AXA XL Risk Consulting has appointed Sheri Wilbanks to the role of business manager of its global casualty & environmental lines.

Based in New York, Wilbanks will report to AXA XL Risk Consulting chief executive Corinne Vitrac. She will be responsible for building a global casualty and environmental risk consulting practice which offers risk management services for clients and the company’s underwriting teams, a release explained.

In addition to her new role, Wilbanks also joins AXA XL Risk Consulting’s management committee.

Wilbanks was most recently serving as global innovation lead for AIG’s client risk solutions division. Before that, she was casualty and financial lines regional risk consulting manager for AIG Asia. She is a chemical engineer and also has extensive experience in serving the healthcare industry, where she began her career as a research and development engineer.

“We are very excited to welcome seasoned risk engineering talent like Sheri,” commented AXA XL Risk Consulting CEO Corinne Vitrac. “Under Sheri’s leadership, we will develop new service offerings that can help our clients with loss prevention strategies to control their workers’ compensation, product liability, environmental and other operational exposures.”