KANSAS CITY:

Lockton Companies has announced the appointment of Pradip Ghosh as President of Lockton Capital Markets(LCM), effective September 1, 2020.

Ghosh has over 20 years of experience in the insurance, financial services, and asset management industries and will work closely with CEO Ken Pierce to provide direction and oversight as LCM looks to build out its platform. Prior to this role, Ghosh served as a Senior Advisor at LCM.

"I have been very fortunate to know Pradip for over 20 years and directly witness his impact in both the insurance and alternative asset management sectors.Pradip's track record of innovation and execution, as well as his deep industry knowledge, will help Lockton Capital Markets remain at the cutting edge of the convergence marketplace for years to come,"," said Pierce

Ghosh's career has focused on opportunities related to the convergence between the alternative asset management industry and both the life & annuity as well as the property & casualty insurance sectors.

Prior experiences include working as a Managing Director at Ares Management where his primary responsibility was to originate, execute and monitor the company's principal investments in the insurance space. Ghosh has also worked at Barclays Capital and Lehman Brothers, where he originated, structured and executed both public and private capital markets transactions with insurance companies, commercial banks and pension funds. He began his career at Lehman Brothers as a member of the team that created Lehman Re, a Bermuda-based reinsurance company.