Russ Nichols

Russ joined Besso in 1999 as Divisional Director and was appointed to the Besso Board in 2001.

Russ is the joint CEO of the Besso Group and Besso Limited. As Managing Director of the North American Property Division, he manages a talented team that generates some $350,000,000 of premium into the London Market each year.

Russ began his career in 1982 as a treaty statistician with Golding Collins and moved to Marsh & McClennan in 1984. In 1989 he joined Steel Burrill Jones as a Divisional Director and was part of a large team that left Marsh to set up a North American Property Division. Russ spent 2 years in Chicago before returning to London and joining Besso.