Willis appoints global technology leader
Willis Group Holdings has appointed Sara Benolken as global industry leader for technology, media and telecommunications (TMT).
Benolken has advised Willis' TMT clients since joining the firm in 2007 and will lead the fifth global industry group, which provides clients with access to the company’s insurance products and risk management services.
Willis' TMT industry group, along with the four other industry groups announced late last year: construction, financial services, natural resources and transportation, report to Steve Hearn, deputy CEO of Willis Group.
"Technology, media and telecommunications represents one of the fastest growing, and rapidly converging industries worldwide, with a complex set of traditional and emerging risks accompanying its growth," said Hearn. "As an insurance industry leader, Sara Benolken has proven herself, during a career spanning more than 20 years, to be one step ahead of change in this sector, providing clients with the insights, service, creativity and trust that our clients demand in a risk advisor."
Before joining Willis in 2007, Benolken served as managing director of the strategic solutions division at Arthur J Gallagher and, prior to that, was the global industry leader and managing director of Marsh's technology and telecommunications practice.
