Tech industry appointments remain buoyant in 2022 compared with last year, with slight decline in FinTech movesTALNT is Sheffield Haworth's proprietary AI-driven platform for tracking executive moves, which gathers and analyses all publicly-announced senior moves sourced from 2000+ reputable public sources around the globe.This inSights report reviews all the senior moves within the global technology sector globally and by region. Please note that TALNT increased its volume of data sources in September 2021, so the numbers are not directly comparable on a year-on-year basis. That said, the overall trends remain clear.  Software senior hires have remained buoyant over the last 20 monthsThe global numbers show some consistency in senior moves in the global technology sector since the beginning of 2021. Key hiring periods seem to include June-July in both years and – at least in 2022, January. The January bump can be explained by job searches going on in November and December which pause over Christmas and are finalised in the New Year. image.png 93.82 KBIn terms of overall trends, Tech Services seems to be seeing a steady increase, while Software remains buoyant. FinTech has seen a decline on 2021, which would make sense given that higher global interest rates have likely acted as at least a short-term break on FinTech investment this year. FinTech investment overall remains robust, and 2021 was a record year in some sub-sectors, so we would need to wait a few more months before being confident of longer-term hiring trends.  Software appointments led by Public Sector and Health, and B2Cimage.png 117.85 KBFrom the above chart, it's clear that Telecoms & Network and Cloud Services have been hiring the most within the Tech Services sub sector. However, the numbers here are low, so the patterns are less established. We could assume that this relative dominance is due to a continuing focus globally on digital transformation, cloud migration, and more flexible working arrangements calling for more investment in network and cloud services, in turn causing those firms to need more talent. Tech consulting seems to have taken a hit over the last 20 months. Deep Tech hires were low across the board over the last two yearsimage.png 105.35 KBAlthough senior hires in the Electronics sub-sector are much higher than the rest, even then they are not that high. Generally, this chart suggests consistency with little change, even in the Semiconductor space, where we have seen a lot of geo-politics over the past 18 months. Top 10 C-Suite Positions Sector Comparisonimage.png 67.5 KBThe chart above is colour coded to show what percentage of the top 10 C-suite positions have been hired in the four Technology sub sectors over 2022 so far. Here we can see some interesting contrasts. For example, Chief Product Officer has been an in-demand role in Deep Tech, FinTech, and Software, but not Tech Services. Meanwhile, Deep Tech firms have hired proportionate way more Chief Commercial Officers, Strategy Officers, and even Legal Officers than firms in the other three sub sectors. By the same token, Deep Tech firms have proportionately hired way fewer CTOs and Chief People Officers than the other three sub sectors, where CTOs and People Officers make up a combined 50% of all hires, on average. Top 10 C-Suite Positions - All Sectorsimage.png 52.85 KBThis chart shows that CEO and CFO appointments outnumber the rest of the top ten senior roles hired for by some way. However, the pattern is quite different in the various subsectors. Top 10 C-Suite Positions - Softwareimage.png 81.57 KBTop 10 C-Suite Positions - FinTechimage.png 66.85 KBTop 10 C-Suite Positions - Tech Servicesimage.png 74.66 KBTop 10 C-Suite Positions - Deep TechWhen we turn to Deep Tech, we see a very different pattern:image.png 100.31 KBGender DiversityGender Diversity by Positionimage.png 65.97 KBThe above chart shows the gender balance of senior appointments within the Technology sector by type of position. It is of limited usefulness, but it's nonetheless interesting to note that there is more balance to be found in Managing Director and Senior Vice President roles than many of the others.Gender Diversity by top 10 C-suite roles  - Tech sectorLooking at gender diversity in more detail, this is a revealing chart:image.png 75.76 KBIn it, we can see that women tend to be better represented in the legal, HR, and marketing departments of most Tech firms. Amongst the more senior board roles, there also tend to be more senior women in the CFO position compared to others. This is a pattern we see across most industries. Legal, HR, Marketing and Finance departments are relatively more popular with women, and so tend to have more female talent available from which to choose. It is also easier to find senior female talent in other industries in these functions to bring in from outside the Tech sector.When companies seek to increase their gender diversity, it is normal for them to increase female headcount in these same "usual suspect" departments of CFO, Legal, HR, and marketing, so these gender stats are unsurprising. Gender Diversity by top 10 C-suite roles - Software image.png 72.95 KBHere we can see once again that women are much more predominant within the finance, legal, HR, and marketing departments, though within Software they are also more in demand as Chief Risk Officers and Chief Business Officers. Gender Diversity by top 10 C-suite roles - FinTech image.png 75.17 KBWithin FinTech, we see more gender balance, with six of the top ten C-suite roles being 20% women or higher. While HR and marketing lead the way again, finance and legal are much less out in front in this sub-sector. Gender Diversity by top 10 C-suite roles - Tech Servicesimage.png 65.88 KBThe relatively high percentages of roles taken by women in some of the C-suite positions above is partly explained by the low overall numbers, which lead to greater statistical variance. While 100% of Chief Legal Officers within Tech Services were women in 2022, there were only three Chief Legal Office appointments so far this year. Gender Diversity by top 10 C-suite roles - Deep Techimage.png 69.68 KBAgain, the extreme gender percentages in the chart above are also explained by the greater statistical variance inherent in working with relatively low numbers. That said, on the surface, this looks as though the Deep Tech sector suffers from a dearth of senior female candidates for C-suite roles, or that sector expertise is valued more highly than the others, which makes it more difficult to hire senior female talent from outside the sector, or simply that Deep Tech firms make gender representation far less of a priority at C-suite level. Disclaimer:The data in this report is compiled from public information and sources. All content is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. This report is based purely on our opinions and insights. TALNT shall not, in any way whatsoever, be responsible or liable for any information published or your use of this data. The report should be used for information and analysis purposes only. This document may not be reproduced, published, or redistributed in whole or any part for any purpose without the prior written consent of TALNT. We recommend that this report is not used beyond its intended use.

