Willis Towers Watson Revamps Global Leadership

Global insurance broker Willis Towers Watson, which ended merger talks with rival Aon in July, announced a new global leadership team to “guide strategy, priorities, investments and engagement.”

John Haley, chief executive officer, said the new team “consists of voices across our geographies, segments and functions” and positions the firm to “compete vigorously and innovate quickly across our businesses around the world.”

The realignment comes a few weeks after the firm selected Carl Hess as its new president and next chief executive officer. Hess, who currently serves as head of Investment, Risk and Reinsurance, immediately assumed the role of president and will succeed John Haley as CEO upon his retirement on Jan. 1, 2022.

The global leadership team is made up of leaders representing three geographies— Europe, International and North America— and two segments —Health, Wealth and Career and Risk and Broking.

In addition to Haley and Hess the following leaders have been named to the global leadership team:

• Kristy Banas Chief Human Resources Officer
• Anne Bodnar Chief Administrative Officer
• Marco Boschetti Head of Retirement – Health, Wealth and Career
• Scott Burnett Chief Commercial Officer – Risk and Broking
• Alexis Faber Chief Operating Officer
• Matt Furman General Counsel
• Adam Garrard Head of Risk and Broking
• Julie Gebauer Head of Health, Wealth and Career
• Katherine Gehman Head of Marketing
• Cecil Hemingway Head of Transformation
• Andrew Krasner Chief Financial Officer
• Luis Maurette Head of Sales and Client Management – Risk and Broking; Head of Latin America – International
• Eric McMurray Head of Health and Benefits – Health, Wealth and Career
• John Merkovsky Head of Corporate Risk and Broking Risk Consulting, Analytics; Corporate Risk and Broking Global Large Account Leader
• Anne Pullum Head of Europe
• Imran Qureshi Head of North America
• Pam Rollins Head of Communication
• Alastair Swift Head of Global Lines of Business – Risk and Broking; Chief Executive Officer of Willis Limited (expected nominee, subject to regulatory and other approvals)
• Pamela Thomson-Hall Head of International
• Gene Wickes Head of Benefits Delivery and Administration – Health, Wealth and Career

Additional Leadership Announcements

Willis Towers Watson also made these announcements:

• Joe Gunn will take on a new role as chairman of Corporate Risk and Broking North America, focusing on business development, senior level talent acquisition and retention, market relationship management and other aspects of strategy execution in this business.
• John Bremen will take on a new role to develop a new corporate function called Innovation & Acceleration to maximize and accelerate innovation, research and commercialization within and between Willis businesses.
• Nicolas Aubert will continue in his current roles as head of Great Britain and CEO of Willis Limited until January to ensure a smooth transition of his responsibilities and will leave thereafter to pursue new interests.

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