Martin South - Chief Executive Officer of Marsh UK .

Martin South is Chief Executive Officer of Marsh Ltd, a position he took up in February 2007.

Born in Africa in 1965, he was raised and educated in the United Kingdom. He joined the Minet Group in 1983, moving in 1985 to Marsh & McLennan Companies’ UK broking unit, C T Bowring (later to become Marsh).

He left Marsh in 1996 as a Senior Vice President in its in wholesale broking unit to join Zurich Re before becoming CEO of Zurich’s London operations in 2000.

Between 2004 and 2006 he was CEO of International Businesses at Zurich Financial Services and a member of the Group Management Board, responsible for all of Zurich’s operations outside North America and Europe. His responsibilities included developing the strategy and vision for these businesses, with a particular focus on China and longer-term value creation.

Mr South is a current member of the Forum of Young Global Leaders.