Beechwood Taps David Lessing

Beechwood Re reported that David Lessing has joined the Beechwood family of companies.

According to a company release, Lessing has been appointed Executive Vice President at Beechwood and will be Head of Global Product Development and Distribution.

"David joining the company is an important milestone for our firm," said Mark Feuer, CEO of Beechwood. "His capabilities and background are a perfect fit to complement and accelerate the growth of our global investments business."

Scott Taylor, President of Beechwood, said, "We cannot be more thrilled to have David Lessing join the team. In our minds there are few people more capable of building a world-class distribution platform to support our industry leading investment products. Additionally, as a valued partner Mr. Lessing will bring enormous value to our reinsurance products as well."

Lessing was previously with Morgan Stanley. He also served at Marsh and Merrill Lynch.

The Beechwood companies provide life and annuity reinsurance to primary insurance companies.

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