McGill and Partners has launched a new entity in Ireland, marking an “important growth milestone”. As part of the new entity, McGill has hired Kate Browne as chief operating officer, Ireland and Phillip Rout, partner, broking. Browne joins from FBD Insurance where she worked as project manager. Previously, she has also served in roles at JLT Specialty, Willis Towers Watson and PwC. Rout comes to McGill & Partners from AXA XL where he worked for eight years. At AXA XL, he worked in various roles including senior underwriter, casualty underwriter and associate underwriter. Prior to that, he had roles at Willis Towers Watson, InterRisk Australia, Aon Risk Services and OAMPS Insurance Brokers. The firm said it's in the process of setting up a Dublin office. Stephen Cross, one of McGill’s founders and the CEO of McGill and Partners Ireland, explains that the establishment of its Irish entity will allow the firm to work seamlessly with European clients in a post-Brexit world. Cross says: “We are looking forward to serving and providing innovative solutions for clients." In November 2020, Chris Sutton joined McGill and Partners from Aon, as a partner in its structured solutions team.
