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Vic was named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Willis North America in 2010. He is responsible for leading the strategic direction of the organization, which today has more than 6,000 Associates serving clients through more than 150 local offices across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, London and Mumbai, India.

Previously, he w as President and Chief Operating Officer for Willis North America, a position in which he had served since 2009. In addition to managing the day-to-day operations of the business, he established more consistent business-wide processes and systems for managing growth at the regional level. He also played a key role in overseeing the successful integration of Willis North America and Hilb Rogal & Hobbs (HRH) following Willis’ acquisition of HRH in 2008.

Joining Willis in 1997 as a producer, Vic was soon promoted to President/CEO for Willis’ Minnesota operations. In 2003, he was named National Partner of the Great Lakes region, which became part of the larger Central Region in 2006. He then served as the Regional Executive Officer (National Partner) of Willis’ Central Region before being tapped to be COO.

Vic began his insurance career as a casualty marketing specialist with another major global broker, and his early roles included Producer and Account Executive, with overall responsibility for a large number of commercial accounts and production responsibilities for both Risk Management and middle-market clients.

He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota with a degree in Applied Statistics. He received his MBA (Finance) from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota. Prior to his insurance career, Vic served 12 years in the U.S. Navy, where he rose to the rank of lieutenant.

He is a member of the Willis Group’s Executive Committee, the senior management team setting and executing Willis’ global strategy.

Allan Gribben was appointed an Executive Officer in February 2006. He joined the Willis Group in December 2002 and was Chief Executive Officer of Willis UK and Ireland until November 2006, when he took on the role of Chief Executive Officer of Willis International.

In August 2008, Allan was appointed as Global Sales & Marketing Director and is currently responsible for Willis' strategy for profitable growth.

Prior to joining the Willis Group, Allan had been with Aon since 1981, holding a number of senior executive positions. He has over 30 years experience in the insurance brokerage industry.

Peter is responsible for leading Willis Re, with a focus on driving growth in the business and serving the reinsurance, capital markets and facultative needs of major insurance companies.

Before assuming his current role in 2011, he was Chief Executive Officer of Willis Re for five years, responsible for all Willis Re Property and Casualty operations. Earlier in his tenure at Willis Re, Peter served as President and prior to that was assigned overall responsibility for directing new business production efforts for global, national and regional Property and Casualty business.

In 1999, he was appointed as one of three global/national production leaders at Willis, following earlier appointments, including to Executive Vice President in 1997 and Eastern Region Manager in 1994, the same year he was hired as a Senior Vice President to open and manage the Willis Philadelphia office.

Prior to joining Willis, Peter was Vice President and Principal of Towers Perrin abroad, returning to the U.S. from London in 1981 when he joined Towers Perrin Reinsurance in Philadelphia. He first entered the reinsurance business in 1978 with the North American Reinsurance Division of Willis Faber & Dumas in London.

Peter holds a BA in History and Political Science from Lake Forest College.

He is a member of the Willis Group’s Executive Committee, the senior management team setting and executing Willis’ global strategy.

Celia is the Willis Group Human Resources Director and is responsible for driving development of the organization’s global HR function and delivering world-class, strategic HR support to the company. Based in New York, she reports to Joe Plumeri, Chairman & CEO, Willis Group.

She brings to Willis more than 30 years of extensive global HR and legal experience. Prior to joining Willis in 2010, she held a number of senior roles at financial services company XL Group plc (and its predecessor NAC Re Corp), over the course of 20 years. In 2006, Celia was appointed Executive Vice President, Head of Global HR and Corporate Relations, a role which she held until 2009. After leaving XL, she formed an independent management consultancy, providing human resources services to not-for-profit, corporate and individual clients.

Celia earned a BA from Emory University and a J.D. from the University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill.

She serves on the Board of Directors of The Volunteer Center, a non-profit organization that promotes volunteerism in Westchester County, New York.

