Joshua Landau is President of the International Insurance Society. The IIS is the largest and most diverse organization of the global insurance industry. Its members comprise all industry stakeholders, including insurance company executives, scholars, regulators and advisors from nearly 100 countries, who share their diverse knowledge and perspectives to study the forces driving growth and innovation in the industry.
Josh has been affiliated with the IIS for over 22 years, while also serving in multiple roles as a banking executive supporting the insurance industry. Landau also currently serves as senior vice president, managing director, and corporate banking group head of the Financial Institutions Group for Fifth Third Bank. Before joining Fifth Third, he spearheaded relationship banking and global coverage as head of the Financial Institutions Group–America at Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. and also served as global head of the company’s insurance industry sector. Landau has additional experience as an insurance industry risk officer, private equity investor, and mergers and acquisitions specialist in the global insurance sector, having started his career at Chemical Bank (now JP Morgan Chase) and working with BNP Paribas, UBS, and Firemark Investments in various roles over the past 25 years.
Josh has an MBA in finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business and a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the University of Albany.