Marsh McLennan’s Guy Carpenter has bolstered its cyber team with a series of appointments and promotions.
Based in New York, Matthew McCabe has been appointed managing director of cyber broking.
McCabe will use his knowledge of broking, cybersecurity and policy to tackle complex issues, such as cyber war and the role of the public sector in risk transfer.
He joins Guy Carpenter from Kivu Consulting, a cyber forensic company. McCabe previously served at Marsh USA from 2013 to 2021 as senior vice president of cyber practice .
Based in London, Souki Chahid has been named as Guy Carpenter’s head of international cyber analytics.
In her new role, she will manage the company’s cyber analytics suite to the international market, including modelling capabilities and proprietary cyber data.
Shahid joins from CFC, where she worked as cyber modelling manager.
Guy Carpenter has also promoted Zain Awan to international cyber inter-linked securities lead. He will be responsible for strengthening analytical and transactional capabilities to support the growth of the sector.
Awan was most recently senior vice president, reinsurance brokers and actuary for Guy Carpenter’s London cyber team.
In New York, Grace Seigle has joined Guy Carpenter as a cyber broker. She was previously at Gallagher Re. She will serve the business’ global client base and focus on sourcing capital for the underdeveloped cyber retrocession market.
Commenting on the expansion, Anthony Cordonnier, global co-head of cyber at Guy Carpenter, says: “As the quality of data and the depth of cyber models improve, we will take our analytics and modelling capabilities to the next level to attract additional capacity into the space.”
