AXIS Capital Holdings Limited announced that Stephen Lord has been appointed as global chief information officer (CIO) and Robert Barriero as global head of strategic sourcing and corporate real estate. In his new role as global CIO, Lord will report directly to president and CEO Vince Tizzio and serve on the company's executive committee. He was most recently CIO, Global Specialty, Corporate Systems, HIMCO, and Enterprise Architecture at The Hartford.

Previously, Lord was CIO at Navigators Group and also held technology leadership roles at Endurance. Earlier in his career, Lord spent six years with AXIS, holding a number of leadership roles including as CIO Accident Health, global chief technology officer, and CIO Reinsurance. Barriero, who joins AXIS in the newly created role of global head of strategic sourcing and corporate real estate, will report to chief administrative and legal officer Conrad Brooks.

In this position, he will oversee the company's Vendor Management and Facilities teams as one consolidated unit. He was recently head of Property Management - Americas at Morgan Stanley. Earlier, he held leadership and management roles at Cushman Wakefield, Deutsche Bank, Pfizer, and Goldman Sachs, among others.