Shaun Crawford FCCA

Global Vice Chair of Industry, Partner,
Ernst & Young LLP

Shaun Crawford is the Global Vice Chair of Industry at EY. In this role, he oversees over 52,000 industry specialists through 17 global sectors, and is responsible for ensuring EY is at the forefront of industry disruption and convergence issues.

Shaun is focused on enabling EY to develop innovative, sector-specific solutions that address the critical issues facing business today. He is also charged with delivering programs that support EY’s client service professionals to develop deep industry knowledge and sector expertise that helps clients to navigate the challenges of disruption.

Shaun Crawford had led Ernst & Young’s Global Insurance business for the last 6 years, growing EY’s Insurance consulting, audit, tax and corporate finance businesses and providing increased focus on the Emerging Markets (Asia, LATAM, India and Africa in particular).

Shaun has been in the Financial Services industry for >30 years having worked both in consulting & line management with the majority of European Insurers & UK Retail Banks. Majority of the time serving the life, pensions, health & wealth market.

Author of recent disruptive thought leadership on the subjects of; Health Insurer of the Future, Sensor Based Insurance, Block chain for Insurers and Digital Insurance Transformation

Over the past 15 years, Shaun's experience has included the design and delivery of a number of large transformation projects for European Insurers as well as leading the European due diligence for a Top 3 Global Insurer as they purchased another Global life assurer

Sponsored the development of a Blockchain proposition (‘Insurwave’) for the Marine Insurance market in consultation with leading insurers, a global broker and major international shipping company. Insurwave went live with the launch at the end of May 2018.

Shaun has managed and delivered a number of strategy and start up programmes for Global insurers, including engagement with various international regulators and insurer business partners across the supply chain.