Vice-President - Life & Health - IMEA Market
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About the Role
Guy Carpenter seeks a senior Life & Health leader to drive business growth across the IMEA market, focusing on the Middle East and GCC. The role combines technical expertise in actuarial/underwriting with commercial relationship-building to lead client and reinsurer engagement.
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Responsibilities
- Lead and grow the Life & Health business across IMEA, with particular focus on the Middle East and GCC
- Build and maintain strong relationships with insurance company clients and reinsurance market partners
- Originate and develop new business opportunities across the Life & Health space
- Provide technical leadership across pricing, underwriting, structuring, and broader Life related market discussions
- Represent Guy Carpenter as a credible senior market voice in the region
- Lead, support, and develop a small team including technical analytics and broker support resources
- Work closely with clients and markets to deliver commercially strong and technically sound solutions
- Partner with regional leadership to shape business strategy and support long term growth
Requirements
- Strong current or recent experience in Life business across the Middle East
- Technical background in actuarial, underwriting, pricing, structuring, or related Life disciplines
- Proven ability to combine technical credibility with commercial relationship building strength
- Existing market relationships across insurers and reinsurers in the region
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills in English
- Presence, credibility, and leadership capability to head a regional function
- People management experience
- Experience gained within insurer or reinsurer environments is strongly preferred
- Existing exposure to GCC markets is highly valuable
- French language skills would be an advantage
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The opportunity
- Guy Carpenter is looking for a senior Life & Health leader to join the Dubai team and take ownership of the Life & Health business across the IMEA market, with a strong focus on the Middle East and GCC.
- This is a senior leadership role for someone who combines technical depth, strong market credibility, and the commercial instinct to build and grow business.
Key responsibilities
- Lead and grow the Life & Health business across IMEA, with particular focus on the Middle East and GCC
- Build and maintain strong relationships with insurance company clients and reinsurance market partners
- Originate and develop new business opportunities across the Life & Health space
- Provide technical leadership across pricing, underwriting, structuring, and broader Life related market discussions
- Represent Guy Carpenter as a credible senior market voice in the region
- Lead, support, and develop a small team including technical analytics and broker support resources
- Work closely with clients and markets to deliver commercially strong and technically sound solutions
- Partner with regional leadership to shape business strategy and support long term growth
Candidate profile
- Strong current or recent experience in Life business across the Middle East
- A technical background in actuarial, underwriting, pricing, structuring, or related Life disciplines
- Proven ability to combine technical credibility with commercial relationship building strength
- Existing market relationships across insurers and reinsurers in the region
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills in English
- The presence, credibility, and leadership capability to head a regional function
- People management experience
Preferred background
- Experience gained within insurer or reinsurer environments is strongly preferred
- Existing exposure to GCC markets is highly valuable
- French language skills would be an advantage, but are not essential
Why this role stands out
- This is not a pure technical role and it is not a pure marketing role. It is a rare opportunity for a senior Life & Health professional who can operate at the intersection of technical expertise, market engagement, and business growth.
- The successful candidate will play a key role in shaping and expanding a strategically important business across the region.
Working model
- This role is based in Dubai and is expected to be primarily office based. Flexibility may be considered on an exception basis in line with business needs.
About Guy Carpenter
- Guy Carpenter is a business of Marsh (NYSE: MRSH), a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries.
- With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective.
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