Robert (Bennie) Benvenuto is Executive Vice President and member of the JLT Specialty USA Executive Committee. He is responsible for leading JLT's US expansion in the Midwest. Robert is accountable for client, market and talent development and building the firm's presence in the Chicagoland business and civic community. Benvenuto joined JLT Specialty USA in July 2015. He has over two decades of experience in the Risk & Insurance industry. Robert previously served as an Executive Vice President and member of the Global Leadership Group at Aon. Prior to Aon, he was the Managing Director of Financial Products at Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., where he began his career in New York in 1988. Benvenuto holds a BS in Economics from the University of Rhode Island and advanced studies in International Business from Richmond University in London. JLT Specialty USA is the U.S. platform of London based Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group (LSE: JLT.L). JLT Group operates one of the world’s largest providers of insurance and reinsurance brokerage and risk management and employee benefit advisory services in over 135 Countries.