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PRESENT A TIONS

Chris Pesce
Chris is National Programs Practice Leader with One80 Intermediaries. He was a
principal shareholder and board of director for Gowrie Holdings, Inc. which owned
two entities, Maritime Program Group (MPG) and Gowrie Group. Chris served as
President of Maritime Program Group and Executive Vice President and Secretary
of Gowrie Group. Chris had been at the helm of MPG since completing an internship
there in 1995 while studying for his bachelor’s degree at Saint Joseph’s College in NY.
Under Chris’ leadership he oversaw the growth of MPG’s underwritten premiums
from less than $4M to more than $134M prior to selling the operations to One80
Intermediaries in 2019.

In addition to serving on the TMPAA Advisory Board, he is on the Producer Council for the American
Institute of Marine Underwriters, as well as past service on the Executive Committee for the Independent
Insurance Agents Association of CT and as Chairman of the Young Agents Committee. Chris is a licensed
continuing education instructor and holds classes and speaking engagements on topics ranging from
operating and building a successful MGA to various areas within the marine insurance specialty.

Matt Sackett
Matt Sackett has over 25 years of MGA-specific experience, driving dramatic growth
through all phases of his career. Matt has run and grown divisions for a small MGA,
launched and sold an MGA to Aon after 5 years, turned around a negative growth
curve for a business that shrank to half its size over an 8-year period, built successful
multi-line sales teams, and participated on acquisition teams.
During his career, Matt has had the opportunity to engage with hundreds of
different MGAs and has always been impressed with both their industry specific
knowledge and the strength of their teams. After selling his MGA and watching all
that he built evaporate into a larger organization, combined with the fact that many
MGA owners want to take some, but not all their chips off the table, Matt and his
business partners conceived DOXA.

Industry Speaker – Greg Case

Monday, May 13 | 4:00 PM | H.B. Plant Ballroom (JW Marriott)

Greg Case is Chief Executive Officer of Aon plc, a leading global professional
services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement, and health solutions. He
is also a member of the company’s Board of Directors.
Before joining Aon, he served on the governing Shareholders’ Council at McKinsey
& Company and led their Global Insurance and Financial Services Practice. Prior
to McKinsey, he worked for the investment banking firm of Piper, Jaffray and
Hopwood.
Case holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and graduated summa cum
laude from Kansas State University. Case was named by the Harvard Business
Review as one of the top 100 best performing CEOs in the world in 2019, 2018,
2017, 2016 and 2014.

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