AsiaPAC hires drive resurgence in global finance consulting appointments, while US hires drove a spike in Strategy Consulting hires in FebruaryTALNT is Sheffield Haworth's proprietary AI-driven platform for tracking executive moves, which gathers and analyses all publicly-announced senior moves sourced from 3000+ reputable public sources around the globe.This inSights report reviews all the senior moves within the global consulting and professional services sector globally and by region. Consulting senior hires have been muted over the last 19 monthsThe global numbers show a fall in senior moves in the global consulting sector since the beginning of 2021. There was a spike in demand in February this year and a possible sustained increase over the last few months, which we explain in the next section.image.png 51.24 KBOverall, the sector seems risk averse regarding senior hires. This may reflect market trends which have seen increases in the complexity of projects and the value that clients demand, thereby squeezing operating margins at a time when competition for top talent has never been fiercer. Many senior consultants and partners are moving to other industries, citing the desire to be more hands on and to see more projects through to execution, as well as a disinclination to travel as much as they did pre-Covid. Finance consulting making a comeback?image.png 81.45 KBLooking at global senior hires by consulting sub-sector, we see that 2021 saw a sharp decline in senior appointments across the board. While there was a spike in Strategic Consulting senior moves in February this year, this has since returned to consistently lower levels. However, Finance Consulting hires continue to increase, driven by slow and steady increases in EMEA and a sudden spike in demand in AsiaPac: image.png 68.87 KBOne consulting firm stands out when it comes to hiringThe below chart shows the top 10 global consulting firms ranked by total number of moves over the last 12 months (July 2021 - July 2022). At first glance, we can see an expected pattern: that the likes of KPMG, EY, and Deloitte are top when it comes to senior moves. image.png 16.03 KBHowever, digging a little deeper tells a different story. KPMG, Deloitte, EY, and PwC come top in terms of senior talent leaving their businesses. When it comes to hiring senior talent, they are all way behind FTI Consulting, who hired 40 senior leaders between July 2021 and July 2022 – way more than KPMG, who came in second with 26 hires in the same period. This is all the more remarkable because FTI is a Fortune 1,000 company with around 6,700 employees and annual revenues in 2021 of $2.78 billion. The 'Big Four' companies of KPMG, Deloitte, EY, and PwC are all more than ten times larger. The other companies listed in the chart - from Boston Consulting Group and Accenture to IBM and Capgemini - are also much larger than FTI, with only Arthur D Little being smaller. Looking at the top 10 companies hiring the most just for the first seven months of 2022, we see FTI again way ahead of the pack:image.png 21.01 KBAlthough Finance Consulting senior hires in AsiaPac and EMEA seem to have been driving overall growth in the sector, this doesn,t explain FTI's growth, more than half of which has been in its home market of North America:image.png 18.62 KBAt the same time, the senior appointments announced have not been concentrated in any particular sub-sector. Rather, the firm has been hiring across all sub-sectors, with Technology and Finance being the top two, followed by Compliance, Advisory and Healthcare. What is notable about this split is that in 2021 the firm generated 10% of its total revenues from Technology, suggesting that management is making the expansion of this practice a strategic priority over the next few years.image.png 32.42 KBIt's also interesting to see where the firm has hired senior talent over the last three years of growth:image.png 35.3 KBHere we can see the firm has successfully poached several senior leaders from Deloitte. This backs up what we've been seeing in the consulting talent market anecdotally, where experienced directors and partners are migrating out of Big Four firms either into industry directly, or else into smaller, growing consultancies such as FTI that offer more opportunity for greenfield business building and seeing projects through to execution.Gender diversity trends in senior global consulting hires over the last 19 monthsGlobally, the stats show a similar story, with just under a third of consulting hires being women - a pattern repeated with remarkable consistency across the largest global regions:image.png 43.18 KBWhen we do a deeper dive into the gender split of the consulting firms that hired senior talent over the last 12 months, this is what we see:image.png 46.15 KBAgain, we can see that FTI Consulting stands out for almost hitting 50-50 parity with its senior hires. Looking at the rest of the firms on the list, this seems difficult to do. On the whole, those firms with the highest percentage of female senior appointments such as Kearney or Boston Consulting Group have hired low numbers overall, while some - such as Deloitte, KPMG, IBM, and Accenture – seem really to have struggled to bring on female senior talent. Given that FTI Consulting alone hired almost 31% of all the senior women hired across the entire industry in the last 12 months, perhaps this says that FTI has developed a truly outstanding employee value proposition for women. Or that they have simply invested more time and effort into hiring more women. Whatever the reason, it is clear that several firms are struggling to increase gender diversity by comparison. Anecdotally, we know that several of the larger consulting firms are aware of this issue and undergoing some soul searching and analysis to understand why they're struggling - and to improve 

June 2022 observed some key moves in the Software and Deep Tech industries. Here are the top 10 moves:Meta (1st June) June began with a shock as the Chief Operating Officer of Meta, Sheryl Sandberg, announced she was departing from her role effective immediately. Sandberg directed multiple efforts throughout her 14 years at Meta that finally led to the development of the contemporary advertising ecosystem as we know it.Sandberg's laser-like concentration on quantifiable results for advertising, Meta saw enormous commercial success, as Sandberg oversaw the growth of Meta's revenue from $272 million in 2008 to nearly $118 billion in 2021. Hundreds of companies started to mimic Facebook's strategy soon after Sandberg and Facebook demonstrated this huge commercial success. Her departure saw Meta shares falling by approximately 4%. (Read more).2. BigBear.ai (2nd June) Analytics and cyber engineering firm BigBear.ai, added two new members to its senior leadership group. Josh Kinley who was promoted to the newly created position of Chief Corporate Development Officer, and was replaced as the company's Chief Financial Officer by Julie Peffer. BigBear.ai CEO, Reggie Brothers, considers these moves to be of utmost importance to the growth of the company. "Peffer's strong experience driving revenue growth and margin expansion through excellent SaaS modelling and pricing," according to Brothers, explains Peffer's suitability for the CFO position. Additionally, Brothers has entrusted Josh Kinley to expand BigBear.ai's market reach throughout the public and private sectors, assessing potential mergers and acquisitions and spearheading integration strategy and execution. The moves come at a time when BigBear.ai have suffered significant fluctuations in its share price since the beginning of 2022. (Read more).3. Intel Corporation (8th June)By appointing April Miller Boise as Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, Intel Corporation has solidified its mission to be the commanding force in the semiconductor industry. "Our ambitious goals for Intel are set against an increasingly complex legal and policy environment, and April's breadth of skills and experience make her a critical addition to our leadership team as we pursue the largest transformation in the company's history," remarked Intel CEO, Pat Gelsinger. Miller Boise has worked for more than 25 years in various businesses, including senior roles such as general counsel, head of global mergers and acquisitions, and corporate secretary. She worked for more than ten years at the Cleveland, Ohio-based commercial law firm Thompson Hine LLP, serving as senior vice president, CLO, and corporate secretary for Meritor Inc., and most recently held the positions of executive vice president and CLO at Eaton Corp.  