She is a member of the Willis Group’s Operating Committee and Executive Committee, the senior management teams setting and executing Willis’ global strategy.

Sarah is responsible for the Group’s 44 subsidiary companies worldwide, its investments in associate companies operating in a further 35 countries and its correspondent partners in another 38 countries. She has been instrumental in building Willis’ European network as well as the Group’s operations in China, Latin America and India. In her current role, she enables Associates around the world to gain access to the Group’s resources in order to provide clients with the full range of Willis’ skills and expertise.

Prior to her current position, Sarah had been CEO of Willis International since 2001, moving to that position after having served as Chief Executive of Willis Continental Europe since 1995.

Sarah joined Willis in 1978 to establish and run a legal department and spent the next 14 years there dealing with general legal advice, managing the advice of external lawyers, acquisitions, start-ups/disposals and international operations. She became involved in the legal aspects and negotiations when Willis established its international network in 1991, becoming the administrative director of Continental Europe the following year.

Her undergraduate work was at Queen Anne’s School Caversham and she earned LLB Hons 2:1 from Exeter. She was elected as a Master of the Bench at Gray’s Inn in 2010.

Sarah is a member of the Willis Group’s Executive Committee, the senior management team setting and executing Willis’ global strategy.

Tim is the Chief Executive Officer of Willis International, the company's business unit serving retail clients globally outside of North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland. Willis International comprises 5,000 Associates in more than 100 offices in over 40 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, Asia and Australasia.

Tim joined Willis in September 2008 as the Group Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Willis Executive Committee. He worked closely with Chairman and CEO Joe Plumeri, Group President Grahame Millwater and the leaders of each of the company's business units to set and execute strategy, drive growth and streamline operations.

Prior to joining Willis, Wright led the Financial Services practice of Bain & Company in London. Before joining Bain, he started and ran an insurance software company based in New York and London, and was previously UK Managing Partner of Booz Allen Hamilton as well as the leader of their global insurance practice. In the course of his career, Wright has lived or worked in many of the regions where Willis International operates.

Tim holds a law degree from Manchester University and a PhD in International Law from Cambridge University.

He is a member of the Willis Group’s Executive Committee, the senior management team setting and executing Willis’ global strategy.

Michael joined Willis Group in 2010 from MSCI Inc., a NYSE listed company, where he had been CFO since 2006.

Prior to joining MSCI, Michael worked for Citigroup and its predecessors for 23 years, holding a number of positions, including Chief Financial Officer for Operations & Technology and Chief Financial Officer for Alternative Investments, where he was responsible for managing the finance organizations, helping develop the strategy and business plans, and evaluating new business opportunities. During this period he also served as co-head of Citigroup's Corporate Strategy & Business Development Group. In this capacity, he was responsible for managing the firm's mergers and acquisitions activity and strategic initiatives, including the evaluation of proposed acquisitions and alliances as well as leadership of the transaction execution and acquisition approval processes.

From 1996 to 2000, Michael was a Managing Director in Salomon Smith Barney's investment banking practice for financial institutions.

Michael is a graduate of Lafayette College, where he majored in Economics. He also holds an MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the AICPA and New York State Society of CPAs.

He is a member of the Willis Group’s Executive Committee, the senior management team setting and executing Willis’ global strategy.

Martin oversees the brokerage and risk management advisory services for Willis’ largest multinational and global accounts.

From 2005-2008, Martin served as President and Chief Executive Officer of American International Group, Inc. and was Vice Chairman and Co-Chief Operating Officer from 2002 until 2005. He first joined AIG in the U.K. in 1971 and in the intervening years served in a number of positions of increasing responsibility, culminating in his election as Senior Vice President, Foreign General Insurance in 1996 and Executive Vice President, Foreign General Insurance in 1998. In 1996, he was appointed Chief Operating Officer of AIU in New York and was named President in 1997.

