Pablo Barrena, SVP, Global Energy & Power Risk Engineering United States & Latin America and the Caribbean Risk Eng

Pablo Barrena

SVP, Global Energy & Power Risk Engineering United States & Latin America and the Caribbean Risk Eng

Marsh

Location
Argentina
Education
Master's degree, Risk Management
Experience
25 years, 10 Months

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Total years of experience :25 years, 10 Months

SVP, Global Energy & Power Risk Engineering United States & Latin America and the Caribbean Risk Eng at Marsh
  • United States - Texas
  • October 2015 to May 2019

Responsible for leading the United States & Latin American and Caribbean Energy and
Oil & Gas Risk Engineering Team.
* Analyzed, assessed and assisted clients in managing their risks, specifically in Process
Safety Management
* Participated actively with broking and commercial teams to get the right terms and
policy costs for our clients.
* Negotiated with insurers and reinsurers
* Complied with the annual engineering budget
Team:
* Consolidated a highly qualified, multicultural and motivated engineering team of 11
professionals.
* Led in the US a team of three engineers and built a strong Sinergy with the existing
Latin American team, expanding the operational capacity and product portfolio.
Achievements:
* Conducted the integration processes of other Houston-based organization, speeding
up the integration of the teams while maintaining our culture over acquired business.
* Increased engineering fees more than 100% in only 5 months of 2019 compared to
the whole 2018.
* Led the integration of services with regional Placement and Client Servicing teams.
* Ensured standard contents and deliverables while increasing service/product portfolio
to be aligned with global team products and services.

VP, Marsh Risk Consulting Manager Marsh Risk Consulting Leader for Argentina and Uruguay at Marsh
  • Argentina
  • July 2007 to October 2015

Analyzed, assessed and assisted clients in managing their risks, building Enterprise
Risk Management frameworks
* Participated actively with broking and commercial teams to get the right terms and
policy costs for our clients.
* Negotiated with insurers and reinsurers
* Complied with the annual engineering budget
* Later promoted as Property Risk Consulting Regional Practice Leader, coordinating
risk consulting services for 11 countries within Latin America.
Team:
* Built and developed an efficient local team, finding and making best use of synergies
that outstood among selected candidates, making the team boost its capacity as a
group and achieved the recognition of team members among other colleagues and
board.
Achievements:
* Lead the local consulting business of the company with more than USD 1.5 million in
revenues, hitting annual budgets continuously from the first year.
* Developed and expanded service offering while differentiating Marsh services from
competitors. Improved team process, making it more efficient.

Regional Leader at WILLIS | Regional Leader Global Markets International
  • United Arab Emirates
  • September 2002 to July 2007

for Latin America and the Caribbean, providing services for
Willis Global Markets International Division (London) for subscription of large Oil & Gas, Power
and Steel clients in the re-insurance market in London.
* Responsible for leading the local consulting business of the company. The company did
not have this business developed in Argentina and had to be built from scratch.
* Serviced major local and international clients in risk management.
* Supported technical and commercial areas in insurance placement / renewal strategy.
* Assisted in the implementation of international programs at local markets.

Engineering Consultant at Allianz
  • United Arab Emirates
  • October 1997 to August 2002

Loss Control consultant for the Insurance Market. Some clients:

Analyst at YPF
  • November 1996 to September 1997

Participated in all stages of the RFP Insurance Program development, achieving a USD
5 million cost reduction in insurance costs. It was the first time in the history of the
company that an RFP was done; this meant gathering all the information for the
program, assessing the participant brokers and the analysis of the proposals until the
final decision.
* Helped to build and manage the insurance program of Maxus (USA) and other
subsidiary companies of YPF in LATAM and Africa.
* Actively participated in building an off-shore captive company (Greenfield) for
managing YPF auto-insurance.

Risk Engineer at ZURICH
  • August 1993 to November 1996

Education

Master's degree, Risk Management
  • at IAE Business School
  • November 2007

Master's degree, Business Administration
  • at UCEMA
  • December 1998

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at Universidad de Buenos Aires
  • March 1996

Specialties & Skills

BUDGETING
CONSULTING
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
INSURANCE
MANAGEMENT
RISK MANAGEMENT

Languages

English
Expert
Portuguese
Intermediate
Spanish
Native Speaker

Hobbies

  • Tennis