Miller Boise will join Intel's executive leadership team, provide advice and guidance to the leadership, and serve on the board of directors. Miller Boise's combination of commercial knowledge and legal experience, according to Gelsinger, made her a particularly strong fit for her new position. (Read more).4. Microsoft UAE (30th June)Microsoft UAE is saying goodbye to departing General Manager for the UAE, Sayed Hashish. Microsoft has always considered  Hashish to be a consistent, inspiring leader. By working with governmental agencies, start-ups, and other private businesses to utilise Microsoft's platforms and technologies, he has significantly contributed to the company's expansion in the United Arab Emirates. His successor, Naim Yazbeck, has held the position of Regional Director for the Enterprise and Partner Group (EPG) at Microsoft, where he has been in charge of the company's initiatives to speed up digital transformation across industries in the Gulf region as well as strategic alliances with important clients and partners. (Read more).5. Pinterest (28th June) Due in part to its female user base and former CEO and co-founder Ben Silbermann's likeable persona, Pinterest had gained a reputation as a gentle company that avoided following Silicon Valley's startup playbook of machismo, strutting bluster. But as workers exposed instances of sexism and racism in the workplace in recent years, the business came under intense criticism. Moreover, given the tough economic conditions, the company was in need of a seasoned winner, experienced enough to steer Pinterest away from any significant losses. Bill Ready's appointment, therefore, is no major surprise. Ready was the former president of commerce, payments and next billion users at Alphabet's Google, as well as a former exec at PayPal. At first, he was exclusively in charge of commercial initiatives, such as those to compete with Amazon by eliminating "Buy on Google" commission fees and making listings on Google Shopping free. In April 2021, Ready acquired Payments and Next Billion Users in the wake of Caesar Sengupta's retirement as a longstanding Google executive. A "major role in developing a new vision and strategy for Commerce and Payments at Google" is credited to him. (Read more).6. AMD (22nd June) The semiconductor industry is on a path to recovery. The easing of shortages has paved a concrete path for better prospects in the future. Mathew Hein's appointment as AMD's new Chief Strategy Officer, therefore, is not surprising. Hein served as an advisor to AMD throughout the acquisitions of Xilinx and Pensando while he was a partner at DBO Partners prior to joining AMD. His career also includes holding several top positions for organisations such as Morgan Stanley, Qolsys, SGI, and Ethertronics. Additionally, MergerLinks named him a Top Investment Banker in North America for 2020. Hein has been tasked with "advancing the company's strategy across an expanded market for high-performance and adaptive computing solutions" by company Chair and CEO, Dr. Lisa Su. (Read more).7. Volta Charging (13th June) On June 13th, Volta Inc., a market-leading provider of electric vehicle charging networks, announced that its Board of Directors had made several significant leadership appointments and new hires to support the Company's upcoming phase of growth and operational success. The Board engaged Stephen Pilatzke to serve as Chief Accounting Officer and selected Vincent Cubbage as Interim Chief Executive Officer. In order to take advantage of Volta's expanding revenue impetus and market potential, the Board also announced that Brandt Hastings would be promoted to Chief Commercial Officer. Additionally, Drew Lipsher was given the title of Chief Development Officer, and effective with the aforementioned appointments, Kathy Savitt, a Director and previously Co-Chair of the Volta Board, was named sole Chair of the Board. In a hotly contested sector, Volta's massive influx of promotions and new appointments paves the way for expansion and solidifies the company's reputation as a primary player in the sector. (Read more). 8. 6Sense (9th June) Earlier in June, 6Sense acquired AdTech providers Granite Media, paving the way for the Granite Media acquisition marketing team to unleash the potential of 6sense consumers and drive advertising product innovation. Bryan Wise and Terese Lam were subsequently appointed to the positions of Chief Information Officer and Chief People Officer, respectively, by 6sense in conjunction with the acquisition. Terese Lam previously served as the Chief People Officer at Wind River, a leading provider of intelligent edge software, where she played a key role in advancing change in all areas pertaining to personnel, culture, and organisational structure. She has more than 20 years of great HR expertise in major, multinational organisations as well as medium-sized, fast-growing businesses all over the world. Bryan Wise joined 6sense as the organization's first CIO, where he has been responsible for monitoring and fostering innovation within the Information Technology function of the firm, as well as developing top-notch teams that have a positive influence on the company's bottom line. In the past, Wise held remarkable Vice President positions at well-known technology firms like GitLab, Snowflake, DocuSign, and others. These appointments come at a time when 6Sense has been significantly growing and hitting monumental milestones, such as most recently closing a Series E funding round of $200 million in January, doubling its valuation to over $5.2 billion. (Read more).9. SymphonyAI (15th June) The Great Resignation has enabled many employees to voluntarily resign from their jobs en masse in search for better opportunities and easy-going working conditions with added incentives. Tech giants, such as Microsoft, Apple, and Google have been the victims of this economic trend. But smaller tech companies and startups have profited off of this economic trend. Bill Bragg, SymphonyAI's new Chief Information Officer, joins from Google, where he was head of Fitbit corporate IT and successfully led employee productivity integration and migration. Previously, he was vice president of IT infrastructure at Riverbed Technology and the first customer of Riverbed's business performance management software. Bragg spent 14 years at Cisco Systems in various IT and engineering operations roles. He has led transformative initiatives through global teams, building and operating programs worldwide, including in India, China, and Europe. Bragg's extensive experience can only prove to be valuable for SymphonyAI in the long term, where he has been tasked with "driving SymphonyAI's corporate information technology strategy and overseeing all IT and information security." (Read more). 10. Zeta (June 22nd) Zeta hired their first Chief People Officer in Candice Chafey. Candice has been tasked with leading Zeta's human resources team, spearheading Zeta's culture initiatives, and to drive  the company's employee experience strategy. With more than 20 years of experience in senior human resource positions at organisations like Sisense, Bridgewater Associates, and Lehman Brothers, Candice brings a wealth of knowledge, accelerating businesses by coordinating talent with organisational goals, establishing a people-first environment, and influencing corporate culture. She will work with Juliet Schuler, Zeta's Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, on DEIB projects. Zeta is strengthening its commitment to the general growth, development and well-being of employees as it expands its worldwide workforce to produce data-driven products and solutions that spur profitable growth for the most intelligent marketers on the planet. The long-term Zeta 2025 plan, which was unveiled in February 2022, includes this investment. (Read more).

