Marsh Appoints Tamara Simpkins Franklin as Chief Digital, Data, and Analytics Officer
Marsh, the world’s leading insurance broker and risk adviser, announced the appointment of Tamara Simpkins Franklin as Chief Digital, Data, and Analytics Officer. Based in New York, she reports to John Doyle, President & CEO of Marsh.
In this role, Ms. Franklin will be responsible for designing and implementing digital technologies and enhancing the use of data and analytics to transform how Marsh supports and serves clients.
Ms. Franklin joins Marsh from IBM where she was most recently Vice President of Media and Entertainment Solutions, North America. Holding degrees from Yale University and Harvard University, she brings more than 25 years of experience leading digital transformations and defining strategies for large multinational organizations, including Scripps, Time Warner, and Motorola.
Commenting on the appointment, Mr. Doyle said: “More than ever, our clients are looking to use the power of digital solutions to help them manage a rapidly changing risk and insurance landscape, especially in light of the Covid-19 global pandemic. With her extensive experience driving digital transformation and developing digitally enabled client solutions, Tamara will help us achieve our goal of further digitizing the client experience.”
Ms. Franklin added: “Marsh’s commitment to giving clients access to advanced digital technology has greatly impressed me. I look forward to working with its talented team to use Marsh’s substantial data and analytics capabilities to further build on its market-leading solutions.”