Willis International Appoints New CEO

Willis Group Holdings plc yesterday announced that David Margrett has been appointed CEO of Willis International, a retail brokerage division that focuses on business opportunities outside North America, Great Britain and Ireland. A senior executive at Willis for the past seven years, Margrett will work alongside Sarah Turvill, chairman of Willis International, to focus on driving the division’s growth in the coming years.

In partnership with Turvill, Margrett will concentrate on the day-to-day running of the International business, and will work with her on the strategic development of Willis’ growth initiatives around the world.

“Sarah Turvill’s leadership of our International business is a continuing story of dramatic growth," says Willis Group Chairman and CEO Joe Plumeri. "As we turn a new chapter in that story, David Margrett joins Sarah to maintain and magnify that momentum moving forward. We’re excited about the expanded capabilities for clients and the business possibilities that will arise when David brings his Global Specialties insight and expertise to our International network.”

Since joining Willis in 2004, Margrett has held a number of senior positions, including chairman and CEO of Global Specialties and of Willis Limited, chairman of Faber & Dumas (Willis Group's international third-party wholesale business) and most recently, president and COO of Willis Global. Prior to joining Willis, he was CEO of insurance broker Heath Lambert, which has operations in 80 countries.

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