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James Hunt

Chairman, Caesars Entertainment; Director, Brown & Brown, Inc., Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co., The St. Joe Company
Caesars Entertainment
Jim Hunt is an experienced corporate director, who, prior to retirement from executive responsibilities, served two world-class organizations: The Walt Disney Company, as executive vice president and chief financial officer of the global parks and resorts business, and Ernst & Young, as a partner of the firm.
Today, Jim’s professional activities are focused on his work serving public, private and large scale operating not for profit enterprises.

Jim serves on the Board of Directors of Brown & Brown, Inc.; a position to which he was first elected in 2013. Brown & Brown is a New York Stock Exchange, diversified insurance agency, wholesale brokerage, insurance programs and services company. Jim is Chairman of the Audit Committee and also serves on the Compensation and Acquisitions committees. He is the company’s designated SEC audit committee financial expert.

Jim also serves on the Board of Trustees of Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company; an organization chartered in 1847, which presently has more than $150 billion of insurance in force. He was elected to this position in 2015. Jim serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee. He is also a member of the Investment and Executive Committees.
In 2016, Jim was appointed to the Board of Directors of The Nemours Foundation. The Nemours Foundation oversees The Nemours Health System, an internationally recognized children’s health network which owns pediatric hospitals in Delaware and Florida and outpatient facilities in five states. Jim is Chairman of the Audit and Finance Committee.
Jim was elected to the board of the St. Joe Company in May 2017. St. Joe is a Florida-based New York Stock Exchange enterprise with significant real estate and leisure asset holdings. He currently serves as chairman of the Audit Committee and is a member of the Compensation Committee of the company.

During 2017 Jim was nominated to the Board of Directors of Caesars Entertainment Corporation. Caesars is a National Associtation Of Securities Dealers Automated Quaotations global gaming, hospitality and entertainment company. After his nomination he was also elected by his board colleagues as Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Jim is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors and East Coast Chairs Roundtable.

SESSIONS

Lunch and Keynote Interview: James Hunt

James Hunt, Chairman, Caesars Entertainment Corporation, and Director, Brown & Brown, Inc., Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co., The St, Joe Company; former EVP and CFO, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide.

Interviewed by Robert H. Rock, Chairman, MLR Holdings, LLC