Deals & People September 17, 2007

CEO Storms is Out at Marsh

Marsh&McLennan Companies, Inc. says that Brian M. Storms is stepping down from his position as chief executive officer of Marsh, Inc., MMC’s insurance broking subsidiary, effective immediately.
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The search for a successor is already underway, according to a press release. In the interim, Michael G. Cherkasky, president and chief executive officer of MMC, will serve as Acting CEO of Marsh.

“Brian has made important contributions to Marsh’s recovery over the past two years,” Cherkasky said. “Our long-term strategy is sound and a solid foundation has been built. That said, we now need a different set of leadership and operational skills to complete the successful transformation of Marsh.”

On Friday the Wall Street Journal said that Storms was removed from his post, citing people familiar with the matter. Storms declined to comment about the circumstances of his departure to the Journal.

Storms was named as Marsh CEO in 2005, after just nine months as president and chief executive officer of Mercer Human Resource Consulting, which is now known as Mercer (See Mercer Drops HR from Name to Reflect Range of Business). Storms had been tapped to head the merged operations of Mercer’s defined contribution administration business with Putnam in 2004. Previously Storms was president and chief executive officer of UBS Global Asset Management, Americas.

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