Chris Smy, global practice leader for Marsh’s Environmental team, is the first to describe his own path to his current position as “unusual.” After a long stint in the British armed forces, Smy wanted the next phase of his career to align with the intellectual stimulation he found in science and his love of the outdoors, the latter of which manifests itself in a lot of time spent mountain biking and climbing.
“I’m passionate about the environment and the need to protect it,” he says. “I’m also a business person who understands that business needs to happen—but I want to help it occur in a way that has minimum environmental impact.”
After getting an advanced degree in environmental science, Smy worked as an environmental consultant. “I wanted to get more into the solutions side, so I joined AIG in London. Then, I wanted more client interaction, and so I came to Marsh.”
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