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Dominic Christian

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Dominic Christian
EducationSt Joseph's College, Ipswich
Alma materUniversity of East Anglia
Years active1984-

Dominic Gerard Christian is a Councilman of the City of London Corporation[1] where he represents the Ward of Lime Street. He is Global Chairman of Aon Reinsurance Solutions and a member of Aon's Global Executive. He is also the Deputy Chairman of Lloyd's of London.[2] Christian has remained active in promoting awareness of climate change and emerging risks, acting as a Board Advisor at Save Money Cut Carbon (2021 to Present)[3] as well as Chair of ClimateWise from 2018 to 2022. Christian has also been a non-Executive Chairman at ZPE Limited since February 2023.

Biography

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Christian was educated at St Joseph's College, Ipswich and the University of East Anglia (BA History, 1982).[citation needed] He was awarded an honorary doctorate in civil law from the University of East Anglia in 2015.

Christian started his reinsurance career in 1984 with Lloyd's brokers JK Buckenham in 1984 as International Facultative Broker.[citation needed] He joined Lloyd's broker Greig Fester in 1989 as International Reinsurance Treaty Broker specialising in Retrocession. He was appointed as Director, Grieg Fester Ltd, in 1995. When Greig Fester became part of Benfield Group in May 1997, he continued to lead the Retrocession Broking activities of the Group.

Christian was appointed as Benfield Group International CEO and Benfield Ltd. CEO in 2005.[citation needed] In 2004 he was appointed as Board Director of Benfield Plc, a former constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The company became part of Aon Corporation, trading as Aon Benfield, in 2008. He has held posts at Aon Benfield including International CEO, co-CEO and Executive Chairman, International and CEO of Aon UK Ltd.

As of October 2023, he is the Global Chairman of Aon Reinsurance Solutions. He is a member of Aon's Global Executive Committee.

Awards and Acknowledgements

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  • HERoes FT List of Top 30 Male Champions of Women in Business – 2017/18, 2018/19[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Dominic Gerard Christian". City of London.
  2. ^ Spoerry, Lorenzo (7 February 2020). "Lloyd's chooses Dominic Christian to be deputy chairman". Insurance Day.
  3. ^ "Management & Advisors: Dominic Christian". Save Money Cut Carbon. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  4. ^ "The HERoes Top 40 Advocate Executives". Yahoo! Finance. 11 September 2019.