Mauricio Vasquez Lara

Current

Assistant Vice President at Marsh Canada

Past

Consultant at Alcan Inc
Consultant at Oxford Industries Inc
Engineer, Risk Management at El Pacifico Peruano Suiza Compañía de Seguros

Engineer Assistant at Rimac Internacional Compañía de Seguros
Engineer Assistant at Wiese Aetna Compañía de Seguros

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Education

Université de Montréal - HEC Montréal
Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas
Universidad de Lima

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Connections

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Industry

Insurance

Mauricio Vasquez Lara’s Summary

Experienced and motivated engineer in risk evaluation and management. Recognized as an effective solution-oriented individual with excellent creative, proactive and analytical skills and as commercial-aware and customer-focused individual, providing solutions as well as offering additional products and services to clients.

Exceptional communicator and team player who works well with clients and colleagues. Versatile and adaptable to changes in policies, procedures, and work environments. Languages: Spanish and English, French (intermediate).

Mauricio Vasquez Lara’s Specialties:

Insurance, risk management, marketing and commercial management

Mauricio Vasquez Lara’s Experience

Assistant Vice President

Marsh Canada

(Public Company; MMC; Insurance industry)

December 2006 — Present (3 years )

Assistant Vice President at the Machinery Risk Solutions Practice (Boiler & Machinery) and at the Mining, Power and Utilities Group in Marsh Canada . These groups in Marsh Canada (Toronto) are a National Resource specializing consulting in for major Risk Management clients across Canada and abroad. As the sole Canadian Broker with such resources we have the ability and qualifications to advise clients on program structure, exposure identification, loss prevention and claims management. Assistant Vice President provides service support to the team relating to the development and servicing of insurance brokerage and risk management accounts.
Consultant

Alcan Inc

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Mining & Metals industry)

June 2006 — August 2006 (3 months)

MBA Team Consultant: Member of a team composed of five MBA students. Executed and presented to the management of Alcan a study with recommendations to capitalize on the benefits of Fair Trade for the aluminum industry and its stakeholders
Consultant

Oxford Industries Inc

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Apparel & Fashion industry)

January 2006 — March 2006 (3 months)

HEC Montreal Challenge: Member of a team composed of five MBA students. Executed and presented to the management of Oxford Industries (Atlanta, USA) a study with recommendations to improve its financial planning, monitoring, and exceptions management process while maintaining the flexibility to either allow operating units to function independently or bring them into one corporate system.
Engineer, Risk Management

El Pacifico Peruano Suiza Compañía de Seguros

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Insurance industry)

October 2003 — July 2005 (1 year 10 months)

Evaluated risks, assessed their potential impact and planned the appropriate action. Seized opportunities in client’s operations, providing objective advice based upon industry Best Practices and specific culture of the client’s organization. Increased brand image and client retention by customizing insurance solutions to client’s specific needs. And improved insurance underwriting policies and commercial lines businesses by supporting Underwriting and Commercial Divisions.

El Pacifico Peruano Suiza Compañía de Seguros: Largest insurance company in Perú with annual revenues of $203 million US. Affiliated company to American International Group AIG (USA)
Engineer Assistant

Rimac Internacional Compañía de Seguros

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Insurance industry)

October 2002 — September 2003 (1 year )

Assessed and monitored risks and controlled exposures in order to develop a suitable response to a hazard, taking into account all relevant regulatory, political, environmental, engineering and social factors which might be relevant.

Rimac Internacional Compañía de Seguros: 2nd largest insurance company in Perú with annual revenues of $177 million US.
Engineer Assistant

Wiese Aetna Compañía de Seguros

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Insurance industry)

July 2000 — October 2002 (2 years 4 months)

Reviewed regulatory compliance and prevention best practices to helps ensure that any risks in the work place are minimized. Keeping up to date with the latest developments in risk prevention. And offered objective advice based upon industry Best Practice, whilst always taking into account the specific culture of the client organization.

Wiese Aetna Compañía de Seguros: 3rd largest insurance company in Perú with annual revenues of $64.5 million US. Company partially owned by Aetna (USA) and ING Group (Holland).

Mauricio Vasquez Lara’s Education

Université de Montréal - HEC Montréal

MBA , Business Administration , 2005 — 2006

HEC Montréal: Ranked in the Top 10 non-US MBAs by Business Week magazine.

Social Affairs Committee Representative, MBA Student Association: Organize all official social events (2005-2006).

Activities and Societies:

The MBA at HEC has provided me theoretical and practical training to help me gain a better understanding of general business management functions. It has prepared me for responsible managerial positions in business. Finally, I am capable of defining, planning, guiding, assisting, and assessing the work of others.
Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas

Master , Marketing and Commercial Management , 2003 — 2004

Master in partnership with EOI Business School from Spain.

Activities and Societies:

This master has a high degree of internationalization and a global vision that generates competencies and skills that have allowed me to have an active formation, solid and competent of Marketing in a world-wide economy. In addition, this master has allowed me to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the market and to anticipate myself to competitors in the internal and external market.
Universidad de Lima

Bachelor , Industrial Engineering , 1995 — 2000

Additional Information

Mauricio Vasquez Lara’s Groups:

Social Affairs Committee Representative, MBA Student Association: Organize all official social events (2005-2006).
Member of National Society of Hispanics MBAs (NSHMBA).
Member of Net Impact HEC: New-generation leaders committed to use the power of business to improve the world, making a positive net social, environmental, and economic impact (2005-2006).