Insurance Times rounds up the most significant appointments, departures and board changes from 2 to 6 February 2026
Marsh this week confirmed the appointment of Lisa Quest as its new UK chief executive.
Quest, who will be based in London, joined from Marsh-owned Oliver Wyman, where she most recently served as head of UK and Ireland alongside her role as co-head of the government and public institutions practice in Europe.
She will take up the new role on 6 April 2026.
Meanwhile, Insurance United Against Dementia (IUAD) appointed Tracy-Lee Kus, chief executive at Aon’s Global Broking Centre, to its campaign board.
Kus brings more than 30 years’ experience across underwriting and broking to the role and will support IUAD’s ambition to raise £20m by 2030 as it looks to accelerate funding for dementia research and support.
Elsewhere, Aon continued to expand its UK insolvency and restructuring insurance and risk team with the appointment of Catherine Williamson to the newly created role of growth and technical director.
Williamson joins from AlixPartners, where she worked for the last 11 years, most recently leading its insolvency team, including through several high-profile insolvencies. The Birmingham-based role will see her focus on supporting clients managing business restructuring and disruption.
Marsh Risk also made a senior international appointment this week, naming Roberto Pinto as its new international affinity leader, effective 23 February 2026.
Based in London, Pinto will oversee the development of Marsh’s affinity business across multiple international regions, including the UK, Europe, Asia, Latin America and IMEA. He joined from Aon, where he served as president of digital client solutions, and previously held senior affinity roles at Willis.
Finally, MNK Group appointed Matthew De Jesus as its chief strategy and development officer, tasking him with driving group-level strategy and accelerating global mergers and acquisitions activity.
De Jesus joined from geospatial technology provider Voxelmaps, where he most recently served as chief commercial officer.
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