Guy Carpenter Announces Series of International Analytics, Advisory Appointments
Guy Carpenter & Co., the reinsurance broking subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Cos., announced a series of London-based hires designed to further build out the firm’s strategic advisory and analytics capabilities across its international platform.
Richard Rodriguez will join Guy Carpenter on June 17 in a newly created role, in which he will lead the firm’s analytics and advisory capabilities for the UK and Global Specialties. Rodriguez will be based in London, reporting to Robert Bentley, CEO of Global Strategic Advisory. He will serve on both Guy Carpenter’s London Operating Committee and the Global Strategic Advisory Executive Committee.
Rodriguez brings more than 30 years of insurance consulting experience and leadership to Guy Carpenter. Previously, he was chief actuary at Lloyd’s, responsible for developing the Lloyd’s capital model, establishing and working within the Lloyd’s regulatory environment and coordinating with agencies and syndicates. Prior to Lloyd’s, he was a partner at Willis Towers Watson, and was a senior equity partner at EMB.
Guy Carpenter also has hired two insurance consulting experts in its London office to enhance the firm’s capital, volatility and growth advisory capabilities in London and internationally.
Yuriy Krvavych joins Guy Carpenter from PwC where he provided insurance consulting services to Lloyd’s and London market companies. His expertise includes enterprise risk modelling, risk and capital modeling, model validation, predictive modeling, governance and compliance. Prior to PwC, Krvavych worked at Insurance Australia Group (IAG) where he was responsible for dynamic financial analysis (DFA) and capital modeling, capital allocation, strategic asset allocation, reinsurance optimization and dividend policy.
Vasilka Bangeova joins Guy Carpenter from Grant Thornton LLP to enhance Guy Carpenter’s international accounting advisory capabilities, with an emphasis on IFRS 17. She brings extensive accounting and insurance consulting expertise, advising clients on insurance audit, capital management and financial and risk reporting challenges. Previously, Bangeova held senior roles in the Lloyd’s and London company markets at Swiss Re, Prudential Assurance and Aviva plc. She also worked at Ernst & Young.
“Our clients are facing unprecedented regulatory, accounting and reinsurance challenges associated with Solvency II, IFRS 17 and Basel III,” said James Nash, CEO of Guy Carpenter International. “We are committed to building expertise to help clients navigate these challenges and succeed.”
Peter Hearn, CEO of Guy Carpenter, said these appointments support Guy Carpenter’s strategic imperative “to enhance our analytics and advisory services to support our clients who demand ever more sophisticated advice and solutions.”
Source: Guy Carpenter