Willis Group Holdings plc announced the appointment of Anne Pullum as Director of Corporate Development to succeed Simon Gaffney, who becomes Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Willis Global. Ms. Pullum will play a key role in determining the group's strategy, working across a number of key functions. She joins Willis from McKinsey & Company, where she was an Engagement Manager serving financial services and natural resources clients.

Previously, Ms. Pullum held strategic and analyst roles at Greenspan Associates and Goldman Sachs. In his new role, Simon Gaffney will lead the operations function of Willis Global, which encompasses Willis's reinsurance, specialty insurance and risk consulting businesses. Mr. Gaffney will report to Steve Hearn, Chairman and CEO of Willis Global and Deputy CEO of the Willis Group.

Mr. Gaffney also joins the board of Willis Limited, the Willis Group's principal UK regulated entity, as COO and as a Director. Mr. Gaffney joined Willis in 2000, when Willis acquired the risk information research and technology firm W.I.R.E. Ltd. Since then he has served in a number of corporate roles encompassing planning and analysis, strategy, ecommerce and technology and business transformation.