Dominic Christian

Dominic Christian
Dominic Christian
Alma mater	St Joseph's College, Ipswich, University of East Anglia
Occupation(s)	Global Chairman, Aon Reinsurance Solutions Aon plc, Councilman of the City of London Corporation. Deputy Chairman, Lloyd's of London
Years active	1984-till present

Dominic Gerard Christian is a Councilman of the City of London Corporation where he represents the Ward of Lime Street. He is Global Chairman of Aon Reinsurance Solutions and a member of Aon's Global Executive. He is also the Deputy Chairman of Lloyd's of London. He has long pursued an interest in inclusion and diversity and co-founded Dive In Festival. He is also deeply active in promoting awareness of climate change and emerging risks.

Dominic was educated at St Joseph's College, Ipswich and the University of East Anglia (BA History, 1982). He was awarded an honorary doctorate in civil law from the University of East Anglia in 2015.

Career

Christian started his 34 years+ reinsurance career in 1984 with Lloyd's brokers J K Buckenham in 1984 as International Facultative Broker. He joined Lloyd's broker Greig Fester in 1989 as International Reinsurance Treaty Broker specialising in Retrocession. He was appointed as Director, Grieg Fester Ltd, in 1995. When Greig Fester became part of Benfield Group in May 1997, he continued to lead the Retrocession Broking activities of the Group.

Dominic was appointed as Benfield Group International CEO and Benfield Ltd. CEO in 2005. In 2004 he was appointed as Board Director of Benfield Plc a former constituent of the FTSE 250 Index, the company became part of Aon Corporation trading as Aon Benfield since November 2008. He has continued to lead and guide Aon Benfield activities in various roles including International CEO, co-CEO and Executive Chairman, International and CEO of Aon UK Ltd.

He is currently the Global Chairman of Aon Reinsurance Solutions. He is also a member of Aon's Global Executive Committee.

Dominic has made time throughout his career to devote to charitable and community activities in promotion of education and sports both inside and outside the world of Re/Insurance.

Charities

• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Director
• Lloyd's Tercentenary Research Foundation, Chairman
• Lord Mayor's Appeal Committee (2015-to date), Member
• StandUp Foundation, Trustee
• The Bermuda Society, Director
• The Sainsbury Centre of Visual Arts, Chairman
• The University of East Anglia - 50 Making a Difference Campaign, Co-Chair

Directorships

• Clip’n Climb Ltd, Director
• Internal Spark Ltd, Director
• Lloyd’s, Deputy Chairman

Trade Associations

• ClimateWise, Chairman
• CBI President's Committee–2015-17, Member
• Court of Worshipful Company of Insurers, Member
• The CityUK Advisory Board, Member
• Worshipful Company of Coopers, Member
• Insurance Institute of London for - 2015-16, President
• The Eastern City Cluster Partnership, Advisory Board Member

Committees

• Aon:
  • Global Executive Committee, Member
  • Cultural and Diversity Council, Chair
• Lloyd’s:
  • Cultural Advisory Committee
  • Nominations Committee
  • Remuneration Committee
• Court of Common Council, City of London Corporation:
  • Finance Committee, Member
  • Freedom’s committee, Member
  • Corporate Asset Sub (Finance) Committee, Deputy Chairman
  • Public Relations and Economic Development Sub (Policy & Resources) Committee, Member
• The City of London School:
  • Academic & Education Committee of the Board of Governors

Education

• St John’s Preparatory School, Staffordshire, 1969-73
• Ratcliffe College, Sileby, Leicestershire, 1973-74
• St Joseph's College, Ipswich, Suffolk, 1974-79
• University of East Anglia, BA History, 1979 -1982

Art, Sports, and Others

• Lloyd's Art Club, President
• Lloyd's Football Club, President
• National Liberal Club, Member
• The Globe Theatre, Member
• Historic Royal Palaces, Member
• Norfolk Churches Trust, Member
• Racehorse Owners Association, Member
• Wimbledon Club, Member
• Insurance Institute of London for – 2015/16, President
• The City of London School, Governor
• The Dominic Christian Scholarship at University of East Anglia was established to enable to study MA degree course in Medieval History offered by the School of History

Awards

• HERoes FT List of Top 30 Male Champions of Women in Business – 2017/18, 2018/19
• HERoes Yahoo Finance List of Top 30 Male Champions of Women in Business – 2019/20
• Top 10 Empower Advocates (BAME) – 2018, 2019, 2020
• Reactions: Reinsurance CEO of the Year - 2006, 2009, 2011
• Reactions: Lifetime Achievement Award - 2014
• London Markets: Lifetime Achievement Award - 2017
• Doctor in Civil Law, University of East Anglia - 2015

Personal life

Dominic is married to Kate, a Canadian, and has two children, Joey and Julia. His children describe his interests as family, conversation, history, church architecture, football, tennis, lakes, cats and East Anglia. Not all are approved of.