Willis Group (WSH) Names Gioia Ghezzi as COO, Adam Rosman as General Counsel
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Willis Group Holdings (NYSE: WSH), announced two new appointments to the Willis Group Operating Committee and the company’s Executive Committee.
Gioia Ghezzi has been appointed Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately. In her new role, Ghezzi will oversee a number of corporate functions and manage a global structure designed to drive revenue growth and increase operational efficiencies across the Group. She succeeds Tim Wright, now the CEO of Willis International, who served in the Chief Operating Officer role for four years.
Ghezzi brings 23 years of experience to Willis from a career spanning the management consulting, insurance, publishing and technology sectors. She joins Willis most recently from McKinsey & Co, where she spent 11 years as partner and leader of the Insurance and Health practices providing advice on company strategy, operations, and performance transformation to a large number of global clients.
Separately, the Company also announced that Adam Rosman will be appointed Group General Counsel, overseeing the Group’s worldwide legal, compliance, risk, corporate secretary, and audit functions.
Rosman has served as Group Deputy General Counsel and General Counsel for Willis North America for the past three years, supervising the activities of Willis’ attorneys worldwide and serving the legal needs of the North American business. He succeeds Adam Ciongoli, who is leaving the company in May to serve as General Counsel of Lincoln Financial Group.
Gioia Ghezzi has been appointed Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately. In her new role, Ghezzi will oversee a number of corporate functions and manage a global structure designed to drive revenue growth and increase operational efficiencies across the Group. She succeeds Tim Wright, now the CEO of Willis International, who served in the Chief Operating Officer role for four years.
Ghezzi brings 23 years of experience to Willis from a career spanning the management consulting, insurance, publishing and technology sectors. She joins Willis most recently from McKinsey & Co, where she spent 11 years as partner and leader of the Insurance and Health practices providing advice on company strategy, operations, and performance transformation to a large number of global clients.
Separately, the Company also announced that Adam Rosman will be appointed Group General Counsel, overseeing the Group’s worldwide legal, compliance, risk, corporate secretary, and audit functions.
Rosman has served as Group Deputy General Counsel and General Counsel for Willis North America for the past three years, supervising the activities of Willis’ attorneys worldwide and serving the legal needs of the North American business. He succeeds Adam Ciongoli, who is leaving the company in May to serve as General Counsel of Lincoln Financial Group.
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