Sales and marketing director joins Willis UK & Ireland

Martyn Perryman has been appointed sales and marketing director of Willis UK & Ireland.

Perrryman will be based in London and report to UK chief executive Brendan McManus.

He has replaced Paul Williams who was recently appointed Asia sales leader for Willis International.

Willis said Perryman will be responsible for increasing revenue growth and retention across the division.

Perryman joins Willis after nine years at Ernst & Young and KPMG where he held positions in sales leadership focusing on insurance client business development.

Before that, he held senior sales and marketing positions at several leading European financial services firms, and at Teradata where he developed an EMEA insurance customer relationship management practice.

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