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Moves Aon has announced the appointment of Mike Smaje (below) as a partner in its global investment practice. He will be based in the company’s Leeds and Manchester offices. Smaje has more than 25 years’ industry experience in both pensions and investment consultancy, and asset management. He previously worked for Aberdeen Standard, First Actuarial and Willis Towers Watson.
Aon has also brought in Mike Edwards (below) as a partner in its risk settlement team. He has more than 14 years’ experience in the pensions and insurance industry, specialising in risk settlement solutions. Edwards joins from Scottish Widows, where he was head of origination and structuring. Prior to this position, he held a senior role in Legal and General’s bulk annuity team.
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Emma Adair (below) has become head of client service for UK investment at Aon. In this new role, Adair is rejoining the company after starting her career with one of its predecessor firms. She has spent the past 10 years with Cardano, which she joined at its inception and where she was latterly its head of client management and client delivery teams.
Xafinity Punter Southall has appointed Patrick McCoy as head of investment. McCoy will lead the combined Xafinity and Punter Southall investment teams and reports directly to Paul Cuff, co-CEO. He will also sit on ExCo, driving and implementing the firm’s strategy. He spent more than 10 years at Aon before moving to KPMG as partner and head of investment advisory. Wayne Segers has also joined Xafinity Punter Southall, as head of Punter Southall transaction services (PSTS). Segers joins from KPMG, where he was a director in the London pension practice. Prior to working at KPMG, he was
an associate director at Standard and Poor’s. Seger will report directly to Paul Cuff, co-CEO. Hymans Robertson has announced the appointment of Michael Abramson (below) as a partner and risk transfer specialist He will be based in the London office, and joins the company from Prudential, where he was director of wholesale transactions. Prior to that position, Abramson held several senior roles in Legal & General’s bulk annuity team and at Mercer.
Marian Elliot has joined Redington to lead and help build its first integrated actuarial business line. Elliot joins from Deloitte, where she served as actuarial director for almost three years. Having held director positions at Spence & Partners and Atkin & Co, Elliot brings more than 10 years’ actuarial experience to Redington. BBS Consultants & Actuaries has promoted Gavin Giles to the board of directors. Giles joined the company as a consulting actuary in
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2013, following roles at Towers Watson, Aon and Mercer. He was also president of the Bristol Actuarial Society until August 2016. Willis Towers Watson has appointed Mark Brown (below) as global product leader of the firm’s life financial modelling activity. Based in London, Brown joins the insurance consulting and technology team from FIS, where he was product leader for the risk management platform Prophet. He has more than 20 years of industry experience. In his new role, Brown will be responsible for global innovation in life financial modelling, including driving the roadmap for its flagship life financial modelling product RiskAgility Financial Modeller.
Barnett Waddingham has announced the appointment of Sonia Kataora as its new head of DC Investment. Kataora has been with Barnett Waddingham since 2009 and became an associate in 2016. In her new role, she will be responsible for leading the provision of
investment advice to DC clients. Greg Wenzerul (below) has joined Zurich as head of longevity risk transfer. He will lead the development of the company’s pensions de-risking and longevity reinsurance proposition. Previously, Wenzerul was head of DB Solutions at Prudential, which he joined in 2008.
Wesleyan Assurance Society has appointed James Needham (below) to the role of chief actuary, while Jonathan Welsh takes over as with profits actuary. Needham has held several key financial and actuarial roles since he joined the Society in 1999. Welsh joined Wesleyan in 2015 after 18 years working in a range of actuarial roles, notably at NFU Mutual and KPMG. Needham succeeds Tim Pindar, who retired on 31 May after 28 years with the group.
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