Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter has announced a senior hire this morning, taking former SCOR CEO Laurent Rousseau to fill a newly created position of Guy Carpenter CEO of EMEA and Global Capital Solutions.
Laurent Rousseau will join Guy Carpenter on September 4th and report to Dean Klisura, Guy Carpenter President and CEO. He will be based in London and also join the Guy Carpenter Executive Committee.
Rousseau will take on executive oversight of Guy Carpenter’s reinsurance focused businesses across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India.
In addition, the senior executive will also take oversight of capital markets unit GC Securities and Global Risk Solutions, which includes the reinsurance brokers structured risk practice.
He will be tasked with driving growth across the region and supporting the delivery of capabilities and expertise to meet the increasingly complex needs of clients.
In addition, Rousseau will work with Marsh McLennan’s other businesses, Marsh, Mercer and Oliver Wyman, to solve for clients’ interconnected risk, strategy and people challenges.
Rousseau was most recently the CEO of French reinsurance firm SCOR, where he had worked for 13-years in roles including Deputy-CEO of Global P&C overseeing Specialty Insurance, Chief Underwriting Officer EMEA P&C Reinsurance and Head of P&C Strategy & Business Development.
Before his time at SCOR, Rousseau was in JP Morgan’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group in London from 2005 to 2010, where was a Financial Institutions specialist.
Commenting on the hire, Dean Klisura said, “We are excited to have Laurent join our team. He is a seasoned professional and is widely recognized for his (re)insurance expertise. Laurent’s impressive leadership experience and strong track record in driving growth will be a great asset as we continue to help our clients meet their unique needs and execute our growth strategy.”
Rousseau added, “I am excited to be joining Guy Carpenter, which continues to lead the industry in delivering insights, solutions and capabilities to companies across the globe. I know many of the team and clients in the region and am looking forward to working with them.”
