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Beta Gamma Sigma Names Brian Duperreault
Business Achievement Award Recipient
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Gamma Sigma, the international business honor society, recently
named Brian Duperreault, president and CEO, Marsh & McLennan
Companies Inc., a recipient of its 2009 Business Achievement Award.
The honor is awarded annually to individuals who have made significant
accomplishments in business and contributions to the community.
“We are pleased to present this honor to Mr. Duperreault,”
said George E. Stevens, president of Beta Gamma Sigma. “He
has been an exemplary leader and a generous supporter of the community.”
Duperreault was nominated for the Beta Gamma Sigma Business Achievement
Award by Saint Joseph’s University, where he received a Bachelor
of Science degree in Mathematics in 1969. He is one of four recipients
of this year’s award. The other 2009 recipients are Raymond
G. Chambers, founder, Amelior Foundation; Adm. Thad W. Allen, commandant,
U.S. Coast Guard; and Joe Max Green, chairman, Joe Max Green/Insurance
Concepts.
In his more than 30 years in the insurance industry, Duperreault
has assumed a number of executive and leadership roles. Prior to
joining Marsh & McLennan in 2008, he spent 10 years as CEO of
insurer ACE Limited and a member of the company’s board of
directors. Under Duperreault’s leadership, the firm grew and
transformed from a boutique, specialty insurer into a global enterprise
through many significant acquisitions.
Before his tenure at ACE, he was employed at American International
Group, AIG. He held various senior titles, including executive vice
president, chairman and CEO of American International Underwriters
Inc., AIU, and CEO of AIG affiliates in Japan and Korea.
Throughout his career, Duperreault has been involved with many organizations
and causes. He serves on the boards of the Center on Philanthropy,
Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences and the International Insurance
Society. Duperreault has also served his alma mater, Saint Joseph’s
University, chairing the university’s board of trustees and
the board’s development and campaign planning committees.
Beta Gamma Sigma established the Business Achievement Award in 1998.
Individuals are nominated by Beta Gamma Sigma deans, faculty advisors
and members of the board of governors. They are selected based on
their significant accomplishment(s) in business, contributions to
the community, and ability to establish themselves as models of
ethical business leadership. Recipients are announced to the Society
during the International Honoree Luncheon at the Annual Meeting
of AACSB International each spring.
About Beta Gamma Sigma
Beta Gamma Sigma is the international honor society serving business
programs accredited by AACSB International – The Association
to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Membership in Beta Gamma
Sigma is the highest recognition a business student anywhere in
the world can receive in a business program accredited by AACSB
International.
Beta Gamma Sigma has established 486
collegiate chapters in 19 countries and territories around the world,
and inducted more than 625,000 outstanding students into membership
since its founding in 1913. These members have served in corporate,
government, non-profit, educational, and other management positions
at every level of responsibility. Members currently reside in all
50 U.S. states and more than 160 countries around the world. For
more information, visit www.betagammasigma.org
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