Celent, a financial research and consulting firm, has hired two insurance analysts and a senior account manager for the insurance group.
Craig Beattie joins as an analyst in Celent's insurance practice, based in the firm's London office. Prior to joining Celent, Beattie was an applications architect with Royal Bank of Scotland Group's strategy and architecture team, working extensively with RBS Insurance.
Beattie held roles in strategy and architecture during mergers within the division and consulted on a number of internal divestment opportunities. He was actively involved in defining the road maps for the core systems, including vendor selection and defining programs of work to achieve strategic change.
Karen Monks will work as an analyst in Celent's insurance practice. Her areas of expertise were developed through 12 years of consulting in the financial services industry.
Most recently, Monks was an analyst for a financial valuation company in Virginia. Prior positions included three years of consulting for a leading financial services research and advisory group and seven years in John Hancock's internal management consulting practice.
Monks has a wide spectrum of consulting expertise including operations in life, annuity, and long-term care insurance, business process redesign, strategic planning, business case development, communication and training, new product and market assessment, competitive analyses, benchmarking, and process measurement/customer satisfaction.
Jim Pelis joins the firm as a senior account manager in Celent's insurance practice and is based in the Boston office. He has been in the research, advisory, and consulting industry for 10 years. His expertise is in growing relationships with senior IT leaders at Fortune 500 enterprises and large technology providers.
"We're delighted to welcome Craig, Karen, and Jim to the team," says Craig Weber, senior vice president of Celent's insurance practice. "We're looking forward to deepening our relationships with our clients, and all three new hires bring direct experience that will help our clients address critical issues."
