Paul Owens

Paul Owens CEO,Willis Global Captive Practice

Paul is a Graduate Chartered Accountant having qualified with Arthur Young, one of the founding partnerships of Ernst & Young. After Qualifying he worked for Goldman Sachs in London establishing various operations and back office functions. After a short spell at British & Commonwealth, in 1990 he joined the Willis Faber & Dumas Group initially in the Group Finance function.

In 1996 he was appointed as Finance Director for the UK retail operation before taking on responsibility for Operations as Chief Operating Officer. During this period he was responsible for the Insolvency division, Motor initiatives and Claims.

In 2000, Paul returned to a Group role undertaking various projects and helped establish the central placement function.

After filling the North America CFO role, on an interim basis, Paul was appointed as Chief Operating Officer of the Global Specialties division in 2005, and in 2011 joined the Willis Limited Board as COO. In addition to his regulatory and operational responsibilities he is the relationship Director for a number of strategic carriers.

On 1 January 2014 Paul was appointed to the newly created role of CEO Global Captive Management, bringing all of the Group’s captive operations together under one management structure. He also retains a number of other roles including directorships of a number of regulated entities.