Willis Bolsters FINEX Cyber Practice with 5 Appointments

Willis North America added five senior appointments to its FINEX (financial and executive risk) Cyber/ E&O Practice:

Adeola Adele is executive vice president and cyber thought leader, based in New York.  She is responsible for thought leadership strategy and developing relevant content highlighting trends, issues and advice to help organizations manage cyber risk exposure. She joins Willis from Marsh USA, and previously worked in private practice as an employment and insurance coverage lawyer.

Jim Devoe is senior vice president and cyber product leader, based in Hartford, Conn. He will help develop coverage solutions to address cyber exposures and focus on delivering analytical expertise, including coverage reviews and analysis of claim trends to support Willis’s cyber clients. He joined Willis in 2013 as a cyber broker serving national accounts and has over 35 years of experience in the cyber insurance and E&O marketplace.

Gamelah Palagonia is senior vice president and cyber risk specialist, based in New York.  She will deliver cyber products, services and consultation to Willis’s national and multinational clients. Gamelah is a certified privacy professional and expert having founded Privacy Professionals LLC, a cyber risk advisory firm.

Rebecca Pearson is senior vice president and cyber team leader for FINEX’s California Region, based in San Francisco. Se serves as a subject-matter expert on cyber, technology, telecommunications, errors and omissions and media liability risks. She joins Willis from Wells Fargo Insurance Services.

Jason Warmbir is vice president and cyber team leader for FINEX’s Midwest Region, based in Chicago. He will focus on aligning resources from across Willis’s global platform to deliver risk-management solutions to Willis’s cyber clients. Prior to joining Willis, he served as a cyber underwriting manager at ACE USA.