Willis Towers Watson has announced a new senior appointment for is business in Asia Pacific.
Ken Brown will join the firm as division leader for South Asia and Emerging markets in the insurance consulting and technology strand of the business.
The newly-created role will see Brown lead business operations for Willis Towers Watson in Australia, Korea and Southeast Asia whilst working across developing markets such as Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines.
Brown has more than 30 years’ industry experience across the Asia Pacific region in a number of different insurance disciplines, having most recently worked for international broker Gow Gates Group.
“Ken’s experience of growing regional and broker markets, along with developing strategies to mitigate and transfer risk, will be important as our insurance consulting practice looks to grow in its smaller markets and tap new opportunities,” Richard Collis, managing director, insurance consulting and technology in Asia Pacific at Willis Towers Watson said.
The insurance consulting and technology business currently services 97 of the top 100 global insurers with more than 170 specialists working throughout the region.
Brown will be based in Singapore.
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