Howden Iberia, one of the four major insurance brokers in Spain, has hired Fran Murcia, a former professional basketball player and expert in corporate wellbeing, for the position of Global Well-being Director. Together with the Howden team, he will develop bespoke projects to improve the health of clients’ employees.
Ana Matarranz has been very satisfied with the signing of Fran Murcia, “given that he is a professional with extensive and intense experience in elite sports, who has been able to professionalize the learning acquired in his sports career in order to help companies achieve corporate well-being, one of the most powerful proposals that are permeating throughout the world and also a key piece for companies in Spain to complete the offer of benefits for their employees and to attract the best talent. And in the specific case of Howden Iberia, his activity fits perfectly with our principle of People First”.
Fully in tune with Howden’s principles
For his part, Fran Murcia, has stated that he feels “very proud to be able to join a team as experienced as the Human Capital & Benefits team of the multinational Howden and I hope to contribute to expanding its strategy and share my experience with companies that put the focus on the well-being of its people. At the same time, she has valued his total harmony with Howden’s principles, “given his concern for the well-being of all his employees.”
Fran Murcia, who developed a 19-year career in the sports elite in clubs such as CAI Zaragoza, Joventut de Badalona or Baloncesto Fuenlabrada and wore the shirt of the Spanish national team more than 35 times, he retired at the age of 33 and since then he has dedicated his life to corporate wellbeing. An activity with which, as he himself explains, “improves the health of employees through training, implementation of wellness strategies and measurement of success with aggregated data”. Teambuilding, corporate coaching, wellbeing and training conferences are just some of the actions that he works with clients.
Before coming to Howden, he held the position of Wellbeing Manager and Head of CSR at WTW for 3 years and was previously a founding partner of WAY TO GO Corporate Wellbeing. Postgraduate at IE and Universidad San Pablo CEU, he is also a Master in Executive Coaching and Leadership.