Risk Management Solutions Appoints Bentley COO

Risk Management Solutions based in Newark, Calif., has named Robert Bentley chief operating officer. Bentley, who was previously Global COO at Guy Carpenter & Co. LLC., will be responsible for all operational aspects of RMS and will report directly to Hemant Shah, President & CEO of RMS.

Bentley began his career at Guy Carpenter in 1987 as a property broker. He moved to Aon Re in 1993 and returned to Guy Carpenter in 1996 as a founding member of the company’s Property Specialty and as a registered representative of Marsh & McLennan Securities Corp. In January 2000, he moved from the Property Specialty division to assume leadership of Guy Carpenter’s Instrat operations. He later assumed the role of Western Region Manager and the position of Global COO in 2005.