Former CEO of The Hartford Joins The Cape Cod Foundation Board

YARMOUTHPORT – Ramani Ayer has been elected to a four-year term on the Cape Cod Foundation’s Board of Directors.

Ayer is the retired Chairman and CEO of The Hartford, one of the nation’s oldest and largest investment and insurance companies.

He is also the former Chair of the Hartford HealthCare Board of Directors and current Board member.

Ayer spent his career at The Hartford serving in a number of leadership roles including Vice President of HartRe, The Hartford’s reinsurance subsidiary; President of Hartford Specialty Company; and President and COO of The Hartford’s property-casualty operations.

“We are delighted to welcome Ramani to The Cape Cod Foundation Board of Directors,” stated Henry R. Holden, Foundation Board Chairman and President. “He brings a tremendous amount of experience and passion to the work of the Foundation and will help strategically guide the organization into the coming years.”

Ayer earned his master’s and doctorate degrees in chemical engineering from Drexel University in Philadelphia and a bachelor’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay.