Rafal Walkiewicz and Michael Guo Appointed Co-CEOs to Lead Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA)
April 15 2015 - 12:00PM
Willis Group Holdings (NYSE:WSH), the global risk advisor,
insurance and reinsurance broker, has confirmed Rafal Walkiewicz
and Michael Guo as co-CEOs to lead Willis Capital Markets &
Advisory (WCMA), the firm's insurance investment banking business.
They will succeed Tony Ursano, who has led WCMA since 2009.
WCMA advises clients in the insurance and reinsurance industry
on merger and acquisition transactions, capital markets products
and insurance-linked securities. Established in 2009, the WCMA team
operates from New York, London, Hong Kong and, in February 2015,
established operations in Sydney to support its increasing volume
of work in high-growth Asian markets.
Walkiewicz joined WCMA as a managing director in 2014 after ten
years with Goldman Sachs, where he served in the bank's financial
institutions group. Guo joined Willis in 2013 as WCMA's head of
Asia, having been a Partner and Managing Director of Boston
Consulting Group's Financial Services Practice.
Dominic Casserley, Willis Group CEO, said: "Our commitment to
WCMA is strong. It sits at the heart of many of the most exciting
changes taking place in the re/insurance industry. Rafal, Michael
and the whole WCMA leadership team will ensure that our analytical
capabilities, strength in reinsurance and capital markets
experience are deployed to achieve the very best outcomes for our
clients."
He continued, "WCMA is a business with real impetus and energy.
I look to the WCMA leadership team to sustain the tremendous client
impact achieved over the past several years. I also want to thank
Tony for his leadership and hard work building WCMA over the past
six years."
About Willis
Willis Group Holdings plc is a leading global risk advisor,
insurance and reinsurance broker. With roots dating to 1828, Willis
operates today on every continent with more than 18,000 employees
in over 400 offices. Willis offers its clients superior expertise,
teamwork, innovation and market-leading products and professional
services in risk management and transfer. Our experts rank among
the world's leading authorities on analytics, modelling and
mitigation strategies at the intersection of global commerce and
extreme events. Find more information at our website,
www.willis.com, our leadership journal, Resilience, or our
up-to-the-minute blog on breaking news, WillisWire. Across
geographies, industries and specialisms, Willis provides its local
and multinational clients with resilience for a risky
world.
About Willis Capital Markets & Advisory
Willis Capital Markets & Advisory, with offices in New York,
London, Hong Kong and Sydney, provides advice to companies involved
in the insurance and reinsurance industry on a broad array of
mergers and acquisition transactions as well as capital markets
products, including acting as underwriter or agent for primary
issuances, operating a secondary insurance-linked securities
trading desk and engaging in general capital markets and strategic
advisory work. Since WCMA's formation in 2009, the group has
advised on approximately 60 M&A and capital raising
transactions and is actively engaged in many more assignments for
Willis clients. Willis Capital Markets & Advisory is a trade
name used by Willis Securities, Inc., a licensed broker dealer
authorized and regulated by FINRA and a member of SIPC, and Willis
Capital Markets & Advisory Limited, an investment business
authorized and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority.
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