PROVIDENCE – Enzo Rebula, who as head of human resources was charged with knitting together four companies into what would become FM Global, received the Career Achiever award at Providence Business News’ second C-Suite Awards program Thursday night.
Rebula, the senior vice president for human resources at the Johnston-based global property and casualty insurer, was working at Arkwright Mutual Insurance when in 1999 it merged with two other insurers and a jointly owned engineering and research affiliate.
He was put in charge of combining the staffs into one whole, a project that has succeeded quite well, based on the company’s financial performance and employee satisfaction. And now he is charged with increasing the diversity of the company’s workforce to more accurately reflect the insurer’s client base.
In remarks he delivered, Rebula noted that he had learned many lessons from his immigrant parents, including keeping your word, tending to details and maintaining your humility. He also emphasized that more than technology or finance or operations excellence, the most important asset of any company is its human capital. His acceptance speech followed recognition for the 13 other honorees at the event, which was held at the Omni Providence Hotel in front of 250 business leaders, co-workers and family members.
In addition to Rebula, the other C-Suite Award honorees were:
- Chief Human Resources Officer, public company, Allisha Elliott, Sensata Technologies Inc., senior vice president, chief human resources officer
- Chief Legal Officer, public company, Thomas Moriarty, CVS Health Inc., chief policy & external affairs officer and general counsel
- Chief Technology Officer, large private company, Lynn Baril, Kahn, Litwin, Renza & Co. Ltd., chief technology officer
- Chief Medical Officer, large private company, Dr. Gus Manocchia, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, chief medical officer
- Chief Human Resources Officer, large private company, Marianne Monte, Shawmut Design and Construction, chief people officer
- Chief Operating Officer, large private company, Meryl Moss, Coastal Medical Inc., chief operating officer
- Chief Business Development Officer, small private company, Laura Walmsley, Preventure, chief client officer
- Chief Technology Officer, small private company, Jeffrey Wilhelm, Envision Technology Advisors, chief technology officer
- Chief Financial Officer, nonprofit, Marc Cardin, Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America, director of support services and chief financial officer
- Chief Marketing Officer, nonprofit, Mary Heath, International Tennis Hall of Fame, chief marketing officer
- Chief Information Officer, nonprofit, Dr. Cedric Priebe, Lifespan, senior vice president and chief information officer
- Chief Operating Officer, government agency, Darin M. Early, R.I. Commerce Corp., president and chief operating officer
- Rising Star, Libby Kimzey, Capital Good Fund, chief operating officer
Presenting sponsor for the C-Suite Awards program is KPMG. Partner sponsors are the Bryant University Executive Development Center, CVS Health Corp., Hilb Group New England and Kelly & Mancini PC.
Mark S. Murphy is the PBN Editor.
