Chief client officer, UK and Ireland
Marsh
Praised by her colleagues for making significant waves at Marsh in less than two years, Alisa King works across the company’s operations to lead the development of strategic solutions that improve the way Marsh’s clients mitigate insurance and risk challenges. King joined Marsh in 2016 after spending 25 years at Willis Towers Watson, where she most recently served as head of UK client and business development. “
I am most proud of the teams of people I have worked with in the past and the individuals in those teams as they progress in their own careers, many taking on creative roles that make a significant difference to the clients and colleagues they now work with,” King says. “I keep in touch with many old colleagues and take enormous pride in hearing how they are making a difference and bringing change to the industry. My own career in leadership took off as a result of driving client-focused industry propositions.”
As a leader, King has witnessed first-hand many of the challenges women face in the industry. “The greatest challenges facing women in insurance continue to include the personal journey to balance career with family demands,” she says. “I also think that women need to push forward into roles that take them into less comfortable places than their experience in order to progress. As an example, I see too few women coming forward to take on senior client-facing or sales roles, where men still dominate and the rewards are higher.”
