– USA, MA – Safety Insurance Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SAFT) today announced the appointments of John Farina and Deborah Gray to its Board as Independent Directors, effective immediately.
The company also announced the retirement of Frederic Lindeberg from the Board of Directors, effective immediately.
About John D. Farina
Mr. Farina recently retired from PricewaterhouseCoopers as a Northeast Managing Partner and as a member of PwC’s Global Board of Directors, where he was a member of the Risk & Quality and Operations Committees. He has over three decades of experience advising both domestic and multinational Fortune 500 companies on financial accounting, regulatory, and tax matters, with deep expertise in the insurance industry.
John D. Farina is a retired partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he spent 35 years advising both domestic and multinational Fortune 500 companies on financial accounting, regulatory, and tax matters. Mr. Farina also led PwC’s US Insurance Tax practice and has deep insurance industry expertise. During his time at PwC, Mr. Farina held a variety of senior leadership roles including Managing Partner of the Northeast Region, where he was responsible for approximately 3,800 partners and staff in five offices. In this role, he oversaw strategic planning, operations, finance, risk management, human capital, and marketing functions. Mr. Farina was elected by his fellow partners for two terms on both PwC’s US and Global Boards, providing 10 years of governance oversight to the firm.
After retiring from PwC in 2021, Mr. Farina was elected to join the National Committee of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, where he serves on the Audit & Compliance Committee. Mr. Farina has also served on several non-profit boards, including the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Farina received his BBA in Accounting from Evangel University and is a CPA in Massachusetts and Texas. Mr. Farina qualifies as an “Audit Committee Financial Expert” as defined by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Committee rules.
About Deborah E. Gray
Ms. Gray joins the Board with over 30 years of experience as a corporate attorney and General Counsel for both publicly traded and private entities in a diverse range of industries, including high tech, ed tech, Software-as-a-Service, professional services, and life sciences. Her legal and business expertise with high-growth companies, ranging from start-ups to publicly traded multibillion-dollar corporations, are beneficial to Safety, particularly in risk management, compliance, data privacy and security, and corporate governance matters.
Deborah E. Gray has served in various General Counsel roles over her 30-year career, including most recently providing her expertise to non-profit and start-up organizations. Currently, she is providing General Counsel services to the Achievement Network, a private, non-profit education organization where she leads all day-to-day legal, data privacy and security, and compliance initiatives. Before this role, Ms. Gray served as VP, General Counsel, and Secretary at Acquia, Inc., a Software-as-a-Service company, from October 2011 to December 2013, where she led the creation and build-out of its global legal, data security, and corporate compliance functions including M&A, commercial contracts, licensing, real estate, employment, corporate and Board governance. From 2002 to 2011, Ms. Gray was with Charles River Laboratories International, Inc., a U.S. life sciences company providing pre-clinical/clinical lab services for pharma, medical devices, and biotech companies. At Charles River Laboratories, she was responsible for corporate, licensing, employment law, SEC and NYSE reporting and compliance, corporate governance, M&A, and general commercial contracts. In 2006, she took on the role of chief employment counsel for offices in 19 states and various locations in Canada, Japan, China, India, and Europe. Previous to this, Ms. Gray was a member of the Executive Team at Sapient Corporation, a publicly-traded professional services tech company, as VP, General Counsel, and Assistant Secretary, and with Harcourt General, a publicly-traded holding company, as Senior Corporate & SEC Counsel. Ms. Gray began her legal career at WilmerHale in Boston where she was a Junior Partner specializing in mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, and SEC compliance matters.
Ms. Gray has served on various non-profit boards including, The Home For Little Wanderers, the largest child welfare organization in the country, where she co-chaired the Nominating & Governance Committee and chaired the Risk Management Committee for many years. Previously, she was also a Trustee of Colby College and an Overseer of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Gray graduated with a B.A. from Colby College and a J.D. from Boston College Law School.
About Safety
Safety Insurance Group, Inc., based in Boston, MA, is the parent of Safety Insurance Company, Safety Indemnity Insurance Company, Safety Property and Casualty Insurance Company, and Safety Northeast Insurance Company. Operating exclusively in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine, Safety is a leading writer of property and casualty insurance products, including private passenger automobile, commercial automobile, homeowners, dwelling fire, umbrella, and business owner policies.
For more information: http://www.safetyinsurance.com/
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