Dominic Silvester serves as a director and as the Chief Executive Officer of Enstar Group Limited. Mr. Silvester has served as a director and the Chief Executive Officer since the Company’s formation in 2001. In 1993, Mr. Silvester started a business venture in Bermuda to provide run-off services to the insurance and reinsurance industry. In 1995, the business was assumed by Castlewood Limited, which is now a subsidiary of Enstar Group Limited, and Mr. Silvester served as Chief Executive Officer. From 1988 until 1993, Mr. Silvester served as the Chief Financial Officer of Anchor Underwriting Managers Limited.

Dominic Silvester started his career in 1982 as a trainee at Littlejohn Frazer Chartered Accountants in London, spending four years at the firm and qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1986. Mr. Silvester then took up the role of Audit Senior at Deloitte & Touche Bermuda in 1986, working primarily on the audit of Bermuda-domiciled captive insurance companies.

In 1988, Dominic Silvester was appointed Vice President of Finance at Aon Corporation in Hamilton, Bermuda. Mr. Silvester ran all the financial aspects of Aon’s Bermuda-based MGA, called Anchor Underwriting Managers.

After five years at Aon Corporation, Dominic Silvester became CEO of Castlewood Limited, which acquired captive insurance companies that were in run-off. Castlewood Limited was formed to acquire Paumanock Insurance Company from Grumman Corporation. Castlewood Limited secured early transactions during the initial years with Wackenhut Corporation, Smith International, Altel Corporation, Allied Domecq, and Foster Wheeler.

Following a transaction in 2001, when Mr. Silvester brought on JC Flowers & Co and Stone Point Capital as shareholders, many larger transactions followed, including River Thames Insurance Company, Turegum Insurance Company, and Gordian Insurance Company. In 2007, Enstar Group Limited then acquired the Australian closed reinsurance and p/c insurance operations of AMP for $518m, leading to Castlewood Limited merging with Enstar Group Limited on 31 January 2007. The following day, Enstar Group Limited has traded on the NASDAQ with Dominic Silvester serving as a director and as the Chief Executive Officer.

Since 2002, Dominic Silvester has held the role of Director of Saracens Football Club, an English professional rugby union club based in London, England. Mr. Silvester has been on the committee of the Make a Difference Leadership Foundation (MAD) since 2003. The MAD foundation, based in Cape Town, South Africa, identifies, supports, and develops future leaders in the country by offering scholars assistance in the areas of mentorship and personal, academic and leadership development. Mr. Silvester is also a Non-Executive Chairman of Advent Sport & Event Management, a role he has held since 2009.

Dominic Silvester was educated at Blackrock College in Dublin, Ireland, before obtaining a Bachelor of Science honours degree in Accounting and Economics at the University of Hull, England.

David Ni was appointed Chief Strategy Officer in May 2022.  He joined Enstar and served as Executive Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions from 2019.  Prior to joining Enstar, Mr. Ni spent his career as an investment banker working in the U.S. and in Asia, and was a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank with responsibility for leading M&A in financial services. Prior to that, he was with Goldman Sachs for more than 10 years covering the financial services sector. Mr. Ni graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from Harvard.

Nazar Alobaidat joined Enstar as Chief Investment Officer in 2016.  He formerly served as Managing Director and CIO of AIG Property Casualty’s U.S., Canada and Bermuda regions and was with AIG from 2009-2016.  Prior to that, he served as Vice President within the investment banking division of Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital, specializing in derivatives and financing transactions for corporate clients of the investment bank.  He previously served in the capital markets group of Deloitte from 2001-2006.  Mr. Alobaidat is a Certified Public Accountant with a Master’s Degree from the University of Florida.

Audrey Taranto was appointed General Counsel in February 2019. From June 2017 to February 2019, she served as Group Head of Legal and from to April 2012 to June 2017 as SVP, Securities Counsel. She continues to serve as the Company’s Corporate Secretary, a position she has held since 2012. Prior to 2012, she served as Senior Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary at Cigna Corporation and as an Associate in the corporate department of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP.

Anguel Zaprianov joined Enstar in March 2023 as Executive Vice President, M&A. Anguel is responsible for the Company’s global M&A efforts. He oversees Enstar’s M&A Corporate Finance and Transaction Actuarial teams, as well as the Group Capital Strategy team.

Prior to joining Enstar, Anguel spent over 20 years in investment banking, focusing on debt financing, capital markets, M&A, corporate derivatives marketing, and structured credit products. In his last position in investment banking, Anguel ran Deutsche Bank’s financial institutions debt capital markets desk in New York.

Matthew (Matt) Kirk was appointed Chief Financial Officer in March 2023 after serving as Group Treasurer since 2020 where he was responsible for treasury, capital management, and investor relations. Previously, Mr. Kirk held executive roles at Sirius International Insurance Group, including Group Treasurer and President, Managing Director of Sirius Investment Advisors. Mr. Kirk was also an Assurance and Business Advisory Manager at Arthur Andersen. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (inactive).

Brent Hoffman joined Enstar in January 2024 as Group Chief Claims Officer, bringing over 25 years’ experience in claims management and legal matters. Before joining Enstar, Brent served as Reinsurance Head of Claims and Chief Operating Officer at Everest from July 2022, where he also served as interim General Counsel. His career began in private practice as an attorney from 1996 to 2002, followed by various senior legal and complex claims roles at The Hartford between 2002 and 2014. Brent later held several senior global roles at AXA XL between 2014 and 2022, including General Counsel Global Claims and Chief Claims Officer.

Chloe Paillot joined Enstar in December 2021 and currently serves as Chief Risk Officer, having previously held the role of Chief Transaction Actuary. Chloe is a qualified actuary with over 20 years of experience as a leader and strategic advisor for global companies, including Deloitte and Ernst & Young, covering M&A, reserving, capital, pricing, risk, regulatory matters, and business transformation.

Adrian Thornycroft was appointed Chief Administrative Officer in May 2025 and oversees a leading role with respect to change strategy.  Mr. Thornycroft is a seasoned Board-level leader with deep expertise in the insurance sector. He has extensive operational and leadership experience, having successfully delivered significant business and change programmes, formerly holding senior positions at companies such as Brit, Lloyd’s, MS Amlin, Royal London, Canopius, Old Mutual and Zurich Life.  

Nicholas Getter is Group Chief Actuary at Enstar. He joined the Company in July 2021, bringing more than 15 years of actuarial and leadership experience. Nicholas previously worked at The Hartford from 2010 to 2021, progressing from Actuarial Associate to Vice President and Actuary. In that role, he led actuarial teams and oversaw reserving and pricing for business lines such as Workers’ Compensation, General Casualty, and Property. He holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Forensic Science and Chemistry from the University of New Haven and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Stony Brook.