# John Tournet

> John Tournet is the Charlotte-based U.S. CEO of Gallagher’s Benefits & HR Consulting Division. After joining Gallagher in 2002 and holding area and regional leadership positions, he became CEO, U.S. Regions, in November 2022, with responsibility for U.S. growth strategies including sales, client retention, acquisitions and innovation.

- **Role:** U.S. CEO, Benefits & HR Consulting Division at Gallagher
- **Organizations:** Gallagher, Planned Administrators, Inc.
- **Education:** University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business
- **Known for:** Appointed to Gallagher’s newly created CEO, U.S. Regions role in November 2022., Coauthored a people analytics guide with Robby White., Announced as a speaker for The Power of Joining Forces at the 2025 Corporate Citizenship Conference.

## Career timeline

- **1998-2002** — Account executive at Planned Administrators, Inc.
- **2002** — Joined Gallagher as an account executive.
- **2007** — Became a producer at Gallagher.
- **2009** — Became an area president at Gallagher.
- **2017** — Became a regional president at Gallagher.
- **2021** — Named as Southeast employee benefits operations leader in the Garner & Glover acquisition announcement.
- **2022** — Became CEO, U.S. Regions, Benefits & HR Consulting Division, effective November 1.

## Achievements

- Appointed to Gallagher’s newly created CEO, U.S. Regions role in November 2022.
- Coauthored a people analytics guide with Robby White.
- Announced as a speaker for The Power of Joining Forces at the 2025 Corporate Citizenship Conference.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Commented on retirement outcomes, plan design, governance and personalized employee support in Gallagher’s October 14 financial benchmarking announcement.
- **2026-09** — Discussed manager effectiveness, workloads and employee understanding of organizational goals in Gallagher’s September 9 talent benchmarking announcement.
- **2026-05** — Commented on Gallagher’s May 14 launch of AI-enabled benefits guidance built on the Avante platform.

## Links

- Website: https://www.ajg.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-tournet-577a7b37

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Last updated: 2026-10-21