People Moves: Al Fardan Named Non-Exec Chairman, Burns & Wilcox MENA; Aon Appoints Marcell to CEO of Global Solutions

H.W. Kaufman Group Names Hasan Fardan Al Fardan as Non-Executive Chairman, Burns & Wilcox MENA

H.W. Kaufman Group named Hasan Fardan Al Fardan as the non-executive chairman for Burns & Wilcox, Middle East and North Africa (MENA). He works closely with Kaufman Co-President Jodie Kaufman Davis and Kaufman International CEO Paul Greensmith.

“Hasan is highly adept at navigating the regulatory environment in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and widely respected for his role as a board member across a portfolio of multinational corporations,” said Davis. “Hasan’s deep relationships and broad network will be pivotal in executing our substantial growth plans for Burns & Wilcox MENA and further unlocking a multitude of new business opportunities.”

Al Fardan currently serves as the CEO of Al Fardan Exchange, the financial services arm of his family’s business. Based in the UAE, he is an expert in investment strategy, real estate, corporate restructuring and financial services.

Kaufman established Burns & Wilcox MENA in 2024, marking the company’s first office in UAE, growing the Burns & Wilcox brand across the Emirates, including Abu Dhabi. Burns & Wilcox MENA is also building regional broking partnerships in other local markets and prioritizing the approval to trade on a reinsurance basis in the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC).

Aon Appoints Marcell to Serve as CEO of Global Solutions

Aon plc, a leading global professional services firm, appointed Andy Marcell as CEO of Global Solutions.

As CEO of Global Solutions, Marcell now leads Aon’s integrated risk capital and human capital capabilities across the firm’s reinsurance, commercial risk, health, wealth and talent teams. Marcell will remain as CEO of Reinsurance until John Neal joins Aon on September 1 and will continue to report to Aon President and CEO Greg Case and serve on the Aon Executive Committee.

“Building integrated capabilities to help our clients address risk and people issues is one of the core commitments of our 3×3 Plan to go further, faster in serving urgent client need,” said Case. “Andy has made a tremendous impact integrating our solutions and enhancing the alignment of our Risk Capital and Human Capital capabilities and will advance our strategy to serve clients as one Aon United firm.”

Marcell, who joined Aon in 2015, most recently served as CEO of risk capital, where he brought together the firm’s commercial risk and reinsurance solutions.

Earlier this month, Aon announced that Lambros Lambrou, previously CEO of human capital, now serves as global chief strategy officer, and the firm is conducting a comprehensive search for a successor to lead human capital.

“Lambros and the Human Capital leadership team have made tremendous progress integrating our Health, Wealth and Talent teams to deliver differentiated data, insights and expertise,” said Marcell. “I’m looking forward to bringing our Risk Capital and Human Capital teams closer together to address the unprecedented volatility and complexity facing our clients.”

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