Swiss Re’s Klena Joins ACE North American Marketing, Communications Team

ACE Group has appointed Cora Klena as senior vice president, North American Marketing and Communications. Klena will be responsible for marketing and communications for the company’s North American businesses including public relations, event marketing, employee communications, print and digital marketing communications, and executing ACE’s brand-related strategies in the United States and Canada.

Klena joins ACE from SwissRe, where she served as senior vice president and head of Corporate Communications for the Americas, responsible for marketing and communications in the United States, Canada and Latin America. She previously served as a senior communications partner for USAA in its life insurance operations and and as a senior communications manager at E*Trade.

Klena will be based in Philadelphia and report to John Lupica, vice chairman of ACE Limited and chairman, Insurance – North America. She will report on a functional basis to Patrick McGovern, senior vice president and chief communications officer for ACE Group.