Azzizza Larsen, Author at Trade Treasury Payments

Azi has over 18 years of international experience specializing in structuring, negotiating and executing bespoke credit and political risk (re)insurance programs for international banks, funds and asset managers, multinationals and public agencies.

She started her career at Export Development Canada 2004 as Trade Credit Underwriter supporting French Canadian exporters. She then joined a leading broking firm in 2006 in London where she developed and executed the design and delivery of political risk and credit (re)insurance solutions to help clients successfully mitigate country and counterparty risk in emerging markets.

In 2014, Azi relocated from London to Copenhagen to head up a Nordic specialist unit for Political Risk, Credit and Terrorism where she worked primarily with Nordic multinationals and banks with a particular focus on ESG and the renewable energy sector.

Azi joined the Credit Specialties practice at Marsh in November 2018 and currently leads the Lenders Solutions Group for North America, a dedicated practice of global FI experts specializing in the structuring, syndication, and placement of innovative regulatory compliant risk transfer solutions for lenders.

Azi has a M.Sc. in International Relations from the London School of Economics and B.A in Economics from the University of Waterloo (Canada). Azi is based in Toronto and she speaks fluent English and French and has working knowledge of Spanish and Danish.