Willis

In October 2008, Willis completed a transformational deal with one of the leading insurance intermediaries in the US, Hilb Rogal & Hobbs (HRH). The combined retail organization in North America was renamed Willis HRH and Don Bailey, formerly Chief Executive Officer of Willis North America, was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the new entity. In this role, Don is responsible for leading the organization’s strategic direction through its 210 offices and approximately 8,000 Associates in the US and Canada. He is also a member of the Willis Executive Committee.

Don joined Willis in March, 2003. Since then he has built and led several of the Willis product, industry and segment practices. He was also Chief Operating Officer of Willis North America before being made Chief Executive Officer.

Prior to joining Willis, Don was with Allianz Insurance Company in Chicago where he served as Chief Underwriting Officer of the Specialty Risk Lines. He also worked at Aon and Marsh over a 14-year period in various capacities. Don graduated from Allegheny College with a BS in Economics. He holds an MBA from Eastern University.

Adam Ciongoli was appointed an Executive Officer and Group General Counsel in March 2007. Prior to joining Willis, he served as a counselor and law clerk to US Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. during the Justice's first Term on the Court. Previously, Adam was Senior Vice President and General Counsel for TimeWarner Europe, and the Counselor to United States Attorney General John Ashcroft. Adam also serves as a special consultant to the New York City Police Department, and as an adjunct professor of law at Columbia University Law School.

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 Hearn was appointed an Executive Officer in April 2007. He joined the Willis Group in January 1994 as a Senior Vice President to open and manage the Willis Re Philadelphia office and was appointed Eastern Regional Manager in October 1994 and Executive Vice President in 1997. Peter then became Chief Executive Officer of Willis Re in November 2006. Prior to joining Willis, he served as Vice President and Principal of Towers Perrin Reinsurance. Peter has 29 years of experience in the insurance brokerage industry.

David Margrett was appointed an Executive Officer in January 2005. He joined the Willis Group in September 2004 as a Managing Director of Global Markets. David was appointed Chief Executive Officer, Global Specialties in January 2005 and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Willis Limited in April 2007.

His most recent appointment was in October 2008 when he became Chairman of Faber & Dumas, the platform for Willis’ new third-party wholesale brokerage business.

Prior to joining the Willis Group, David had been with the Heath Lambert Group, or its predecessors, since 1973, holding a number of senior positions, including Chief Executive Officer from 1996 to 2004. He has 34 years experience in the insurance industry.

Grahame Millwater was appointed an Executive Officer in December 2001. He became Group President in February 2008 having previously been Chief Operating Officer since November 2006. Grahame’s background is in reinsurance and he was Chief Executive Officer of Willis Re from February 2004 to June 2006. He was also Chairman of Willis Re from September 2004 until July 2008.

Grahame joined the Willis Group in September 1985 and has had several additional cross Group responsibilities during his career. He has 22 years of experience in the insurance brokerage industry, all of which have been with Willis.

Patrick Regan joined the Willis Group as an Executive Officer in January 2006. He was appointed Group Chief Operating Officer in February 2008 having been Group Chief Financial Officer since March 2006. Before joining the Willis Group, Patrick was Group Financial Controller for Royal & Sun Alliance for two years, prior to which he held senior finance positions in both Axa Insurance and GE Capital. He has 19 years of finance experience gained in both the UK and USA.

Sarah Turvill is the Chairman of Willis International which is responsible for the Group’s 39 subsidiary companies worldwide, its investments in associate companies operating in a further 38 countries and its correspondent partners in another 38 countries. Sarah is a member of the Group’s Executive Committee and has 30 years of experience in the insurance brokerage industry, all of which have been with Willis. She has been instrumental in building Willis’ European network as well as the Group’s operations in China, Latin America, India and other high-growth markets. In her role, Sarah drives Willis’ One Flag team culture of accessing the Group’s global resources to provide clients worldwide with the full range of Willis’ skills and expertise.

F. Michael (Mike) Crowley was named President of Willis HRH, the North American retail brokerage business of Willis Group Holdings Ltd., following Willis’ acquisition of Hilb Rogal & Hobbs (HRH) in October 2008. Mike is part of the Office of the Chairman of Willis HRH, a governing body that includes Donald J. Bailey, Chairman and CEO of Willis HRH, and Martin L. (Mell) Vaughan, III, Vice Chairman of Willis Group Holdings.

Mike graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Wake Forest University in 1973. He began his insurance broking career in 1974 with Johnson & Higgins, where he worked for over 17 years and served in several senior management positions, including senior vice president of Virginia operations, and on several national practice committees. In 1991, he joined Palmer & Cay, a large privately owned insurance broker based in Savannah, Georgia, where he served as president and chief operating officer, prior to being named vice chairman.

He joined HRH in 2004 as executive vice president and national director for property/casualty. In September 2005, he was appointed president of HRH, and in June 2008, he gained the additional title of chief operating officer.

Mike serves on Wake Forest’s Calloway Business School Board of Visitors as well as the Richmond Board for The First Tee organization. He is a former member of the Young Presidents’ Organization and has served on numerous community boards and individual company advisory councils. He is married and has two sons.

Tim Wright joined Willis as Chief Operating Officer in September 2008. He brings to Willis more than 20 years of international experience in the insurance and financial service industries, and has an in-depth knowledge of the Group having led the Willis account for Bain + Co. where he headed up their Financial Services practice.

At Willis, Tim now drives the day-to-day execution of Shaping our Future – Willis’ strategy for profitable growth – and oversees the Group’s operations, service centers, technology and accounting and settlement.

Prior to working at Bain, he was the Managing Partner of Booz Allen in the UK and head of their global insurance practice; he also started and ran an insurance software company based in New York and London.