Personal Profile

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George is the Chief Executive Officer of UIB (DIFC) Ltd and serves on the Board of Directors of UIB’s parent company, UIB Holdings (UK) Ltd. and is the Deputy Chairman of UIB Turkey. He is a founding member, and the former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the DIFC Insurance Association. He has recently been re-elected to again serve on the board of directors of the DIFCIA. He is currently the Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Insurance Business Group (IBG), an interest group formed under the auspices of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce to further the interests of the insurance industry and its interaction with other industries. Having more than 35 years of experience in the insurance industry, he is a post graduate of the University of Southern California and holds a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance and Marketing. He joined United Insurance Brokers Ltd., (London) in October 1987 and was one of the founders of UIB’s Oil & Gas Division. Previously, he had been with a leading international insurance broking firm responsible for the handling of Property and Casualty risks of major California-based multinational corporations. He is an expert in Well Control insurance and is one of the few insurance practitioners who has had firsthand well control experience in post-liberated Kuwait when he observed and worked with a specialist well control team on several wells burning out of control. George has authored, lectured and conducted Non-Technical Well Control Seminars in London and Internationally. He has been a prominent speaker at numerous national, regional, and international insurance conferences. He is a certified SCUBA diver and keen Alpine skier – from the deep blue to the high summit! George is fluent in English, Arabic and French.