Guy Carpenter & Company has hired Anthony Cordonnier as managing director and global co-head of cyber, effective H2 2021. Based in London, Cordonnier will report to James Boyce, CEO, global specialties, Guy Carpenter, Cordonnier joins from Swiss Re where he was most recently director and head of its reinsurance cyber centre. At Swiss Re, he was responsible for building its portfolio and overseeing its global underwriting activities. Meanwhile, Erica Davis has been promoted to global co-head of cyber, effective immediately. Davis is based in New York and will report to Will Garland, president, centres of excellence, North America, Guy Carpenter. Working in close collaboration, Cordonnier and Davis will co-lead Guy Carpenter’s cyber team to utilise more effectively its global footprint, advanced analytical capabilities and expansive sector knowledge, offering clients and prospects more efficient placement strategies. Davis joined Guy Carpenter in 2018 and was most recently managing director and leader of the company’s North America cyber centre of excellence, a dedicated team of cyber brokers, product innovators and analytics experts. With over 20 years of experience in the cyber (re)insurance market, she is a leading industry figure and has played a central role in the development of Guy Carpenter’s strategic approach in the sector. As part of the cyber team expansion, Jess Fung has been appointed as managing director and North American cyber analytics lead and Rebecca Ruddy as senior vice-president within its North America cyber team. Fung most recently served as executive vice-president at Willis Re, leading its US West Coast actuarial team and head of analytics of both its professional liability segment and the global cyber practice group. Ruddy joins from Aon Reinsurance Solutions, where she was a director and reinsurance treaty Broker, and a member of the firm’s global cyber practice group. Commenting on the appointments, Boyce says: “By appointing Erica Davis and Anthony Cordonnier as our global heads of cyber and bringing the scope of our cyber capabilities together in a single, globally unified team we believe we can offer the market a truly exceptional suite of services and solutions.” Garland notes: “The speed at which the cyber threat landscape is developing demands the highest level of knowledge and experience to ensure that risk transfer solutions are evolving at pace.” “As our cyber team grows, we are continuing to deliver unmatched expertise and insight to help our clients around the world address the multiple cyber challenges they face,” he adds. Earlier this month, Guy Carpenter appointed Sebastian Cook as managing director and head of London, Europe.
