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Greenwich, Ct, Us

W. R. Berkley Corporation is a commercial lines property & casualty insurance holding company with operations in the United States and around the globe. The company is ranked 397th on the Fortune 500.

London, Gb

Aon is a publicly traded, global risk management insurance broker consultancy, with 50,000 employees across 120 countries, and $13B in revenue. The Executive Recruiter operates as a trusted partner to Aon’s Executive Leadership team and People Org. The role handles growth critical recruitment and hiring requiring expertise in: conducting and managing internal and external confidential searches; direct sourcing and talent pipeline building; competitor talent mapping and prospect relationship building; marketplace intel and complex hiring process management, all with diversity talent focus. All roles contribute directly to profit margins or lead large teams, and are critical to company growth.Highlights:● Recognized as a highly effective dedicated resource and partner for Aon’s largest practice handling leadership, subject matter expert and senior growth roles nationally and at the local office level. ● Direct sourced candidates and closed newly created hard to fill roles with specialized experience in niche areas and growth orientation. ● Maintained strong offer acceptance track record and noted for candidate relationship management skills with ability to navigate complex interview processes to secure offer acceptance, especially in competitive situations.

London, Gb

Recruited to establish and build a dedicated team to source and hire revenue generating professionals in Sales, Account Management, Brokerage, Captive Insurance, Reinsurance and Affinity practices. Highlights: ● Grew team from 3 to 17 direct reports while managing senior level requisitions. ● Led team to achieve goal for national Sales Professional hiring project adding 16 new colleagues. ● Co-created and co-led team upskilling and learning sessions covering industry knowledge, direct outreach strategies and techniques, and effective communication (Toastmasters). ● Consistently achieved and maintained client and candidate satisfaction survey scores for personal and team wide performance and led team to implement Diversity & Inclusion sourcing strategies.

Valhalla, Ny, Us

USI is a privately held, national insurance broker and consulting leader, with 10,000 employees and $2.5B in revenue.Highlights: ● Improved engagement with Practice Leaders and reached annual hiring goals for Sales Professionals via direct sourcing, and marketplace networking. ● Increased year over year market penetration in challenging locations and developed a network of prospective candidates via direct sourcing techniques (cold calling, messaging, leveraging networks).

New York, Ny, Us

MMC is a global risk management firm with over 85,000 employees in 130 countries and $20B in revenue. Mercer is its human resources consulting arm, with 25,0000 employees, in 180 cities in 40 countries and $5B in revenues. Marsh is a global risk management and insurance broker with 45,000 employees, operations in over 130 countries, and revenue of $10B. Highlights: ● Maintained a consistent track record of closing challenging positions, exceeding sourcing goals of less than 7% of hires through third-party recruiting firms (actual third-party use was less than 2%). ● Hired, trained and led US Talent Acquisition team to meet hiring goals for Mercer's Health & Benefits Practice, while serving as primary point of contact for US stakeholders and managing a portfolio of requisitions - team recruited 33% of the firm’s US hires in 2010. ● Met start-up practice hiring goals for Mercer Exchange, filling over 100 positions at varying career levels in 9 months - reduced cycle times by creating interview tools and driving process improvements in a compressed timeline. ● Transferred from the US to lead the UK team of 5-8 Talent Acquisition Consultants executing graduate and full life-cycle experienced recruiting for all Mercer UK hiring - led team through a volume spike with 400+ hires through 2015, accounting for over half of all MMC UK hires that year. ● Reframed profile for US Sales Professionals, and developed the sourcing strategy to meet hiring goals for the National Growth team in 2016. ● Appointed as Relationship Manager for US Health & Benefit practice, to interface with the North American Business Leader and key US leadership team members, stabilizing key stakeholder relationships.