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Chris J. Kumar

Chris J. Kumar

Head of Finance Global Reinsurance at Aon; former finance executive at BMW and McLaren Automotive with 20+ years in finance leadership.

Jun 14, 2026

29:06
the 720S.
29:07
That's right, yeah.
29:08
Um, and it, it just sounded unbelievable as, as a role to go into.
29:13
So obviously I had very limited knowledge of the McLaren Automotive business, apart from, you know, the research that you would normally do for an interview.
29:21
What I didn't probably realize until I started working there and speaking to people is, yes, it is effectively a startup, right? That, that particular business is effectively a startup.
29:32
It was a few years old and, as you said, it's PE-backed, but the, the ambition, the growth, the drive generally, um, you know, of, of the culture, um, in that business was a massive, massive difference to how BMW life was.
29:46
And I still remember to this day, there was a colleague at McLaren who I was working with, and they said pretty early on to me, "Most people don't last more than 18 months, Chris.

11 MINS LATER

41:02
So, um, I'm just, just saying, uh, you know, is there another, is there another move? But it can't have been that bad, right? If you've been there that, that long.

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