Willis Towers Watson plc announced the appointment of Mike McKinley as the company's new Global Head of Tax. This is the latest in a series of recent hires aimed at strengthening WTW's Finance function as the company looks to deliver on its grow, simplify and transform strategic priorities announced at last September's Investor Day. McKinley will join WTW on May 9 and report to the company's CFO, Andrew Krasner.

Prior to his most recent role at Marsh McLennan, McKinley held tax related positions at GE Capital, Citigroup Inc. and Deloitte. Other recent hires to WTW's Finance Team include: Friedi Pfeiffer, formerly with Aon, who leads Finance for North America, including Corporate Risk and Broking (CRB) North America, along with Tina Shah, previously with Marsh McLennan, who leads Finance for WTW's CRB business in Europe.