Marsh promotes Middle East boss Christos Adamantiadis

Christos Adamantiadis, the CEO of Marsh in the Middle East and Africa, has been promoted to a broader regional role. Effective 1 January 2023, the Greek-origin executive will lead the company’s Continental Europe division.

In his new role, Adamantiadis will lead the management and development of Marsh’s risk advisory and insurance broking operations across Continental Europe. He oversees teams in 20+ European countries (excluding the UK).

Adamantiadis, who has been based in the UAE for the past seven years and will soon relocate to Zurich, succeeds Siegmund Fahrig, who will retire from the business at the end of this year.

“Christos is a highly experienced leader who excels in developing teams, services, and solutions across multiple geographies that benefit our clients and deliver growth. Under his leadership, our Continental Europe region will be well-placed to support clients in this rapidly-changing and often volatile risk landscape,” said Flavio Piccolomini, President of Marsh’s International Division.

Following a 20-year career at insurance group AIG (including a sting as Managing Director for the Middle East), Adamantiadis relocated to the UAE in 2015 to become the CEO of Oman Insurance Company. In 2018 he crossed to Marsh, where he helped the risk consultancy and insurance broker grow and professionalise its operations in the region.

Globally, Marsh has around 45,000 staff operating in 130 countries. The firm is part of $20 billion group Marsh McLennan, also the parent of Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman.