Coates returns to Australia after stepping down as Dual CEO
Damien Coates is to step down as chief executive of Hyperion Insurance’s underwriting arm Dual, after agreeing to swap roles with the firm’s deputy CEO Shane Doyle.
Coates, who was appointed Dual CEO in December 2011, will return to his native Australia full-time, where he will lead the firm's Asia Pacific operation and take on Doyle's former position of deputy
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