had to evolve with the business.’ The variety and diversity of his role is self-evident, as he oversees ‘elements in finance, disclosure, collateral management and regulatory insurance’, the mandate having grown incrementally in the last four years. The financial crisis of 2008/09 and its aftermath posed huge challenges for Nick and his team but also a mechanism through which he could show his value; ‘negotiating our way through the uncertainty and trying to keep up with the pace of regulatory change were all things we had to deal with’. Even today, much of the work Nick deals with is still as a result of 2008/09 crisis.