Re/insurance broker, Willis Towers Watson has announced a number of appointments across its global aviation team in a bid to provide better renewals for clients.
Despite aviation being a challenging environment at present, Willis Towers Watson has reshuffled its aviation team with 45 appointments across all levels over the past 18 months.
These new appointments have been made after Aon announced it would be acquiring Willis Tower Watson, making it one of the biggest mergers & acquisitions deal ever to be made within the insurance industry.
As part of the reshuffle, John Wadhams has been appointed as Managing Director. He joined Willis Towers Watson from Chubb where he was Chief Underwriting Officer for 15 years. He will be based in the UK.
Lauren Escher has been appointed as US General Aviation Practice Leader having previously been at AIG for over 16 years.
David Boyle is the new Regional Director for Aerospace in Asia. Prior to joining Willis Towers Watson, he was at Aon, Marsh and AIG Singapore.
Paul Baker, previously from Marsh has been appointed Executive Director, along with Ed Louth who was previously at Antares has been appointed Head of Airline Broking. Neil Black previously from Aon is the new Executive Director. All three will be based in the UK.
John Rooley, CEO, Global Aerospace, Willis Towers Watson, commented: “Despite the intense competition in the insurance broker marketplace for talent and the current economic challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Our long-term strategy to build a diverse and innovative client-facing team has established a first-class aerospace team of over 300 professionals across the globe. In a challenging market environment, our ability to draw on a vast resource of talent enables us to provide deep expertise and support to our clients across the aviation sector.”
