Willis Towers Watson has appointed Thorsten Querfurt as the companys new Global Industry Leader for Natural Resources. Querfurt will be responsible for leading the companys growth efforts in Natural Resources, which comprises three principal sectors: oil, gas and chemicals, metals and mining, and power and utilities (including renewable energy and nuclear). Querfurt joins from Oliver Wyman, where he spent four years as a partner in its Energy Practice, leading global client accounts, Energy Practice, developing new business, advising clients in the areas of operational risk and safety and managing global teams. Prior to that he spent ten years as a Director with Corven Consulting, a privately owned management consultancy, focused on business transformation in the energy sector. While at Corven he helped grow the practice for acquisition and led a series of consultancy initiatives for Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Electricity clients.