International insurance broker Howden has added 19 new senior construction specialists in London and Dubai.
Led by the recently appointed Global Head of Construction Naresh Dade and Howden’s Deputy Global Head of Construction Andrew Harrison Sleap, the expanded team will focus on developing bespoke retail and specialty solutions for Howden’s construction clients.
Howden has appointed four executive directors, including Andrew Birt, Head of UK Projects, Duncan Willcocks, Head of UK Contractors, David Lyle, Deputy Head of UK Contractors, and Neil Higgins, Head of Claims for Construction and Infrastructure Assets.
Birt, Willcocks, Lyle, and Higgins’ join with extensive knowledge of project risk across UK infrastructure and construction with individual careers spanning decades and ample experience between them.
The team also welcomes divisional directors Larissa Rosam, Martin Hurley, Christopher Graves and Steve McGuckin from October 2021.
Rosam brings a wealth of experience in international project risk, whilst Hurley will be an integral part of the division’s retail growth strategy.
Christopher Graves will join the international team in November 2021 and Steve McGuckin will join in Q1 2022 as Divisional Director and Head of Operations.
James Crow joined in August from Aon, and will support the team with the retail proposition in the UK.
Separately, the construction division’s associate director bench has been bolstered to include Nick Sparrow, Mike Robinson, Jessica Lee and Lizzie Conolly joining from Marsh JLT. Sparrow joins the division’s Dubai hub, with Robinson, Lee and Conolly based in London.
The recently launched Infrastructure Assets team will onboard divisional directors Karen O’Donnell and Matheu Challinor, and Associate Directors Nicole Welch and Emma Archer from October. They will be supported by Jack Gilbert who joins as an Account Executive from Aon, where he specialised in PFI/PPP and onshore renewable energy
