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Scouting report · RYAN

Janice M. Hamilton

  • Chief Financial Officer, RYAN since 2024-10src

Ryan Specialty's CFO since Oct 2024; joined as Controller in 2018

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Scouting sheet

as of 24 Sep 2026
Delivers guidance—no promises on the record yet
Answers the question—no call reviewed yet
Capital allocation—company not reviewed yet
Pay design73revenue, margin, individual, tsr, time only · 99.98% for · 1.55% of net income
Skin in the game—no holding or price on file
Age
44src
In the role
2 yr
Promises scored
0
Hit rate
—
Dodges / 100 answers
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Airtime on calls
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Every promise, oldest firstno scored promises yet

What to weigh

Watch 3

  • First public-company CFO role, taken internally in October 2024. Her predecessor Bickham moved to President and left a year latersrc
  • 2025 missed the bonus plan: organic growth 10.1% vs a 13-15% target and adjusted EBITDAC margin 30.97% vs 33.5-33.7%. Her bonus paid about 31% of target ($374k), almost all of it the individual-merit partsrc
  • Base salary raised from $600k to $750k from March 2026. The committee targets base pay at or above the 75th percentile of peerssrc

In their favour 1

  • Bought shares with her own money in June 2026 ($200k) and made no open-market sales in the last 12 monthssrc

Career

  1. 2024 – now
    Ryan Specialty Holdingssrc
    Chief Financial Officer
  2. 2021 – 2024
    Ryan Specialty Holdingssrc
    Chief Accounting Officer
  3. 2018 – 2021
    Ryan Specialtysrc
    Controller
    From May 2018
  4. 2016 – 2018
    AmTrust International (non-US and Lloyd's operations of AmTrust Financial Services), Londonsrc
    Chief Financial Officer
  5. 2014 – 2016
    ANV Holdings BV (acquired by AmTrust)src
    Chief Financial Officer

Undated in the sources

  • Jubilee Group Holdings Limited (then a Ryan Specialty subsidiary, later acquired by ANV)src, Controller, then Finance Director
  • EY, Chicagosrc, Auditor of insurance-sector clients, including Aon

Not located: Start dates of the EY and Jubilee roles are not stated in any source searched; the 8-K says only that she was in London from 2008 to 2018

Achievements

  • Went from Controller (2018) to Chief Accounting Officer (March 2021) to CFO (October 2024), all at Ryan Specialtysrc
  • Was CFO of two London specialty insurers before Ryan: ANV Holdings (2014-2016) and AmTrust International (2016-2018)src
  • Licensed CPA in Illinois; started in insurance audit at EYsrc
  • Bought 6,300 shares on the open market in June 2026 at about $31.79, about $200ksrc

Education

  • Miami University (Ohio), BS Financesrc
  • University of Virginia, MS Accountingsrc

Background

  • Family The proxy and the 2024 appointment 8-K both state she has no family relationship with any director or executive officersrc
  • Other Her past overlaps Ryan's: Jubilee Group, where she was Controller and Finance Director, was once a Ryan Specialty subsidiary before ANV bought itsrc

The promise ledger

No promise on the record yet: the research routine has not scored this company's guidance.

Sources

8
  1. Filing Ryan Specialty Holdings DEF 14A (accession 0001849253-26-000013) · 2026-03-17
  2. Filing Ryan Specialty Holdings 8-K Item 5.07, 2026 annual meeting results (0001849253-26-000029) · 2026-05-01
  3. Filing Ryan Specialty Holdings 8-K Item 5.02, leadership succession plan with dated bio (0000950170-24-079273) · 2024-07-01
  4. Filing SEC XBRL companyconcept us-gaap/NetIncomeLoss, CIK 1849253 (FY2025 10-K, 0001849253-26-000006) · 2026-02-13
  5. Filing Form 4, Janice M. Hamilton (reporting CIK 2039801), RSU grant of 2026-03-03 (0002039801-26-000002) · 2026-03-05
  6. Filing Form 4, Janice M. Hamilton, Executive Chairman Stock Option grant of 2026-05-05 (0002039801-26-000004) · 2026-05-06
  7. Filing Form 4, Janice M. Hamilton, open-market purchase of 2026-06-03 (0002039801-26-000006) · 2026-06-04
  8. Filing Form 4, Janice M. Hamilton, RLU vesting and tax withholding of 2026-07-22 (0002039801-26-000008) · 2026-07-24