David Bidmead is taking over as global multinational client service leader and chair of the multinational executive committee at Marsh, effective 1 April.
He is replacing Alban Laloum, who left Marsh in December. Robert Bentley, president of Marsh’s US and Canada division, will take over Bidmead’s current role.
In this new position, Bidmead will be responsible for the strategy and execution of Marsh’s multinational client service team and delivery approach.
Over the course of his near 20-year career at Marsh, Bidmead has taken on roles of increasing responsibility, most recently serving as CEO of Marsh USA. His previous roles include west zone leader and Pacific region head, and CEO of Marsh Australia.
Joe McSweeny, president of global sales, and to whom Bidmead will report, commented: “As the number of multinational companies emanating from within and outside the US continues to grow, having someone of Bidmead’s calibre overseeing our global client service delivery strategy will ensure that we are consistently bringing the best of Marsh to our clients working in a multi-country environment.”
Bidmead added: “I’m delighted to lead this extremely talented team of dedicated multinational client service specialists and bringing an even greater focus to the value that we create for our multinational clients. With a rapidly changing risk landscape and a dynamic insurance market, we need to continually orientate our value proposition and the cohesion of our multinational network to the needs of our clients.”
