Dominic F. Silvester

CEO at Enstar Group

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.

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.

Timeline

  • CEO

    Current role

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