Vice chairman of international operations
Guy Carpenter

Though she started her career track in medicine, Victoria (Vicky) Carter eventually found herself in insurance and never left. The insurance trade is “somewhat akin to medicine – you listen to problems and try to solve them”, she says.

A key member of Guy Carpenter’s international leadership team, Carter is responsible for driving new  business production across the reinsurance specialist company’s international operations. With over 37 years’ experience in the reinsurance industry, Carter was the first female founder of a Lloyd’s brokerage since its beginnings in 1668, and has held a number of senior executive positions within the broking sector, most recently serving as chairman of UK and international operations at Towers Watson.

Carter is a freeman of the City of London and a court member of the Worshipful Company of Insurers. She was the inspiration behind the Marsh and McLennan Companies Young Professionals’ Global Forum and Gala Night, which has received market-wide recognition and raised significant funds for charity since starting three years ago.

In her spare time, Carter enjoys interior design and often finds herself redesigning home interiors.