Willis Towers Watson Announces New Financial Institutions Team in Canada

Willis Towers Watson a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, today announced a series of appointments across its Financial Institutions (FI) business in Canada, underscoring the company’s expansion into the market. The three new appointees will all be based in Toronto and report to Allison Barrett, global head of FINEX FI, and John Haas, head of Corporate Risk and Broking (CRB) Canada.

Source: WTW | Published on July 18, 2019

The new appointees are:

Susan Finbow, head of FI Industry, Canada: Finbow will oversee a growth strategy for the region and assist with developing creative risk solutions and alternative risk financing strategies for financial institutions across the FINEX and Property and Casualty (P&C) product lines. Finbow joins from a major international brokerage firm where she served as managing director and held various positions, including FI Industry practice leader.

Alexandra (Lexie) Kindbom, Canada head of FINEX FI: Kindbom will oversee all FINEX and P&C placements in Canada for financial institutions and provide strategic direction to clients across the region. Kindbom joins from a major international brokerage firm where she served as managing director and was a leading advisor on Financial Lines risk and insurance to companies and senior executives across Canada.

Andrew Brown, FINEX FI lead relationship manager: Brown will be responsible for servicing a portfolio of large and complex clients as well as overseeing new business development and driving the sales process to develop new client relationships. Prior to this, he held senior vice president roles in Financial Lines, FI and Professional Services at a major international brokerage firm.

“We are delighted to announce the appointments of Susan, Lexie and Andrew — all industry veterans and highly experienced specialists who are empowered to pioneer new risk solutions within our firm,” said Barrett. “As we grow our financial institutions capabilities across Canada, we are committed to investing in outstanding talent who will deliver meaningful results to clients in the region and across the globe.”

“The addition of these three specialists to the Canadian CRB team strengthens our position as trusted risk advisors to Canada’s leading financial institutions for exceptional insurance products, programs and risk solutions,” said Haas. “With our expanding capacity in Canada, we look forward to assisting more organizations with their financial, executive and professional risk management needs.”

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