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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 2023

Bev Adams. Head Shot Portraits Guy Carpenter. Photo by Steve Dunlop +447762084057 steve@stevedunlop.com

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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Gareth Bateman

Cyber Growth Leader

Gareth is the Cyber Growth Leader for the Marsh UK cyber practice and has responsibility for bringing the best and most appropriate Marsh cyber risk management capabilities to support our large clients.

Brian Warszona

Brian Warszona

Global Cyber Digital Leader

Brian Warszona is the Deputy Practice Leader for Marsh’s FINPRO Cyber, Media & Technology Practice in the UK. He is responsible for connecting the cyber expertise within the UK and globally to the different businesses within Marsh and enhancing client engagement through supporting the UK Cyber Practice.

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

Conference

Marsh @ Airmic in Manchester

 19–21 June 2023