WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY WTW announced the appointment of Ryohei (Roy) Nakazawa as its new Head of Japan and Head of Corporate Risk and Broking (CRB) Japan effective 1 April 2024. Based in Tokyo, Roy will oversee the growth strategies and operations of WTW across its business in Japan and lead its CRB business in the country. He will report to Luke Ware, Head of CRB Asia, as well as Simon Weaver, Head of Asia Pacific and Head of CRB Asia Pacific.
Roy has a distinguished career spanning over 35 years in the broking, insurance and reinsurance industry in Japan and the US. He will join WTW from STARR Insurance Japan where he is currently the CEO and legal representative. Prior to STARR, Roy worked for Marsh, where he was based in New York for over six years and was responsible for Japanese clients outside Japan.
Before that, he was in Marsh Japan where he was Head of Global Energy Practice for more than 11 years. He had also previously worked in NISSAN Fire & Marine, now Sompo Japan Insurance, as the leader for its energy production and construction department.
