Marsh McLennan (MMC) announced the appointment of Mikhail VANYO as General Counsel of Marsh, effective immediately.

Mikhail VANYO succeeds Katherine BRENNAN, who was named Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Marsh McLennan in March. Mikhail VANYO will report to Martin South, President and CEO of Marsh, and Katherine BRENNAN.

Based in New York, Vanyo will lead all legal and compliance strategy for Marsh globally.

Mikhail VANYO joined Marsh McLennan as the firm's Chief Competition Counsel in 2017, later taking on the role of Marsh's Chief Counsel for Global Placement and Specialty. Prior to joining Marsh McLennan, he served as federal prosecutor with the US Department of Justice, focusing on antitrust, fraud, and other white collar crime, and as an associate at the global law firms Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and O'Melveny & Myers.