Nicola Fordham in September 2017 was appointed as Director of Underwriting of the MAXIS Global Benefits Network (MAXIS GBN), the international employee benefits joint venture between MetLife and AXA.

She joins from MetLife UK, where she was Chief Pricing Underwriter. In this role, she was in charge of technical relationship between MetLife UK and MAXIS GBN, and led a 25‑strong team of underwriters and built and delivered trainings for employee benefits associates and consultants throughout the UK. Before joining MetLife UK, Nicola held several positions with life and disability underwriting responsibilities with Unum, Generali and Zurich.