He was the first President of British American Business and remains an Honorary Director of that organization and a member of its International Advisory Board. He is also a former President of the Geneva Association and former Chairman of the US-ASEAN Business Council. Martin currently serves as Chairman of the Business Advisory Committees of the St. George’s Society and the British Memorial Garden Trust and is on the Board of Trustees of the American Associates of the Royal Academy Trust. He is also on the Board of Trustees of the Inner City Scholarship Fund.

Martin is an Associate Member of the Chartered Insurance Institute, a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management, and a Member of the Chartered Management Institute. He was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 2007 and an honorary doctorate from Hofstra University in 2008.

He is a member of the Willis Group’s Executive Committee, the senior management team setting and executing Willis’ global strategy.

Steve was appointed Chairman and CEO of Willis Global in 2011. Willis Global includes Willis Re, Willis Global Specialties, Willis Faber & Dumas, Willis Global Analytics, Willis Global Solutions and Willis Global Placement.

In early 2011 Steve was appointed as CEO of Willis Re, where he was responsible for Willis Re’s worldwide operations. From 2009 until 2011 he led Faber & Dumas, Global Markets International and Willis Facultative.

Since joining Willis in 2008 as a result of the HRH acquisition by Willis Group, Steve has served as Chairman of Special Contingency Risk (SCR), the Willis specialty Kidnap & Ransom broker, Chairman of Willis Facultative and Chairman and CEO of Glencairn Limited, a London wholesale broker. He is a Director of Willis Limited.

Prior to joining HRH, Steve was at Glencairn Limited. Following the company’s management buy out from Glenrand MIB he was appointed CEO in 2003. His team created one of the most successful mid-tier London Market broking firms of that time. In 2005 he became Chairman & CEO of Glencairn Group Limited, comprising operations in London, Bermuda, Moscow, Brisbane and Johannesburg. He led the three-man team that sold the business to U.S. broking group HRH in 2007.

Earlier in his career Steve was President & CEO of Marsh Affinity Europe, responsible for their Affinity operations in 13 countries and a staff of 1,000. Prior to this he held a number of positions in client management, sales and P&L management at Marsh and Sedgwick Limited, including time in U.K. Commercial Lines Retail, Life & Pensions and, latterly, scheme and affinity business.

He is a member of both the Willis Group’s Operating and Executive Committees, the senior management team setting and executing Willis’ global strategy.

Gioia was appointed Chief Operating Officer in 2012. She is responsible for overseeing a number of corporate functions, and managing a global structure designed to guide strategy, drive revenue growth and increase operational efficiencies across the Group.

For the past 11 years, Gioia has been with McKinsey & Co, where she was a partner and leader of the Insurance and Health practices. Prior to that, she was an Executive Editor at Academic Press. She began her career as a systems engineer at IBM.

Gioia received an MBA, with Distinction, from the London School of Business. Earlier she received a Laurea in Theoretical Physics from the Universita Degli Studi in Milan, Italy.

She is a member of the Willis Group’s Operating Committee and the Executive Committee, the senior management team setting and executing Willis’ global strategy.

Adam is the Group General Counsel and is responsible for legal, corporate secretary, compliance, audit and risk management. He joined Willis in 2009 and served for three years as the company’s Deputy Group General Counsel, responsible for Willis’ worldwide legal operations.

Before joining Willis, Adam was Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel at Cablevision Systems Corporation in Bethpage, NY, and before that he was a partner at the Washington D.C.-based law firm of Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, where he advised public companies and senior executives on a range of topics, including Sarbanes-Oxley.

Between 1999 and 2003, Adam was an Assistant United States Attorney in Washington, D.C., where he prosecuted a wide range of matters. He also worked in 2000-2001 as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Staff Secretary for President Clinton. He is a graduate of Stanford Law School and Union College, where he graduated magna cum laude and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He has lectured extensively as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center.

Adam is a member of the Willis Group’s Executive Committee, the senior management team setting and executing Willis’ global strategy.