People Moves: Marsh Taps FERMA’s Beaupérin as Client Leader, Risk Management, Europe; Sompo Int’l Holdings Names Walsh as Independent Non-Exec Chair

Marsh Taps FERMA’s Beaupérin as Client Leader, Risk Management, Europe

Marsh, the insurance brokerage business of Marsh McLennan, announced the appointment of Typhaine Beaupérin as client leader, Risk Management, Europe, effective end of June 2025.

Based in Brussels, Beaupérin will report to Lorraine Stack, risk management leader, Europe.

In this role, Beaupérin will have responsibility for delivering tailored solutions that support European clients’ risk management needs. She will leverage her extensive experience as well as Marsh McLennan’s capabilities and intellectual capital across its four businesses to connect clients within the wider risk management community, further enhancing Marsh’s commitment to delivering exceptional customer experience, innovative solutions and strategic guidance.

Beaupérin will join Marsh from the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) where she has served as the CEO and secretary general for nearly a decade. During her tenure, she played a key role in shaping the organization’s strategic direction and advocating for member associations at both European Union (EU) and international levels. Her leadership significantly strengthened FERMA’s advocacy efforts, promoting a risk management-based approach in important European legislation.

Beaupérin also holds a number of senior and advisory roles, including as secretary general and Executive Council member at the International Federation of Risk and Insurance Management Associations (IFRIMA) and as Insurance and Reinsurance Stakeholder Group member at the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA).

Commenting on the appointment, Stack said: “Typhaine is a dedicated advocate for the risk management profession across Europe and internationally, with a deep understanding of the industry and commitment to driving positive change. With her leadership, I am confident that she will help us deliver ever greater innovative solutions and strategic advice that meet our clients’ evolving needs.”

***

Sompo International Holdings Appoints Walsh as Independent Non-Executive Chair

Sompo, the global property/casualty insurer and reinsurer, announced the appointment of Nicholas Walsh as independent non-executive chairman of the Board of Directors for Sompo International Holdings Ltd. (SIH).

Walsh, who has been an independent non-executive director of SIH since June 2022, succeeds James Shea who last month was appointed chief executive officer, Sompo P&C, in addition to his role as CEO and executive director of SIH.

Walsh spent 42 years with AIG, holding numerous leadership positions. He retired in 2014 as vice chairman of AIG Property and Casualty Inc. and previously served as executive vice president of AIG Inc., CEO of AIG’s international general insurance business and chair of several AIG regional companies.

Walsh has extensive experience on international boards and international societies. Since 2020, he has been an independent director of McGill Global Solutions LLC, and from 2020-2024 of McGill & Partners Ltd.

From 2014 to 2019, Walsh was an independent director of Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT), a London-based multinational insurance broker, and its U.S. subsidiaries. Walsh also serves as an Independent non-executive director of Endurance Worldwide Insurance Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SIH.

In a separate appointment, Monica Cramér Manhem has been appointed as an independent non-executive director, and Yoshihiro Uotani, Sompo’s group chief risk officer, has been appointed as a non-executive director to the Board of Directors of SIH.

Cramér Manhem has served as independent non-executive director of SI Insurance (Europe), SA (SIIE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SIH, since 2023. Prior to this, she was CEO at SiriusPoint International, the largest reinsurance company in Scandinavia. With nearly 40 years of experience in the insurance and reinsurance industry, Cramér Manhem is a seasoned industry executive. She joined Sirius International in 1985 and was a board director between 2014-2022.

Uotani was appointed senior executive vice president of Sompo Holdings in April 2025. He has served as group chief risk officer and executive officer of Sompo Holdings since April 2021. Uotani leads the company’s global risk teams and has more than 35 years of experience in the insurance industry, having worked across multiple international locations including Germany, the UK, the US and Japan.

“The appointments of Monica and Uotani-san will strengthen even further the depth of expertise within our SIH Board. Monica brings with her broad expertise across underwriting, communications, analytics, strategic and regulatory topics and is a respected industry leader,” Shea commented.

“As group CRO, Uotani-san’s extensive knowledge will help us to navigate a complex and rapidly moving global risk landscape as we continue to take our business from strength to strength,” he added.

“Sompo” is the brand under which Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based holding company, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, operates its global property and casualty re/insurance businesses. Sompo International Holdings Ltd. is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Japan-based Sompo Holdings Inc., one of the leading property and casualty groups in the world.

Topics Europe Leadership