Since the early lockdown in 2021, we have seen a bounce back in hiring activity across the Asset Management space. Months at home allowed for the population to reflect on their employment and become less risk-averse to a career change. Firms have continued to bolster their capital raising capabilities, resulting in a disproportionate number of distribution hires across EMEA. We have also made a note that, due to Brexit, the number of hires made on the continent has increased drastically from pre-pandemic levels. We have examined our senior hiring data from the past year (May 2021-May 2022), and have not only identified the firms that have been most active in hiring, but also key themes and trends that have emerged from this data. image.png 48.89 KBHSBC AM's focus on building out their Infra and Alternatives platform has propelled them to the top of the list in regards to senior-level hires made over the past year. In January 2022 John Dewey was announced as Head of Alternatives solutions, moving from Aviva Investors where he was CIO of Aviva Investors, France. In addition, In March of this year, HSBC AM hired an Infrastructure team from AMP Capital, including the appointment of Giuseppe Corona as Head of Global Listed Infrastructure.image.png 27.73 KBAmundi, the largest European Manager, is another notable name who has made significant senior appointments this year. Spurred by the announcement of the Amundi Institute in February, Vincent Mortier, was named CIO, taking over from Pascal Blanque, who was appointed Chairman of the Amundi Institute. Other noteworthy hires they’ve made include Alexander Preininger, who joined as EMEA Head for Institutional Clients, and the appointment of Alice Sireyjol as Deputy Head of ESG development.Another major trend we’ve seen from investors is the demand for ESG. 2021 was the year that Managers realised the importance of these credentials and invested in these capabilities. Spotlight hires in this field include Sandra Carlisle who joined Jupiter Asset Management in February 2022  to lead their Corporate Sustainability team. Sandra was previously Global Head of ESG at HSBC Asset Management. LGIM also made a punchy hire in January of this year by appointing Amelia Tan, who was previously Head of Sustainable Proposition for EMEA at Blackrock, as their Head of Responsible Investment Strategy.  image.png 68.57 KB Written by:Molly Jenkins, Sheffield Haworth - Asset Management Practice. Sheffield Haworth Asset Management practice has been providing global and local talent solutions for over 25 years...Find out more

Of the 79 senior global insurance moves tracked over the last month, the ones that received the most interest from our subscribers on TALNT were:Christian Taube, who joined Beazley as its new Head of Cyber Services – International. Taube was previously Chief Information Security Officer at Contentserv and, prior to that, he built the information security practice at DataGuard. He will be taking up his new role from Beazley’s Munich office, where he will be responsible for further developing and enhancing the company’s cyber risk management and incident response functions.Charlotte Jones, who has joined Aviva as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director. Jones was previously CFO of RSA Insurance plc, Interim Chief Executive Officer of the RSA UK & International business. Prior to her time in insurance, she held a variety of roles, such as Head of Group Finance at Credit Suisse Group, Deputy Group CFO at Deutsche Bank Group, and CFO of Jupiter Fund Management, where she was the member of the board and executive committee with responsibility for finance and corporate strategy.Jessica Saperstein, who has joined financial advisor and insurance firm Voya Financial as Chief Customer Experience Office. Saperstein has over 20 years of industry experience in marketing, digital transformation and global business and corporate strategy. At Voya, she will be responsible for creating and executing Voya’s long-term customer experience (CX) plan.Hannah Ross, who has been appointed to Bermuda International Long Term Insurers and Reinsurers (BILTIR)’s board of directors. Ross is currently Chief Strategy and Capital Officer at multi-line insurance and financial services company The Argus Group, where she leads a team covering group actuarial and risk, capital and finance, and strategic performance delivery. She has been at Argus since 2010, before which she held actuarial roles at Synesis Life, KPMG, and Pension Insurance Corporation.Caroline Richardson, who has been appointed to lead the new cyber practice at Bishopsgate. Richardson was previously at Miller Insurance Services, where she worked on both retail and wholesale cyber placements and solutions for global corporate organisations and facilities and grew its international and UK business. Prior to that she was Associate Director of Aon advising large professional services clients on cyber and professional indemnity programmes, and before that she was a professional indemnity underwriter with Barbican Syndicate.Paula Ferreira, who has been appointed Aon’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Latin America in Reinsurance Solutions. Ferreira has worked at Aon for 13 years, most recently as the firm’s Reinsurance Solutions Growth Leader and President for Latin America. She brings 26 years’ experience in reinsurance to her new role.Claudia Cordioli, who has been appointed Swiss Re’s new Group Finance Director. Cordioli has worked at Swiss Re since 2003 and held a variety of roles, most recently CFO of Reinsurance.  Vanida Pillay has been appointed the new Chief Executive of the South Africa branch of MNK Re Group. Pillay will lead MNK Re’s South Africa branch with a focus on expanding the company’s Construction, Power, Single Project PI insurance (SPPI), Cyber and Decennial liability.Olivia Brindle, who has joined specialty insurer and reinsurer Fidelis as its new Head of Sustainability. Brindle joins Fidelis from Swiss Re, where she was an Investor Relations Senior Manager. Her appointment reflects Fidelis’ stated focus on ESG within the firm’s underwriting portfolio, operations, and investments.Emmy Pan, who has joined AXA XL as energy underwriter to its Americas Property insurance team, based in Houston. Pan joins AXA XL from Zurich North America where she managed a high volume of energy property insurance business.Anna Bennett, who has been appointed director of underwriting for casualty for the UK at QBE. Bennett joined QBE in 2018, where she previously held the roles of interim director of underwriting for casualty, and European operations divisional lead for multinational and portfolio manager in the UK casualty major risks team.Morris Taylor, who has been appointed Chief Information Officer for Markel’s insurance operations. Taylor’s role will include responsibility for leading Markel’s global IT function while continuing to build on critical partnerships across Markel’s insurance operations.Matthew Moore, who has been appointed President of Underwriting at Liberty Mutual.Susanne Figueredo Cook, who has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer at Liberty Mutual.Phil Hobbs was appointed as President of Liberty Specialty Markets at Liberty Mutual.Global senior insurance hires, Apr 2022The following chart shows the overall trend in senior global insurance hires since January 2021. It shows that monthly appointments have been holding steady within a range of 75 – 95 since September last year. The peaks and dips seen in previous months have balanced out over a longer timescale.  image.png 72.26 KBGlobal senior insurance hires by sub sector, April 2021 – April 2022Looking deeper at senior hiring trends by sub-sector, we can see that the number of appointments in the Non-life sector remained steady after a drop in March from its annual peak in February. Reinsurance and Brokers/Intermediaries continued to remain steady, while Life/Health dropped to zero from seven the month before:image.png 63.42 KBGender balance of senior global insurance hires, April 2022Of the new senior appointments we tracked last month, the average global gender split was 31% women and 69% men. Looking at the regions shows that, while the Americas saw the lowest proportion of female senior appointments at 25%, EMEA saw the highest at 38.1% (the highest proportion of female appointments in the region so far this year), while AsiaPAC sits in the middle, at 30%:image.png 49.95 KBTop 10 companies with the most new appointments in April 2022Here are the global insurance businesses who made the most senior appointments in April, with Willis Towers Watson clearly leading the pack:image.png 28.48 KBIf you would like to know more information about Sheffield Haworth's Insurance Practice, get in touch with Ben Johnson (b.johnson@sheffieldhaworth.com)https://www.sheffieldhaworth.com/financial-services/insurance/

