Honan's new hire from Starr to drive growth, strategic expansion across Asian market
Honan Insurance Group, an Australian insurance and financial services broker, has hired Eliza White for the newly created role of director of operations, Asia. She will be based in the group’s regional head office in Singapore.
Prior to joining Honan, White worked for Starr International and has an extensive background in risk insurance, underwriting (specialising in the energy and risk sectors), management, analytics and global insurance.
The appointment is a part of the group's strategy to expand its position in the Asian risk insurance and brokerage market.
"This announcement marks another important step in Honan’s strategic aspirations in Asia Pacific and the appointment will help drive our continued growth and momentum," said Honan CEO Andrew Fluitsma. "Eliza has deep market knowledge and insight and comes to Honan with a strong broker background and experience in sales, corporate risk, complex risk solutions and management expertise."
White commented: “The demand for risk insurance services is increasing rapidly throughout Asia and Honan is well positioned to capitalise on these growth opportunities. I’m delighted to be joining a dynamic organisation and look forward to working with Honan’s senior team in Singapore to realize the organisation’s strategic objectives.”
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