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Meet the Marsh Team at Airmic

Our Team

Chris Lay

Chris Lay

Chief Executive Officer, Marsh McLennan UK

Chris was appointed CEO of Marsh McLennan UK in March 2023 working with our businesses – Marsh, Mercer, Guy Carpenter, & Oliver Wyman - to accelerate impact for our clients. Chris also serves as CEO of Marsh UK, a role he has held since 2018.

Ailsa King

Ailsa King

Chief Commercial Officer, Marsh McLennan UK & CEO Risk Management, Marsh UK

Ailsa King is Chief Commercial Officer, Marsh McLennan UK and CEO of Risk Management, Marsh. Joining Marsh in April 2017 as Chief Commercial Officer, where she works across the firm’s operations in the UK to lead the development of solutions to assist clients in mitigating the risk management challenges they face. Ailsa is also CEO of Marsh’s Risk Management Client Service Team, which serves the firm’s large and complex clients.

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Charles Beresford-Davies

Head of Industries, Marsh UK & Ireland

Charles leads the development of industry specialisation across the Marsh UK&I region and manages several large client relationships. Charles sits on the Marsh UK Executive Committee, is a Member Nominated Trustee Director of the MMC UK Pension Fund, and co-Executive Sponsor of the Multicultural Network Colleague Resource Group.

Speakers at Airmic 2022

Dr. Beverley Adams

Dr. Beverley Adams

Head of Client Engagement and Consulting Director, Strategic Risk Practice

Dr. Bev Adams leads the ESG and climate consulting services within Marsh’s Advisory practice. She is an internationally recognized specialist in property flood resilience (PFR) and adaptation, establishing Flood Re’s nationwide event response program and driving change via the UK Government’s PFR Roundtable business adoption pathway. She worked for the World Bank before joining Marsh McLennan in 2012 and has a PhD in coastal risk management from University College London.

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James Crask

Consulting Director & Resilience Advisory Lead, UK & Ireland

Based in London, James Crask leads Marsh’s business resilience advisory services and has extensive experience in delivering business continuity management, crisis management, supply chain, and operational resilience projects across a wide range of industries.

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Lorna Feeney

Mental Health & Wellbeing Practice Leader

Lorna is a qualified Clinical Hypnotherapist Practitioner, Mental Health First Aid Instructor and Head of Mental Health risk management for Marsh. Utilising her own and others’ experiences, Lorna provides a unique and people-centred approach to help organisations navigate mental health and wellbeing matters. 

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David Wreford

Partner, Mercer

David is a Partner in Mercer’s UK Career business, advising organisations on the compelling proposition that attracts the best talent to work for them. Traditionally a reward consultant, he now monitors the changing context that requires organisations to modernise their proposition (often around personalisation, future of work, hybrid working, DE&I, ESG) and advises on the innovative practices that distinguish the world’s leading employers.

Scott Stransky

Scott Stransky

Managing Director, Head of the Cyber Risk Analytics Center, Marsh McLennan

Scott Stransky is Managing Director and Head of the Cyber Risk Analytics Center at Marsh McLennan. The Center was formed in mid-2021 to provide cyber modeling, thought leadership, and cyber analytics guidance across the MMC enterprise.  He is a recognized speaker across North America and Europe on the topics of cyber insurance risk and catastrophe modeling.

Additional Marsh Attendees

Marsh @ Airmic in Liverpool for 2022