Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford has appointed Brent Kruger as group chief information officer.

Kruger, previously CIO at Aon Risk Solutions, will now lead all of the broker's IT initiatives in the newly-created role.

He will also work on outsourcing and existing technology programmes.

Cooper Gay group chief executive Toby Esser said: "IT is an integral part of every element of our business and it is therefore essential that all our systems and partnerships are operating at maximum efficiency. Brent’s newly created role will be not only to drive these efficiencies, but also to deliver a flexible platform that will enable our business to grow globally.”