A leading global advisory, broking, and solutions company has announced the latest addition to its corporate risk and broking (CRB) business.
Katherine Simmonds will take on the role of general manager for Willis Towers Watson's CRB business in New South Wales in October, and will report to
Andrew Boal, head of CRB for Australia.
The CRB head said Simmond's wealth of experience will help the firm achieve stronger organisational performance and deliver risk-management solutions to clients.
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“With experience in the financial services industry spanning over 17 years, Katie has a proven track record in achieving significant business growth and profitability, underpinned by an ability to nurture and develop strong business partner and client relationships,” said Boal. “With experience in recruiting and developing a talented team, leading market initiatives, and building capacity and infrastructure to support a growing business, Katie is an exceptional choice to lead our sizeable CRB team in New South Wales. As more and more clients turn to us to help them quantify, mitigate, and transfer risk, Katie’s arrival will play an important part in managing their business risks while driving strong organisational performance.”
Simmonds was most recently managing director/country head at
Ironshore Australia and New Zealand. She also had experience working at Lloyd's and corporate insurer markets; was head of M&A insurance, Asia Pacific, for
AIG; and has served a private equity and M&A-focused client advisory role at Minter Ellison Lawyers.
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