- Advisors & Speakers-

Advisors in 2026

Mr. Kayzad Hiramanek

Chief Operating Officer

Edelweiss Life Insurance

Dr. Rafiq Jamalaldeen

Visionary Executive Leader

Mr. Saurabh Saran

Executive Director

Capstone Insurance

Dr. Amir Safari

Acting-Director General, Innovation and Development of Modern Businesses

Central Insurance of Iran (Insurance Regulatory and Supervisory Authority)

Mr. Sreedhar Suragouni

CIO

Sukoon Insurance

Dr. AFTAB Hasan

Founder & Chairman Global Association of InsurTech Professionals (GAlP)

Founder & Chairman Risk Exchange DlFC Limited

Dr. Sanjiv Dwivedi

President & Head - Investigation & Loss Mitigation

Bajaj Allianz General Insurance

Mr. Mohamed El-Dishish

Chief Executive Officer

Insurance Institute of Egypt

Mr. Amro Shawli

Chief Governance, Risk and Control Officer

Bupa Arabia

Mr. Sherif Elsherif

Former Chief Beneficiaries Officer - COO

Universal Health Insurance Authority

Mr. Oussama KAISSI

Founder & CEO

The Meridiem Group

Mr. Shammi Kapoor

SVP & Head -Operations CS and Health Claims

Magma General Insurance

Mr. Uddalak Chatterjee

Senior Vice President and Head -Branch Operations

Bajaj Life Insurance

Mr. John Spence

Managing Director

Asian Capital Advisors

Mr. Alain Le Couédic

Partner

Artificial Intelligence Quartermaster (AIQ)

Mr. Idriss Selhoum

Ex-Chief Information and Transformation Officer

Dr. Nyamemba Patrick Tumbo

Group CEO / Managing Director

Sanlam Kenya Plc & Sanlam Pan Africa

Ms. Chuma Qwalela

Head of Strategy and Business Integration

Rand Mutual - RMA

Dr. Aysun Yıldız Özer

Assistant Director General

Insurance Association of Türkiye

Dr. Sabri Al-Azazi

Ex-Assistant Governor

Central Bank of The UAE

Speakers in 2026

Mr. Mohamed Seghir

Chief Executive Officer

HAYAH Insurance Company

Mr. Philip Story

Chairman, DIFC Insurance Association

Senior Executive Officer & Head of Distribution EMEA, Investors Trust Assurance

Mr. Abdullah Faisal Biary

Chief Information Security Officer

United Cooperative Assurance

Mr. Saurabh Saran

Executive Director

Capstone Insurance

Dr. Amir Safari

Acting-Director General, Innovation and Development of Modern Businesses

Central Insurance of Iran (Insurance Regulatory and Supervisory Authority)

Ms. Zein Shiyyab

Chief Corporate Services and Technology Officer

Trust Holding

Mr. Anup Dhingra

Managing Director - FINPRO® India, Middle East, Africa (IMEA)

Marsh

Mr. Hasheer P. Kottal

Senior Vice President, Bancassurance

Mashreq Bank

Mr. Indra R. Subedi

Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)

IME Life Insurance

Dr. Aftab Hasan

Founder & Chairman Global Association of InsurTech Professionals (GAlP)

Founder & Chairman Risk Exchange DIFC Limited

Mr. Sreedhar Suragouni

Chief Operations and Technology Officer

Sukoon Insurance

Mr. Abdullah Muidh Alghamdi

Director of Information Technology

Damanat

Mr. Rahul Prasad

Chief Executive Officer

HDFC International Life and Re

Ms. Shima Ara

Deputy CEO

Saman Insurance Co.

