Selena Kearvell FCII, 2025 Novi Awards Transformational Leader of the Year
Transformation rarely announces itself loudly. More often, it shows up in consistent decisions, trusted relationships, and leaders who know how to move people forward in uncertain environments.
Selena Kearvell FCII has spent more than 15 years doing exactly that.
As Regional Sales Director at Marsh Risk Limited and UK Food and Beverage Industries Leader, Selena operates at the intersection of risk, resilience, and growth. Her role is not simply to insure businesses, but to help organisations think differently about risk as a strategic enabler rather than a constraint.
Building Leadership from the Ground Up
Selena’s career at Marsh began in business development, working across the UK to generate new opportunities and build relationships in the commercial space. Those early years shaped a leadership style rooted in listening first, understanding complexity, and earning trust over time.
Progressing through client executive and senior leadership roles, Selena took on responsibility for some of Marsh’s most complex UK corporate and global clients. She led insurance and risk management programmes spanning property, liability, financial lines, cyber, and crime protection, while managing matrixed teams and navigating a fast-changing risk landscape.
Her work has always focused on outcomes that matter: clarity for clients, confidence in decision-making, and long-term value creation.
Sector Leadership with Real-World Impact
In her current role as UK Food and Beverage Industries Leader, Selena brings deep sector knowledge to one of the UK’s most operationally intense industries. From supply chain pressures to regulatory complexity, she works closely with commercial, corporate, and global clients to deliver risk and insurance solutions that reflect how the industry actually operates.
It’s leadership that balances strategy with execution and insight with accountability.
Transforming Culture, Not Just Performance
What elevates Selena’s leadership from strong to transformational is the impact she has beyond revenue and results.
As Co-Chair of Balance, Marsh’s gender parity network, Selena plays a visible and active role in advancing inclusion across the organisation. She is also a facilitator with the Insurance Supper Club, supporting senior women leaders across the insurance industry through honest conversation, connection, and shared experience.
These contributions reflect a belief that transformation is as much about culture as it is about performance and that leadership includes responsibility for who gets access, visibility, and opportunity.
Credibility Built on Depth and Discipline
Selena’s leadership is underpinned by exceptional professional and academic grounding. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute (FCII), holds an Advanced Diploma in Insurance and Risk Management, a Master’s degree in Business and Marketing from Leeds University Business School, and a Bachelor’s degree in Classical Civilisation with Philosophy from the University of Warwick.
This blend of technical expertise and strategic thinking enables her to navigate complexity with precision, judgement, and calm.
Why Selena’s Leadership Matters
Being named 2025 Novi Awards Transformational Leader of the Year recognises Selena’s ability to lead change that is sustainable, human, and commercially grounded.
She transforms how teams operate, how clients engage with risk, and how leadership is experienced by those around her. Not through visibility alone, but through consistency, integrity, and impact.
Selena Kearvell FCII represents a new standard of transformational leadership in insurance — one that proves progress is built over time, through people who lead with both conviction and care.
And that is exactly the kind of leadership Novi exists to celebrate.
