Willis Group Holdings said Shoji Ohashi has been named the new representative director and chairman of Willis Japan Holdings KK, and Yoshiki Yamamoto is the new director and chief executive officer of Willis Japan Holdings KK.
Mr. Ohashi will report to John McDonnell, chairman of the Japan Global Practice Group, the company said.
Michael Abbott, the outgoing chairman and managing director of Willis Japan Holdings KK, is returning to London to take up a new role within Willis International, it was announced.
Mr. Ohashi joins Willis after retiring from his position as chairman of Marsh Japan at the end of 2004. He was chief representative of the Nashville, Tenn., office of Nissan Fire & Marine Insurance Company (U.S.A), which in now Sompo Japan after the merger with Yasuda Fire and Marine.
Mr. Yamamoto began his career at Nissan Fire & Marine both in Japan and the United States. He went on to become senior vice president in the Global Risk Management Department of Marsh Japan where he was charged primarily with business development in the automotive industry.
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