Marsh in April 2018 announced it has named Chris Lay CEO, U.K. and Ireland, succeeding Mark Weil, who is leaving Marsh, and reporting to Flavio Piccolomini, president of Marsh International.

Lay will be based in London and is expected to take up his role this summer. He spent all of his career at Marsh where he held the positions of President & CEO of Marsh Canada; President, Global Captive Solutions; Head of Global Sales; Business Development Leader, International Division; CEO Corporate Client Segment & Head of Business Development EMEA ; CEO, U.K. Corporate Division; and various leadership, sales, client management & broking positions in the U.K..

He holds a BSC (Econ) from University College London and is a Chartered Insurer and Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute (ACII).