Tech industry appointments remain buoyant in 2022 compared with last year, with slight decline in FinTech movesTALNT is Sheffield Haworth's proprietary AI-driven platform for tracking executive moves, which gathers and analyses all publicly-announced senior moves sourced from 2000+ reputable public sources around the globe.This inSights report reviews all the senior moves within the global technology sector globally and by region. Please note that TALNT increased its volume of data sources in September 2021, so the numbers are not directly comparable on a year-on-year basis. That said, the overall trends remain clear.  Software senior hires have remained buoyant over the last 20 monthsThe global numbers show some consistency in senior moves in the global technology sector since the beginning of 2021. Key hiring periods seem to include June-July in both years and – at least in 2022, January. The January bump can be explained by job searches going on in November and December which pause over Christmas and are finalised in the New Year. image.png 93.82 KBIn terms of overall trends, Tech Services seems to be seeing a steady increase, while Software remains buoyant. FinTech has seen a decline on 2021, which would make sense given that higher global interest rates have likely acted as at least a short-term break on FinTech investment this year. FinTech investment overall remains robust, and 2021 was a record year in some sub-sectors, so we would need to wait a few more months before being confident of longer-term hiring trends.  Software appointments led by Public Sector and Health, and B2Cimage.png 117.85 KBFrom the above chart, it's clear that Telecoms & Network and Cloud Services have been hiring the most within the Tech Services sub sector. However, the numbers here are low, so the patterns are less established. We could assume that this relative dominance is due to a continuing focus globally on digital transformation, cloud migration, and more flexible working arrangements calling for more investment in network and cloud services, in turn causing those firms to need more talent. Tech consulting seems to have taken a hit over the last 20 months. Deep Tech hires were low across the board over the last two yearsimage.png 105.35 KBAlthough senior hires in the Electronics sub-sector are much higher than the rest, even then they are not that high. Generally, this chart suggests consistency with little change, even in the Semiconductor space, where we have seen a lot of geo-politics over the past 18 months. Top 10 C-Suite Positions Sector Comparisonimage.png 67.5 KBThe chart above is colour coded to show what percentage of the top 10 C-suite positions have been hired in the four Technology sub sectors over 2022 so far. Here we can see some interesting contrasts. For example, Chief Product Officer has been an in-demand role in Deep Tech, FinTech, and Software, but not Tech Services. Meanwhile, Deep Tech firms have hired proportionate way more Chief Commercial Officers, Strategy Officers, and even Legal Officers than firms in the other three sub sectors. By the same token, Deep Tech firms have proportionately hired way fewer CTOs and Chief People Officers than the other three sub sectors, where CTOs and People Officers make up a combined 50% of all hires, on average. Top 10 C-Suite Positions - All Sectorsimage.png 52.85 KBThis chart shows that CEO and CFO appointments outnumber the rest of the top ten senior roles hired for by some way. However, the pattern is quite different in the various subsectors. Top 10 C-Suite Positions - Softwareimage.png 81.57 KBTop 10 C-Suite Positions - FinTechimage.png 66.85 KBTop 10 C-Suite Positions - Tech Servicesimage.png 74.66 KBTop 10 C-Suite Positions - Deep TechWhen we turn to Deep Tech, we see a very different pattern:image.png 100.31 KBGender DiversityGender Diversity by Positionimage.png 65.97 KBThe above chart shows the gender balance of senior appointments within the Technology sector by type of position. It is of limited usefulness, but it's nonetheless interesting to note that there is more balance to be found in Managing Director and Senior Vice President roles than many of the others.Gender Diversity by top 10 C-suite roles  - Tech sectorLooking at gender diversity in more detail, this is a revealing chart:image.png 75.76 KBIn it, we can see that women tend to be better represented in the legal, HR, and marketing departments of most Tech firms. Amongst the more senior board roles, there also tend to be more senior women in the CFO position compared to others. This is a pattern we see across most industries. Legal, HR, Marketing and Finance departments are relatively more popular with women, and so tend to have more female talent available from which to choose. It is also easier to find senior female talent in other industries in these functions to bring in from outside the Tech sector.When companies seek to increase their gender diversity, it is normal for them to increase female headcount in these same "usual suspect" departments of CFO, Legal, HR, and marketing, so these gender stats are unsurprising. Gender Diversity by top 10 C-suite roles - Software image.png 72.95 KBHere we can see once again that women are much more predominant within the finance, legal, HR, and marketing departments, though within Software they are also more in demand as Chief Risk Officers and Chief Business Officers. Gender Diversity by top 10 C-suite roles - FinTech image.png 75.17 KBWithin FinTech, we see more gender balance, with six of the top ten C-suite roles being 20% women or higher. While HR and marketing lead the way again, finance and legal are much less out in front in this sub-sector. Gender Diversity by top 10 C-suite roles - Tech Servicesimage.png 65.88 KBThe relatively high percentages of roles taken by women in some of the C-suite positions above is partly explained by the low overall numbers, which lead to greater statistical variance. While 100% of Chief Legal Officers within Tech Services were women in 2022, there were only three Chief Legal Office appointments so far this year. Gender Diversity by top 10 C-suite roles - Deep Techimage.png 69.68 KBAgain, the extreme gender percentages in the chart above are also explained by the greater statistical variance inherent in working with relatively low numbers. That said, on the surface, this looks as though the Deep Tech sector suffers from a dearth of senior female candidates for C-suite roles, or that sector expertise is valued more highly than the others, which makes it more difficult to hire senior female talent from outside the sector, or simply that Deep Tech firms make gender representation far less of a priority at C-suite level. Disclaimer:The data in this report is compiled from public information and sources. All content is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. This report is based purely on our opinions and insights. TALNT shall not, in any way whatsoever, be responsible or liable for any information published or your use of this data. The report should be used for information and analysis purposes only. This document may not be reproduced, published, or redistributed in whole or any part for any purpose without the prior written consent of TALNT. We recommend that this report is not used beyond its intended use.

