Broker and risk advisor Marsh has appointed Shannan Fort as international cyber product leader at Marsh Specialty. Effective 1 April, Fort will be based in London and report to Gregory Eskins, global cyber insurance centre leader, and Kelly Butler, UK cyber leader at Marsh Specialty.

As part of the newly created global cyber insurance centre, which launched on 1 January, Fort will focus on product innovation and commercialisation and services that support clients in developing risk management and resilience strategies intended to respond to existing and emerging cyber threats.

Fort brings over 16 years’ international experience to the role and will join from McGill and Partners, where she has served as a partner for financial lines and cyber, since November 2020. Previously, she worked for Aon for 13 years in various leadership positions in New York and London, including cyber product development leader in Aon’s Global Broking Centre.

Eskins said: “Cyber risk remains an urgent, volatile, and evolving challenge to our clients’ enterprises and their resiliency. Many organisations continue to strive towards building effective and efficient cyber risk mitigation and insurance programmes that will protect their people and assets in the event of a critical cyber event.

“Shannan will play a central role in advancing cyber risk management and insurance solutions in support of our clients’ need to address these rapidly evolving cyber threats, and capitalise on the possibilities presented by new and emerging technologies.”