100 influential women in re/insurance


“It’s a challenging time for the industry; understanding and supporting the changes taking place from the various market participants’ perspectives, is stimulating.”


Name:


Denise Garland


Company: Tokio Marine Kiln Job:


Group chief operating officer


Timeline: 2012—Group chief operating officer, Tokio Marine Kiln 2006—Joined Man Group 2002—Financial controller, marine business, Willis Group


Denise Garland is group chief operating officer at Tokio Marine Kiln. She joined TMK as chief operating officer in 2012. A Chartered Financial Analyst and qualified accountant, she


has held a variety of senior finance and operational roles over the past 15 years. Garland began her career as an accountant at Ernst & Young. In 2002, she joined Willis Group as financial controller for marine business and went on to become the executive director of integrations in UK and Ireland, where she successfully integrated several broking firms into the group, each within 100- day targets.


In 2006, she joined Man Group where she rebuilt its foreign


exchange hedging system which traded around $60 billion each year, and helped to save the business $10 million in annual costs. She moved to Zurich to run the company’s securities dealer and


market maker, before returning to London as COO of product and client operations in 2010.


What has been the highlight of your career so far? Coming back to the insurance industry with my appointment at Tokio Marine Kiln. It’s a challenging time for the industry; understanding and supporting the changes taking place from the various market participants’ perspectives, is stimulating.


What has been the biggest challenge you have


encountered? I tend to get on with it and so, in retrospect, most things appear relatively easy to get through. Perhaps this is still to come?


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What are your career aspirations now? To continue to gain breadth and depth of knowledge in the insurance industry with the view of taking on non-executive director roles in 10+ years’ time.


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