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Brendan Williams

Brendan Williams, Senior Vice President, D&O – Brendan has been a driving force behind the significant growth and success of Woodruff-Sawyer’s Southern California operations. He oversees the region's Corporate & Executive Protection (CorpEx) Practice as well as its business development initiatives. Brendan is a noted expert in the areas of directors & officers (D&O) liability and mergers & acquisitions (M&A) insurance products. He has authored several articles on D&O liability and M&A products and has structured financial risk products and D&O programs for hundreds of companies.

Brendan began his career as a D&O underwriter at Chubb and worked for seven years in the insurance company’s executive protection department. In 1996, Brendan joined Sedgwick James, at the time the world’s third largest insurance broker, to head its D&O operation for the Southwest Region.  In this capacity, Brendan was responsible for the ultimate negotiation and D&O placement for clients throughout Southern California and Arizona. Brendan also served as Sedgwick’s National D&O and IPO product line specialist. Subsequent to the Marsh acquisition of Sedgwick, Brendan assumed a multi-faceted role as a D&O broker, business development professional and M&A product specialist.

Just prior to joining Woodruff-Sawyer in 2005, Brendan was a senior vice president and director at Worldwide Facilities, where he served as the D&O and IPO practice leader for company offices throughout North America.

Brendan graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a bachelor’s degree in business administration/finance.