Mr. Arsalan Iqbal

Head of Technology

GIG Gulf

Mr. Jochen A. Haug

Transformational Insurance Leader

Mr. Ossman Charabati

Board Member

Arabia Falcon Insurance Company

Mr. Adnan Abu AlHaija'a

Chief Risk Officer (CRO)

RAKINSURANCE

Mr. Adel Mounir

Chairman

Tharwa Life Insurance

Dr. Nasser Aljehani

Senior Advisor to the CEO

Tawuniya

Mr. Turki ALMulhem

Chief Motor Insurance Officer

Walaa Insurance Company

Ms. Gaenor Jones

Regional Director MEA, Central & South Asia

Chartered Insurance Institute

Mr. Ahmed Alzarooni

Chief Support Officer (Acting) /Customer Experience

Daman - National Health Insurance Company

Mr. Khaled Abdel EL Sadek

Vice Chairman & Managing Director

Mohandes Insurance

Mr. Makoto Okubo

General Manager, International Affairs

Nippon Life Insurance Company

Mr. Joshua Carless

General Manager, Strategy

QBE Insurance

Mr. George Kabban

CEO

United Insurance Brokers (DIFC)

Ms. Farzanah Chowdhury

Managing Director & CEO

Green Delta Group

Mr. Mohamed Atef

Chief Financial Officer

Liva Insurance Oman

Mr. Martin Sebastian

Chief Information Officer

Watania Takaful

Mr. Shaker (Faisal) Al-Sehly

Chief Risk Officer (CRO)

SALAMA Cooperative Insurance

Dr. Dipankar Acharya

Chief Executive Officer

APA Insurance

Mr. Rakesh Sudhakaran

Chief Commercial Officer

SALAMA - Islamic Arab Insurance Company

Mr. Shiferaw Lencho

Chief, Strategy and Operational Excellence

Ethiopian Insurance Corporation

Mr. Amol Shah

Chief Transformation Officer

RAKINSURANCE

Dr. Erdoğan Çiftcioğlu

Vice Chairperson

Koru Sigorta

Dr. Usamah A. Algemili

Deputy CEO | Data and Analytics

Insurance Authority

Mr. Dilshan Perera

Chief Transformation Officer

HNB General Insurance

Mr. Sami Sharif

CEO, Kuwait Insurance Company & Chairman

Kuwait Islamic Takaful Insurance Company

Dr. Nilay Ranjan Singh

Chief Executive Officer

State Bank of India

Mr. Manny Gawad

Deputy Chief Information Officer

SALAMA Cooperative Insurance

Mr. Anuj Agarwal

Chief Executive Officer

Gulf General Cooperative Insurance Company (GGl)

Mr. Manoj Kumar Jain

Managing Director

Shriram Life Insurance

Mr. Massimo Falcioni

Chief Competitiveness Officer

Abu Dhabi Investment Office

Mr. Mohammad Danish Eqbal

Chief Executive Officer, Liberty Uganda & Chairman - Data & Analytics Committee (IAM Africa Regions),

Standard Bank Group

Mr. Sadegh Kian

Deputy CEO for Technology and Smart Systems

Day Insurance

Ms. Elsa Tchicanha

Chief Transformation Officer

SanlamAllianz Angola Seguros

Mr. Rajiv Kumar

Chief Executive Officer

Alliance Insurance Corporation

Mr. Sandeep Mishra

Chief Distribution Officer - Proprietary

Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance

Mr. Julius Orayo

Group Chief Information Officer

Jubilee Insurance

Ms. Ebtehal Tantawy

Chief Officer, Enterprise Project Management

AXA Egypt

Dr. Bassel Hindawi

Senior Advisor and Board Member

Mr. Sanjeev Aggarwal

Chief Financial Officer

Solidarity Bahrain BSC

Mr. Arijit Chakraborty

SVP & CEO of Chubb Digital Partners

Chubb

Mr. John Katende

Chief Distribution Officer

Jubilee Health Insurance Company of Uganda

Mr. Prakashan Kodakkadan

Chief Underwriting Officer

Alliance Insurance PSC

Mr. Chimwemwe Kanyenda

Chief Operating Officer

Nico Life Insurance Company

Dr. Nashiru Iddrisu

CEO

KEK RE Africa

Mr. Jérôme Katz

Chief Executive Officer

MUA Tanzania

Mr. Bharath Venepally

Head Of Partnerships, Bancassurance & Affinity

LIVA Group

Dr. Asif Syed

Chief Underwriter & Head of Claims

Munich Re Underwriting Agents (DIFC)

