Oneglobal Broking hires former Marsh Brazil deputy CEO

Oneglobal Broking (Oneglobal) has appointed a new CEO, Latin America in a move that aims to accelerate the build out of the company’s re/insurance capability in key Latin American markets. A number of client specialists are expected to join the team across the region in the coming months.

In his new role, Nicolau Daudt will initially have responsibility for all countries outside of Brazil. He will report directly to Oneglobal’s Group CEO, Mike Reynolds.

Nicolau is an experienced business leader. As CEO of JLT’s Brazilian insurance and reinsurance operation, he grew it from a start-up to a market leading specialty re/insurance broker over a 10-year period. Most recently, Nicolau was deputy CEO of Marsh Brazil.

Mike Reynolds, Group CEO, Oneglobal commented: “Nicolau has excellent relationships and a tremendous reputation throughout Latin America, and these will be instrumental in driving growth across such an important territory. As well as developing Oneglobal’s retail specialty presence in key Latin American markets, he will also be working closely with our Miami team to strengthen our relationships with clients in the region. We are excited to have him as a member of our growing team."

Jonathan Palmer-Brown, group chairman, Oneglobal, added: “We are privileged and excited to welcome Nicolau to Oneglobal in the leadership role for Latin America, a critically important growth region of the world which has been underserved by the broking community. Under Nicolau’s leadership we intend to bring unbeatable specialty capability coupled with localised service to clients taking broking back to its roots of focussing purely on client needs.”

Nicolau Daudt, CEO Latin America (ex-Brazil), Oneglobal added, “I am excited to be joining Oneglobal to lead the growth of its international retail specialty platform into Latin America. I have admired the success of Oneglobal’s model as it has recently established operations in Hong Kong, Singapore and Bermuda, built on its values of absolute client focus and trusted advice. I am looking forward to building a team of market leading professionals across Latin America to provide the highest levels of expertise and service that our clients expect and deserve.”

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