AsiaPAC hires drive resurgence in global finance consulting appointments, while US hires drove a spike in Strategy Consulting hires in FebruaryTALNT is Sheffield Haworth's proprietary AI-driven platform for tracking executive moves, which gathers and analyses all publicly-announced senior moves sourced from 3000+ reputable public sources around the globe.This inSights report reviews all the senior moves within the global consulting and professional services sector globally and by region. Consulting senior hires have been muted over the last 19 monthsThe global numbers show a fall in senior moves in the global consulting sector since the beginning of 2021. There was a spike in demand in February this year and a possible sustained increase over the last few months, which we explain in the next section.image.png 51.24 KBOverall, the sector seems risk averse regarding senior hires. This may reflect market trends which have seen increases in the complexity of projects and the value that clients demand, thereby squeezing operating margins at a time when competition for top talent has never been fiercer. Many senior consultants and partners are moving to other industries, citing the desire to be more hands on and to see more projects through to execution, as well as a disinclination to travel as much as they did pre-Covid. Finance consulting making a comeback?image.png 81.45 KBLooking at global senior hires by consulting sub-sector, we see that 2021 saw a sharp decline in senior appointments across the board. While there was a spike in Strategic Consulting senior moves in February this year, this has since returned to consistently lower levels. However, Finance Consulting hires continue to increase, driven by slow and steady increases in EMEA and a sudden spike in demand in AsiaPac: image.png 68.87 KBOne consulting firm stands out when it comes to hiringThe below chart shows the top 10 global consulting firms ranked by total number of moves over the last 12 months (July 2021 - July 2022). At first glance, we can see an expected pattern: that the likes of KPMG, EY, and Deloitte are top when it comes to senior moves. image.png 16.03 KBHowever, digging a little deeper tells a different story. KPMG, Deloitte, EY, and PwC come top in terms of senior talent leaving their businesses. When it comes to hiring senior talent, they are all way behind FTI Consulting, who hired 40 senior leaders between July 2021 and July 2022 – way more than KPMG, who came in second with 26 hires in the same period. This is all the more remarkable because FTI is a Fortune 1,000 company with around 6,700 employees and annual revenues in 2021 of $2.78 billion. The 'Big Four' companies of KPMG, Deloitte, EY, and PwC are all more than ten times larger. The other companies listed in the chart - from Boston Consulting Group and Accenture to IBM and Capgemini - are also much larger than FTI, with only Arthur D Little being smaller. Looking at the top 10 companies hiring the most just for the first seven months of 2022, we see FTI again way ahead of the pack:image.png 21.01 KBAlthough Finance Consulting senior hires in AsiaPac and EMEA seem to have been driving overall growth in the sector, this doesn,t explain FTI's growth, more than half of which has been in its home market of North America:image.png 18.62 KBAt the same time, the senior appointments announced have not been concentrated in any particular sub-sector. Rather, the firm has been hiring across all sub-sectors, with Technology and Finance being the top two, followed by Compliance, Advisory and Healthcare. What is notable about this split is that in 2021 the firm generated 10% of its total revenues from Technology, suggesting that management is making the expansion of this practice a strategic priority over the next few years.image.png 32.42 KBIt's also interesting to see where the firm has hired senior talent over the last three years of growth:image.png 35.3 KBHere we can see the firm has successfully poached several senior leaders from Deloitte. This backs up what we've been seeing in the consulting talent market anecdotally, where experienced directors and partners are migrating out of Big Four firms either into industry directly, or else into smaller, growing consultancies such as FTI that offer more opportunity for greenfield business building and seeing projects through to execution.Gender diversity trends in senior global consulting hires over the last 19 monthsGlobally, the stats show a similar story, with just under a third of consulting hires being women - a pattern repeated with remarkable consistency across the largest global regions:image.png 43.18 KBWhen we do a deeper dive into the gender split of the consulting firms that hired senior talent over the last 12 months, this is what we see:image.png 46.15 KBAgain, we can see that FTI Consulting stands out for almost hitting 50-50 parity with its senior hires. Looking at the rest of the firms on the list, this seems difficult to do. On the whole, those firms with the highest percentage of female senior appointments such as Kearney or Boston Consulting Group have hired low numbers overall, while some - such as Deloitte, KPMG, IBM, and Accenture – seem really to have struggled to bring on female senior talent. Given that FTI Consulting alone hired almost 31% of all the senior women hired across the entire industry in the last 12 months, perhaps this says that FTI has developed a truly outstanding employee value proposition for women. Or that they have simply invested more time and effort into hiring more women. Whatever the reason, it is clear that several firms are struggling to increase gender diversity by comparison. Anecdotally, we know that several of the larger consulting firms are aware of this issue and undergoing some soul searching and analysis to understand why they're struggling - and to improve 

June 2022 observed some key moves in the Software and Deep Tech industries. Here are the top 10 moves:Meta (1st June) June began with a shock as the Chief Operating Officer of Meta, Sheryl Sandberg, announced she was departing from her role effective immediately. Sandberg directed multiple efforts throughout her 14 years at Meta that finally led to the development of the contemporary advertising ecosystem as we know it.Sandberg's laser-like concentration on quantifiable results for advertising, Meta saw enormous commercial success, as Sandberg oversaw the growth of Meta's revenue from $272 million in 2008 to nearly $118 billion in 2021. Hundreds of companies started to mimic Facebook's strategy soon after Sandberg and Facebook demonstrated this huge commercial success. Her departure saw Meta shares falling by approximately 4%. (Read more).2. BigBear.ai (2nd June) Analytics and cyber engineering firm BigBear.ai, added two new members to its senior leadership group. Josh Kinley who was promoted to the newly created position of Chief Corporate Development Officer, and was replaced as the company's Chief Financial Officer by Julie Peffer. BigBear.ai CEO, Reggie Brothers, considers these moves to be of utmost importance to the growth of the company. "Peffer's strong experience driving revenue growth and margin expansion through excellent SaaS modelling and pricing," according to Brothers, explains Peffer's suitability for the CFO position. Additionally, Brothers has entrusted Josh Kinley to expand BigBear.ai's market reach throughout the public and private sectors, assessing potential mergers and acquisitions and spearheading integration strategy and execution. The moves come at a time when BigBear.ai have suffered significant fluctuations in its share price since the beginning of 2022. (Read more).3. Intel Corporation (8th June)By appointing April Miller Boise as Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, Intel Corporation has solidified its mission to be the commanding force in the semiconductor industry. "Our ambitious goals for Intel are set against an increasingly complex legal and policy environment, and April's breadth of skills and experience make her a critical addition to our leadership team as we pursue the largest transformation in the company's history," remarked Intel CEO, Pat Gelsinger. Miller Boise has worked for more than 25 years in various businesses, including senior roles such as general counsel, head of global mergers and acquisitions, and corporate secretary. She worked for more than ten years at the Cleveland, Ohio-based commercial law firm Thompson Hine LLP, serving as senior vice president, CLO, and corporate secretary for Meritor Inc., and most recently held the positions of executive vice president and CLO at Eaton Corp.  