Mike Parrish

Mike leads Howden’s expansion into the US retail insurance across all 50 states, covering 18 industry verticals, Employee Health & Benefits, the Middle Market, Private Capital and Private Client. He also oversees Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Chile and the Caribbean, spanning corporate and commercial lines, Private Capital, key sector verticals, and Employee Health & Benefits.

Prior to joining Howden, Mike spent nearly two decades at Aon, where he oversaw retail broking and key client relationships along the Eastern Seaboard. He also led Marsh’s Florida-zone business, one of the company’s largest, most complex and strategically significant territories in the US. Having served on the Executive Committee for both firms, he earned repeated recognition for client growth, client satisfaction and organisational leadership.

Mike previously served for more than two decades with the Southern Florida chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, where he was named Man of the Year for record-setting fundraising in 2014. A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Mike holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and business management from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.