US insurance giant Allstate has appointed Dr Stephen McKeown as the new managing director of its Northern Ireland business.
Dr McKeown, who will also be a vice president in the business, will head up Allstate NI’s 2,000 employees spread across three locations in Belfast, Londonderry and Strabane. He takes over from John Healy who announced his intention to step down last year.
Dr McKeown has been with the Allstate NI since 2018 and was its first Chief Information Officer appointed outside north America. He led the transformation of Allstate NI’s analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence functions, and has held positions including Director of Data Science and Real-Time Insights and Director of the AI Centre of Excellence.
Prior to joining Allstate, Dr McKeown spent five years as CEO of Analytics Engines, a Belfast venture capital-backed advanced analytics startup, and is a founder of technology conference big data Belfast. He also previously worked at Accenture, the ECIT Global Research Institute and Microsoft.
“I am thrilled to be appointed Vice President and Managing Director of Allstate NI,” Dr. Stephen McKeown said. “Since joining the company in 2018, I have had the opportunity to ensure our digital capabilities deliver on our enterprise strategy. Allstate NI is at the forefront of that change, and I look forward to leading Allstate NI, Northern Ireland’s largest technology employer.”
Allstate NI was established in 1999 to provide high quality software development services and business solutions in support of its parent company, The Allstate Corporation.
