International expatriate insurance specialist, William Russell, has made a substantial commitment to its world-wide network of intermediaries by restructuring and expanding its global sales team.
As part of their commitment to providing brokers with unparallel levels of service and support, William Russell has appointed six new sales professionals to enhance broker relationships and generate new opportunities for business growth.
Irena Lykiardopoulos joins the UK headquarters as Broker Relations Manager in charge of a newly structured team of four Internal Broker Consultants. Each Broker Consultant will be responsible for generating leads with new intermediaries, building and developing existing relationships, increasing sales potential, and delivering product and service training.
Irena Lykiardopoulos, Broker Relations Manager, William Russell, elaborates:
“My team will be predominantly office based and each member will work in tandem with a front-line consultant who will spend much of their time in the field with brokers. Each micro-team will be dedicated to a regional panel of brokers ensuring the most effective way to support our intermediary partners.”
Robyn Patterson teams up with Andrew Pletza to increase William Russell’s global footprint in Africa; Gavin Royston and Megan Lewis will work with brokers in the United Kingdom, whilst Fiona Simpson will be developing relationships with brokers in Europe and the rest of the world; Christina Ningkan continues to service brokers in Asia Pacific from William Russell’s Malaysian office alongside a Broker Consultant who will be placed shortly.
The five new members of the broker sales team join from leading insurance companies such as Bupa and Zurich International Solutions.
In the United Arab Emirates, Dubai Insurance Company has appointed Doreen Mboss as Corporate Account Manager for William Russell’s Global Health, Global Life, and Global Income plans.
James Cooper, Sales Director, William Russell says:
“We depend upon our network of brokers around the world to support us with their business, and we remain dedicated to developing these relationships and establishing new partnerships world-wide.
“Although technology moves us forward in ways that make our everyday working lives more productive, there is no substitute for conventional face-to-face and telephone contact to build long-lasting, mutually beneficial relationships with our broker partners. It is for this reason that we have restructured and expanded our sales force.
“We are very excited about our new structure and the more focused approach to developing business with our intermediary partners. We are fully committed to our clients and to our business partners who can continue to rely on William Russell to provide high standards of customer service and care at all times.”