Howden Capital Markets & Advisory (HCMA), the risk, capital and strategic advisory arm of the global insurance and reinsurance broking group, has appointed Sébastien Bamsey as Managing Director, based in London office, effective 15th July.
This appointment is in line with the company’s planned expansion of its European team as it continues to diversify its offerings and accelerate its growth trajectory.
Jarad Madea, Chief Executive Officer, HCMA, commented on the appointment, “At HCMA, we are committed to providing our clients with best-in-class M&A, capital and ILS transaction advice and support to achieve their global growth and capital needs.
“I’m delighted to welcome Sébastien to the team as we continue to expand our European reinsurance and capital markets capability. Through a broad bench of leading industry talent, and the diversified resources across Howden, we provide state-of-the-art data-driven insights and analytics, giving our clients a strategic advantage in today’s competitive market.”
Bamsey has over 18 years of insurance and reinsurance-focused corporate finance and global capital markets expertise. He also has experience in managing international teams at J.P. Morgan, where he joins from.
Most recently, he served as J.P. Morgan’s Head of European Insurance Debt Capital Markets, leading the financing dialogue with all of the bank’s national and global re/insurance clients headquartered in Europe, targeting public and private markets.
During his time with the bank, Bamsey spearheaded many complex and strategically critical workstreams, encompassing acquisition financing, regulatory and rating agency relationships, alternative forms of risk transfer and bespoke, underwritten solutions.
HCMA explains that Bamsey joins the firm during a record period of record activity. Since 2016, HCMA has been involved in over 145 completed transactions in the P&C insurance industry.
In the past twelve months alone, HCMA participated in 28 announced transactions, totalling over $7.5 billion in value.
Bamsey commented, “I am very excited to be joining an investment banking franchise with an exclusive focus on the insurance and reinsurance sectors, incredibly deep industry knowledge, and extensive capabilities across strategic advisory and all forms of capital raising and ILS/risk transfer.
“I have been impressed working opposite the Howden team on prior innovative transactions in the insurance space and I feel fortunate to be joining such a talented group of individuals.”
