Brian Schnepff is a consultant in Spencer Stuart’s Insurance and Financial Services practices in the United States. He brings a 25-year track record in leadership search and advisory serving a diverse client base, including insurance carriers, brokerage firms, private equity, reinsurers, retirement plans and insurance technology (insurtech) firms. Brian’s portfolio of work spans front-office and functional roles, including CEO and insurance company business-line leaders, heads of distribution/sales, technology, operations infrastructure and transformation, product/platform, finance and accounting, actuarial, risk, marketing and customer experience, underwriting and data analytics.

Deep expertise in insurance and retirement search and leadership

  • Most recently, Brian led the US insurance practice for a global executive search and advisory firm. Brian focused on leadership searches for insurance industry clients, including insurance carriers, reinsurers, technology and analytics services firms, brokerage firms and private equity firms. He also served on the firm’s DE&I and Leadership Advisory committees.
  • Prior to that, he served as a principal in the global insurance practice for another international executive search firm. He began his career as an editor and reporter for a regional newspaper.

Brian received a B.A. in journalism with a concentration in business and Spanish from Indiana University. Brian also completed coursework at the Spanish-American Institute in Seville, Spain.

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