Guy Carpenter has appointed Shaun Sinniah as head of strategy and client engagement for its international and global specialties divisions, with effect from October.

Based in London, Sinniah will work with heads of business across these divisions to help deliver on strategic priorities and to ensure full delivery of the suite of Guy Carpenter services to clients.

He will report to James Nash, president, international and Kevin Fisher, president, global specialties.

Sinniah joins the company from Willis Re, where he served as managing director, sales and client management.

He joined the firm in 2012, having previously been a consultant at Willis. Before this, Sinniah was an associate at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong, having started at the company in 2005.

Commenting on the appointment, Nash said: “Shaun is a fantastic addition to the team and brings a wealth of experience in all aspects of client engagement. In his new role, he will work closely with myself and Kevin to drive forward a number of client-centric initiatives and product-focused developments that will serve to boost our service delivery capabilities and create opportunities to expand existing client relationships and secure new ones.”

Fisher added: “At Guy Carpenter, we are always working to enhance levels of collaboration with our clients and create a much more connected relationship that helps ensure we can exploit the full range of our capabilities to meet their unique requirements. Our value proposition is an extremely strong one, but there are always ways to make it stronger and Shaun will play a central role in helping us secure these.”