John Reeve (businessman) explained
John Reeve is a former Executive Chairman and chief executive officer of Willis Group Holdings.[1] [2]
Business career
Reeve worked for The British Aluminum Company plc., and then was a Group Finance Director of Mercantile House Holdings plc.[3] He then joined Sun Life Corporation plc in 1988, and was a managing director there from April 1988 to October 1995.[3] [4] [5]
Reeve joined Willis on 1 November 1995 as Executive Chairman-elect.[3] He succeeded Roger Elliott as Executive Chairman on 1 December 1995.[3]
During his tenure as Willis CEO, in the Fall of 1988 the company was purchased by Trinity Acquisition P.L.C., a consortium of investors (including five insurers) led by U.S. private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.[2] At that time, Willis was known as Willis Corroon Group Ltd.[2]
In 2000, Reed retired at the end of his five-year employment contract.[6] [7] He was succeeded at Willis by Joe Plumeri.[6]
In December 2004 it was announced that the insurer AMP was to be renamed Pearl, and that Reeve would chair the new company.[8] [9]
Notes and References
- News: Willis Corroon opts to go private . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102235707/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/smgpubs/access/60216402.html?dids=60216402:60216402&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+23,+1998&author=Andrew+Wilson&pub=The+Herald&desc=Willis+Corroon+opts+to+go+private&pqatl=google . dead . 2 November 2012 . Pqasb.pqarchiver.com . 23 July 1998 . 17 July 2010 . Andrew . Wilson.
- Web site: 3: WILLIS CORROON GROUP LTD. . Business Insurance . 19 July 1999 . 17 July 2010.
- Web site: SUN LIFE'S JOHN REEVE TO BE CHAIRMAN OF WILLIS CORROON GROUP – Press Releases . PR Newswire . 19 September 1995 . 17 July 2010.
- Web site: Sun Life . Les Echos . 17 July 2010.
- Web site: WILLIS CORROON CORP (Form: F-4, Received: 16 March 1999) . edgar-online.com . 17 July 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110710171420/http://edgar.brand.edgar-online.com/EFX_dll/EDGARpro.dll?FetchFilingHTML1%3FID=6188&SessionID=UwR1HWRLX2U06R7 . 10 July 2011 .
- News: Executive Changes . NYTimes . 27 September 2000 . 17 July 2010.
- Web site: Plumeri next Willis CEO; Former Citigroup executive to succeed Reeve.(Willis Group Ltd.names Joseph J. Plumeri as CEO, replacing John Reeve) . https://archive.today/20120910043739/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-65799679.html . dead . 10 September 2012 . Business Insurance . 2 October 2000 . 17 July 2010.
- Web site: AMP in line for $220m payout . theage.com.au . 11 December 2004 . 17 July 2010.
- Web site: Pizza magnate grabs slice of Pearl funds . Sydney Morning Herald . 11 December 2004 . 17 July 2010.
