Hylant has appointed Alejandro Reyes as director of business consulting. Reyes will lead the organisation’s business risk consulting project teams in helping clients identify, understand and manage operational risks. He has more than 10 years of insurance and risk consultancy experience. This includes a focus on risk transfer optimisation, enterprise risk management and alternative risk transfer, including captives and structured portfolio solutions. Reyes joins Hylant from Willis Towers Watson, where he served as associate director for more than six years. Commenting on Reyes’ appointment, Kip Irle, global mergers and acquisitions and transaction solutions leader at Hylant, says: “As part of our team, Alejandro will bring the processes, tools and knowledge to help our clients convert risk management into competitive advantage.”