Miller Boise will join Intel's executive leadership team, provide advice and guidance to the leadership, and serve on the board of directors. Miller Boise's combination of commercial knowledge and legal experience, according to Gelsinger, made her a particularly strong fit for her new position. (Read more).4. Microsoft UAE (30th June)Microsoft UAE is saying goodbye to departing General Manager for the UAE, Sayed Hashish. Microsoft has always considered  Hashish to be a consistent, inspiring leader. By working with governmental agencies, start-ups, and other private businesses to utilise Microsoft's platforms and technologies, he has significantly contributed to the company's expansion in the United Arab Emirates. His successor, Naim Yazbeck, has held the position of Regional Director for the Enterprise and Partner Group (EPG) at Microsoft, where he has been in charge of the company's initiatives to speed up digital transformation across industries in the Gulf region as well as strategic alliances with important clients and partners. (Read more).5. Pinterest (28th June) Due in part to its female user base and former CEO and co-founder Ben Silbermann's likeable persona, Pinterest had gained a reputation as a gentle company that avoided following Silicon Valley's startup playbook of machismo, strutting bluster. But as workers exposed instances of sexism and racism in the workplace in recent years, the business came under intense criticism. Moreover, given the tough economic conditions, the company was in need of a seasoned winner, experienced enough to steer Pinterest away from any significant losses. Bill Ready's appointment, therefore, is no major surprise. Ready was the former president of commerce, payments and next billion users at Alphabet's Google, as well as a former exec at PayPal. At first, he was exclusively in charge of commercial initiatives, such as those to compete with Amazon by eliminating "Buy on Google" commission fees and making listings on Google Shopping free. In April 2021, Ready acquired Payments and Next Billion Users in the wake of Caesar Sengupta's retirement as a longstanding Google executive. A "major role in developing a new vision and strategy for Commerce and Payments at Google" is credited to him. (Read more).6. AMD (22nd June) The semiconductor industry is on a path to recovery. The easing of shortages has paved a concrete path for better prospects in the future. Mathew Hein's appointment as AMD's new Chief Strategy Officer, therefore, is not surprising. Hein served as an advisor to AMD throughout the acquisitions of Xilinx and Pensando while he was a partner at DBO Partners prior to joining AMD. His career also includes holding several top positions for organisations such as Morgan Stanley, Qolsys, SGI, and Ethertronics. Additionally, MergerLinks named him a Top Investment Banker in North America for 2020. Hein has been tasked with "advancing the company's strategy across an expanded market for high-performance and adaptive computing solutions" by company Chair and CEO, Dr. Lisa Su. (Read more).7. Volta Charging (13th June) On June 13th, Volta Inc., a market-leading provider of electric vehicle charging networks, announced that its Board of Directors had made several significant leadership appointments and new hires to support the Company's upcoming phase of growth and operational success. The Board engaged Stephen Pilatzke to serve as Chief Accounting Officer and selected Vincent Cubbage as Interim Chief Executive Officer. In order to take advantage of Volta's expanding revenue impetus and market potential, the Board also announced that Brandt Hastings would be promoted to Chief Commercial Officer. Additionally, Drew Lipsher was given the title of Chief Development Officer, and effective with the aforementioned appointments, Kathy Savitt, a Director and previously Co-Chair of the Volta Board, was named sole Chair of the Board. In a hotly contested sector, Volta's massive influx of promotions and new appointments paves the way for expansion and solidifies the company's reputation as a primary player in the sector. (Read more). 8. 6Sense (9th June) Earlier in June, 6Sense acquired AdTech providers Granite Media, paving the way for the Granite Media acquisition marketing team to unleash the potential of 6sense consumers and drive advertising product innovation. Bryan Wise and Terese Lam were subsequently appointed to the positions of Chief Information Officer and Chief People Officer, respectively, by 6sense in conjunction with the acquisition. Terese Lam previously served as the Chief People Officer at Wind River, a leading provider of intelligent edge software, where she played a key role in advancing change in all areas pertaining to personnel, culture, and organisational structure. She has more than 20 years of great HR expertise in major, multinational organisations as well as medium-sized, fast-growing businesses all over the world. Bryan Wise joined 6sense as the organization's first CIO, where he has been responsible for monitoring and fostering innovation within the Information Technology function of the firm, as well as developing top-notch teams that have a positive influence on the company's bottom line. In the past, Wise held remarkable Vice President positions at well-known technology firms like GitLab, Snowflake, DocuSign, and others. These appointments come at a time when 6Sense has been significantly growing and hitting monumental milestones, such as most recently closing a Series E funding round of $200 million in January, doubling its valuation to over $5.2 billion. (Read more).9. SymphonyAI (15th June) The Great Resignation has enabled many employees to voluntarily resign from their jobs en masse in search for better opportunities and easy-going working conditions with added incentives. Tech giants, such as Microsoft, Apple, and Google have been the victims of this economic trend. But smaller tech companies and startups have profited off of this economic trend. Bill Bragg, SymphonyAI's new Chief Information Officer, joins from Google, where he was head of Fitbit corporate IT and successfully led employee productivity integration and migration. Previously, he was vice president of IT infrastructure at Riverbed Technology and the first customer of Riverbed's business performance management software. Bragg spent 14 years at Cisco Systems in various IT and engineering operations roles. He has led transformative initiatives through global teams, building and operating programs worldwide, including in India, China, and Europe. Bragg's extensive experience can only prove to be valuable for SymphonyAI in the long term, where he has been tasked with "driving SymphonyAI's corporate information technology strategy and overseeing all IT and information security." (Read more). 10. Zeta (June 22nd) Zeta hired their first Chief People Officer in Candice Chafey. Candice has been tasked with leading Zeta's human resources team, spearheading Zeta's culture initiatives, and to drive  the company's employee experience strategy. With more than 20 years of experience in senior human resource positions at organisations like Sisense, Bridgewater Associates, and Lehman Brothers, Candice brings a wealth of knowledge, accelerating businesses by coordinating talent with organisational goals, establishing a people-first environment, and influencing corporate culture. She will work with Juliet Schuler, Zeta's Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, on DEIB projects. Zeta is strengthening its commitment to the general growth, development and well-being of employees as it expands its worldwide workforce to produce data-driven products and solutions that spur profitable growth for the most intelligent marketers on the planet. The long-term Zeta 2025 plan, which was unveiled in February 2022, includes this investment. (Read more).

