Rowan is CEO, Climate Risk & Resilience at Howden, and Chair of the Insurance Development Forum Operating Committee.

He previously led the Climate and Resilience Hub at Willis Towers Watson – a team of over 100 experts aligning WTW’s risk, capital and people businesses towards clients’ climate-related requirements, and managing engagement with programmes including the Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment, Insurance Development Forum, ClimateWise and the Climate Financial Risk Forum. Rowan also initiated and chaired the Willis Research Network to support WTW insights and capabilities.

His current focus is market interventions to deliver climate resilience for exposed populations and support an orderly and accelerated low carbon transition.