Jonathan Hughes is Managing Director of EMEA for RGAX, the transformation engine of Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (RGA). He is responsible for driving business strategy for the EMEA region and collaborating closely with partners as well as with RGA. Jonathan works closely with life insurers, distributors, fintech companies and digital health start-ups to help develop a range of innovative life and health insurance propositions. Jonathan joined RGA’s U.K. branch in 2013 as Head of Strategic Development and became a founding member of the U.K. Ventures team, which became part of RGAX in 2017. Previously, he worked for Munich Re in various roles, leading teams of actuaries, development underwriters, and data analysts in new business, pricing, product development and research functions. Before then, he was an actuarial consultant with pension consulting company Mercer.