Since the early lockdown in 2021, we have seen a bounce back in hiring activity across the Asset Management space. Months at home allowed for the population to reflect on their employment and become less risk-averse to a career change. Firms have continued to bolster their capital raising capabilities, resulting in a disproportionate number of distribution hires across EMEA. We have also made a note that, due to Brexit, the number of hires made on the continent has increased drastically from pre-pandemic levels. We have examined our senior hiring data from the past year (May 2021-May 2022), and have not only identified the firms that have been most active in hiring, but also key themes and trends that have emerged from this data. image.png 48.89 KBHSBC AM's focus on building out their Infra and Alternatives platform has propelled them to the top of the list in regards to senior-level hires made over the past year. In January 2022 John Dewey was announced as Head of Alternatives solutions, moving from Aviva Investors where he was CIO of Aviva Investors, France. In addition, In March of this year, HSBC AM hired an Infrastructure team from AMP Capital, including the appointment of Giuseppe Corona as Head of Global Listed Infrastructure.image.png 27.73 KBAmundi, the largest European Manager, is another notable name who has made significant senior appointments this year. Spurred by the announcement of the Amundi Institute in February, Vincent Mortier, was named CIO, taking over from Pascal Blanque, who was appointed Chairman of the Amundi Institute. Other noteworthy hires they’ve made include Alexander Preininger, who joined as EMEA Head for Institutional Clients, and the appointment of Alice Sireyjol as Deputy Head of ESG development.Another major trend we’ve seen from investors is the demand for ESG. 2021 was the year that Managers realised the importance of these credentials and invested in these capabilities. Spotlight hires in this field include Sandra Carlisle who joined Jupiter Asset Management in February 2022  to lead their Corporate Sustainability team. Sandra was previously Global Head of ESG at HSBC Asset Management. LGIM also made a punchy hire in January of this year by appointing Amelia Tan, who was previously Head of Sustainable Proposition for EMEA at Blackrock, as their Head of Responsible Investment Strategy.  image.png 68.57 KB Written by:Molly Jenkins, Sheffield Haworth - Asset Management Practice. Sheffield Haworth Asset Management practice has been providing global and local talent solutions for over 25 years...Find out more

Of the 79 senior global insurance moves tracked over the last month, the ones that received the most interest from our subscribers on TALNT were:Christian Taube, who joined Beazley as its new Head of Cyber Services – International. Taube was previously Chief Information Security Officer at Contentserv and, prior to that, he built the information security practice at DataGuard. He will be taking up his new role from Beazley’s Munich office, where he will be responsible for further developing and enhancing the company’s cyber risk management and incident response functions.Charlotte Jones, who has joined Aviva as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director. Jones was previously CFO of RSA Insurance plc, Interim Chief Executive Officer of the RSA UK & International business. Prior to her time in insurance, she held a variety of roles, such as Head of Group Finance at Credit Suisse Group, Deputy Group CFO at Deutsche Bank Group, and CFO of Jupiter Fund Management, where she was the member of the board and executive committee with responsibility for finance and corporate strategy.Jessica Saperstein, who has joined financial advisor and insurance firm Voya Financial as Chief Customer Experience Office. Saperstein has over 20 years of industry experience in marketing, digital transformation and global business and corporate strategy. At Voya, she will be responsible for creating and executing Voya’s long-term customer experience (CX) plan.Hannah Ross, who has been appointed to Bermuda International Long Term Insurers and Reinsurers (BILTIR)’s board of directors. Ross is currently Chief Strategy and Capital Officer at multi-line insurance and financial services company The Argus Group, where she leads a team covering group actuarial and risk, capital and finance, and strategic performance delivery. She has been at Argus since 2010, before which she held actuarial roles at Synesis Life, KPMG, and Pension Insurance Corporation.Caroline Richardson, who has been appointed to lead the new cyber practice at Bishopsgate. Richardson was previously at Miller Insurance Services, where she worked on both retail and wholesale cyber placements and solutions for global corporate organisations and facilities and grew its international and UK business. Prior to that she was Associate Director of Aon advising large professional services clients on cyber and professional indemnity programmes, and before that she was a professional indemnity underwriter with Barbican Syndicate.Paula Ferreira, who has been appointed Aon’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Latin America in Reinsurance Solutions. Ferreira has worked at Aon for 13 years, most recently as the firm’s Reinsurance Solutions Growth Leader and President for Latin America. She brings 26 years’ experience in reinsurance to her new role.Claudia Cordioli, who has been appointed Swiss Re’s new Group Finance Director. Cordioli has worked at Swiss Re since 2003 and held a variety of roles, most recently CFO of Reinsurance.  Vanida Pillay has been appointed the new Chief Executive of the South Africa branch of MNK Re Group. Pillay will lead MNK Re’s South Africa branch with a focus on expanding the company’s Construction, Power, Single Project PI insurance (SPPI), Cyber and Decennial liability.Olivia Brindle, who has joined specialty insurer and reinsurer Fidelis as its new Head of Sustainability. Brindle joins Fidelis from Swiss Re, where she was an Investor Relations Senior Manager. Her appointment reflects Fidelis’ stated focus on ESG within the firm’s underwriting portfolio, operations, and investments.Emmy Pan, who has joined AXA XL as energy underwriter to its Americas Property insurance team, based in Houston. Pan joins AXA XL from Zurich North America where she managed a high volume of energy property insurance business.Anna Bennett, who has been appointed director of underwriting for casualty for the UK at QBE. Bennett joined QBE in 2018, where she previously held the roles of interim director of underwriting for casualty, and European operations divisional lead for multinational and portfolio manager in the UK casualty major risks team.Morris Taylor, who has been appointed Chief Information Officer for Markel’s insurance operations. Taylor’s role will include responsibility for leading Markel’s global IT function while continuing to build on critical partnerships across Markel’s insurance operations.Matthew Moore, who has been appointed President of Underwriting at Liberty Mutual.Susanne Figueredo Cook, who has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer at Liberty Mutual.Phil Hobbs was appointed as President of Liberty Specialty Markets at Liberty Mutual.Global senior insurance hires, Apr 2022The following chart shows the overall trend in senior global insurance hires since January 2021. It shows that monthly appointments have been holding steady within a range of 75 – 95 since September last year. The peaks and dips seen in previous months have balanced out over a longer timescale.  image.png 72.26 KBGlobal senior insurance hires by sub sector, April 2021 – April 2022Looking deeper at senior hiring trends by sub-sector, we can see that the number of appointments in the Non-life sector remained steady after a drop in March from its annual peak in February. Reinsurance and Brokers/Intermediaries continued to remain steady, while Life/Health dropped to zero from seven the month before:image.png 63.42 KBGender balance of senior global insurance hires, April 2022Of the new senior appointments we tracked last month, the average global gender split was 31% women and 69% men. Looking at the regions shows that, while the Americas saw the lowest proportion of female senior appointments at 25%, EMEA saw the highest at 38.1% (the highest proportion of female appointments in the region so far this year), while AsiaPAC sits in the middle, at 30%:image.png 49.95 KBTop 10 companies with the most new appointments in April 2022Here are the global insurance businesses who made the most senior appointments in April, with Willis Towers Watson clearly leading the pack:image.png 28.48 KBIf you would like to know more information about Sheffield Haworth's Insurance Practice, get in touch with Ben Johnson (b.johnson@sheffieldhaworth.com)https://www.sheffieldhaworth.com/financial-services/insurance/