Sarah Lyons, GALLAGHER AUSTRALIA

Sarah Lyons, GALLAGHER AUSTRALIA

Chief executive, Gallagher Australia
Gallagher

Making her second consecutive appearance on IB’s Hot List, Sarah Lyons has been in the insurance industry for more than two decades. She joined Gallagher in 2014 as COO when it acquired OAMPS Insurance Brokers, where she was head of commercial broking. Immediately before assuming her current role, Lyons was Gallagher’s managing director of commercial broking. Today, Lyons is the only female CEO of a major international broker in Australia and is responsible for a national team of 900 staff and a business placing almost $1bn in GWP.

In an interview with Insurance & Risk, Lyons spoke about her decision to enter the industry, saying, “Like many people, I fell into insurance. It wasn’t necessarily the route I’d originally seen for myself, but my father worked in insurance, and he gave me an honest appraisal of the opportunity, so I’m a second-generation insurance person. Many people think of insurance as being rather dull and generally behind the times. In reality, it is innovative and dynamic, and you get to experience things outside of your core role remit.”

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