Davies Appoints Mark DiMaio as Head of Capital Markets to Drive Global Expansion

London, UK – 09 September, 2025 – Davies, the leading specialist professional services and technology firm serving insurance and highly regulated markets, has announced the appointment of Mark DiMaio as Head of Capital Markets.

Davies’ consulting & technology division helps insurers to develop their business, technology and people performance by managing complex projects in areas including underwriting, policy administration, claims, compliance and data - using transformative technology to inspire innovation and enhance the customer experience.

Mark DiMaio was previously Senior Advisor and Founder at Pelagic Strategic Partners LLC, a provider of strategic advisory service to global fintech, financial and professional services clients, C-suites, investors and venture capitalists. Following many years of leading professional services advisory businesses and supporting a wide range of financial services organisations.

In order to accelerate the growth of the firm’s consulting & technology division, as a specialist in banking and capital markets, spanning the US, Canada, Europe, APAC and the Middle East - Mark will lead the division’s go-to market strategy and solutions across the globe, with an emphasis on leveraging his long-standing relationships in the global financial services industry.

In this newly created role, Mark DiMaio will be supported by Peter Keaveney as part of the Financial Services strategy for North America. Peter will focus on strengthening Davies’ global relationships with Trust banks, while continuing to lead locally in Asset & Wealth Management. He will also collaborate across adjacent divisions, to identify synergies and drive broader growth opportunities.

Commenting on the leadership announcement, Pino Vallejo, Chief Executive Officer – Consulting & Technology, Davies, said: “We’re thrilled to welcome Mark to our global leadership team. His global perspective and long-standing financial market involvement will help us expand our reach and deliver impactful solutions worldwide.”

Mark DiMaio, Head of Capital Markets, Davies, said: "Davies has built a strong reputation for delivering value across highly regulated markets. I’m thrilled to help expand our global footprint in capital markets and bring innovative strategies to our clients. By leveraging our industry expertise and global reach, we’re well-positioned to support financial institutions through their most complex challenges."

As Davies continues to deliver on its Vision 2030 strategy, strengthening leadership across key markets remains a significant priority. The appointment of Mark DiMaio reflects the firm’s commitment to geographic and solution expansion, operational excellence and organic growth.

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Louisa Best, Senior PR Manager, Davies
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Sarah Allen, Head of PR, Davies   
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About Davies   

Davies delivers specialist professional services and technology solutions across the risk and insurance value chain, including excellence in claims, underwriting, distribution, regulation & risk, forensic accounting, customer experience, human capital, digital transformation & change management. In February 2023 Davies announced it had simplified its operations and aligned the business across three operating units: Davies Global Solutions, Davies UK & Ireland, and Davies U.S. Davies has an 8,500 strong team of professionals operating across 20+ countries, including the UK & the U.S., with headquarters in the City of London. Davies’ investors are BC Partners, HGGC, AIMCo (acting on behalf of certain of its clients), and Davies’ employees following BC Partners majority investment in March 2021, HGGC’s investment in January 2017 and AIMCo’s investment in January 2019. Over the past ten years Davies has grown its annual revenues more than 25-fold, invested heavily in research & development, innovation & artificial intelligence (“AI”), platform integration & underlying business systems, colleague development, and client service. Today the group serves more than 1,700 insurance, financial services, public sector, and other highly regulated clients. In the past year Davies has added more than 200 new accounts to its organic platform. In addition, Davies has successfully broadened and deepened its operations and digital capabilities via targeted acquisitions. Since the start of 2017 Davies has acquired: Cynergie, CMSL, Ambant, ServiceTick, TLSS, R&Q’s insurance services business, Ember, Direct Group’s claims businesses, Veriphy, USA Risk Group, TMS, GBB, Banwells, Frontier, FWD, ASC, Thornton Group, Keoghs, Codebase8, Citadel & Cedar Consulting, ContactParners, TriPlus, Johnson Claim Service, Vehicle Replacement Group, BMTS, Wakely Actuarial, Northshore International Insurance Services, DMS, NPA, Littleton, Grovelands, IAS, Asta, IRS, Sionic, Merlinos, BVS, Worksmart, ProAdjust, Johns Eastern, ClaimPilot, MVP Group, Afirm, Ortac Underwriting Agency’s (“Ortac”) insurance management services portfolio, American Claims Management, Preferred Governmental Claims Services, USIS, ICA, MDD, Shoreside Law, Minuteman Adjusters, Bespoke Training Solutions, Budget Claims Services Inc., (dba Barker Claim Services) and Premier Claims Management. More information is available at www.davies-group.com.  

About BC Partners   

BC Partners is a leading investment firm with over €40 billion in assets under management across private equity, private debt, and real estate strategies. Established in 1986, BC Partners has played an active role for over three decades in developing the European buy-out market. Today BC Partners integrated transatlantic investment teams work from offices in Europe and North America and are aligned across our four core sectors: Healthcare, TMT, Business Services & Industrials, and Consumer. Since its foundation, BC Partners has completed over 126 private equity investments in companies with a total enterprise value of over €160 billion and is currently investing its eleventh private equity buyout fund. For more information, please visit www.bcpartners.com. 

About HGGC    

HGGC is a leading middle-market private equity firm with $4.3 billion in cumulative capital commitments. Based in Palo Alto, Calif., HGGC is distinguished by its Advantaged Investing approach that enables the firm to source and acquire scalable businesses through partnerships with management teams, founders and sponsors who reinvest alongside HGGC, creating a strong alignment of interests. Over its history, HGGC has completed more than 130 platform investments, add-on acquisitions, recapitalizations and liquidity events with an aggregate transaction value of nearly $22 billion. More information, including a complete list of current and former portfolio companies is available at www.hggc.com.     

About Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo)

AIMCo is one of Canada’s largest and most diversified institutional investment managers with more than C$179.6 billion of assets under management as at December 31, 2024. AIMCo invests globally on behalf of pension, endowment, insurance, and government funds in the Province of Alberta. With offices in Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, London, and Luxembourg, our more than 200 investment professionals bring deep expertise in a range of sectors, geographies, and industries. For more information on AIMCo please visit www.aimco.ca and follow us on LinkedIn.