Mr. Ashish Mahajan

Ex-Head of General and Motor Takaful

Dr. Goetz Friedrich Kuras

Partner,Leader Insurance/Pensions/Social

Arthur D. Little

Dr. Amany Elmahy

Chief Executive Misr Insurance Company & Chief Country Officer

AIWA under AIO

Mr. Muhammad Zeeshan Haider

Head of Marketing & Communications

Al Wathba Insurance

Mr. Koy Nien Lee

CEO, Protego & Executive VP, Head of Bancassurance

RAKBANK

Mr. Srinivasan Sarangapani Keerthi

Head of Life and Medical

Liva Insurance Oman

Mr. Prashant Vinod

Ex-Executive Director - Digital Hub

Mr. Rizwan Munir

Director Partnerships & Ecosystem

Tawuniya

Mr. Saurabh Mahajan

VP-Digital Solutions

Prudential Financia

Mr. Soumendu Das

AVP- Underwriting

Saudi Arabian Insurance Company - Dubai Branch

Mr. Rahul Ramakrishnan

Head of Digital Sales

Sukoon Insurance

Mr. Aon Raza

Head of Transformation

Al Wathba Insurance

Mr. Ehab Hatem

Head of Omnichannel

Misr Life Insurance

Mr. Sherwyn Rodricks

A Risk & Compliance Management Leader

Mr. Shoaib Soofi

Global Head of Product Review

MetLife

Mr. Varghese Skariah

Group Data Director

LIVA Group

Mr. Troy Barnes

Transformation Practitioner and Thought Leader

Mr. Malik Khan

Head of Business Agility - EMEA Business Transformation

MetLife

Mr. Shammi Kapoor

SVP & Head -Operations CS and Health Claims

Magma General Insurance

Mr. Ashish Kumar Singh

Senior Vice President - Head of Bancassurance & Affinity

Sukoon Insurance

Mr. Manoj Poduval

Head - Zurich Advisory Networks - Middle East

Zurich Middle East

Mr. Simon S. Price

Digital Transformation Leader

Dr. Partha Panda

Senior Vice President - Head of Claims (Medical, Life, Motor & Commercial)

Abu Dhabi National Insurance Company (ADNIC)

Mr. Vaibhav Kumar

Head of Product Management

Max Life Insurance Company

Mr. Siddhaarth (Sidd) Iyer

Head - Digital & CX (CDO)

GIG Gulf

Mr. Vijay Raghushankar

Head of Techno-Marketing - Medical Business

Al Sagr National Insurance Company (ASNIC)

Mr. Sandeep Kushwaha

Senior Vice President and Head of Analytics

Bandhan Life

Mr. Khurram Muhammad

Executive Vice President - Head of IT

Salaam Takaful

Ms. Kausar Raza

Senior Vice President

EFU General Insurance

Mr. Ayman Y. AL-Ajmi

Group Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Braxtone Group

Mr. Saranjeet Sahni

Head of Partnerships

GIG Gulf

Ms. Sonal Dawda

Head of Marketing & Corporate Communications

Dubai National Insurance and Reinsurance (P.S.C.)

Mr. Uddalak Chatterjee

Senior Vice President and Head -Branch Operations

Bajaj Life Insurance

Mr. Vivek Kolhatkar

Senior Vice President

Union Insurance Company

Mr. Syed Muhammad Ali Zaidi

Head of Operations

Salaam Takaful

Mr. Alibek Tnaliyev

Senior Vice President Business Development MENA Region

Qatar Insurance Group

Mr. Cagdas Cimentepe

Head of Underwriting and Claims

ANADOLU HAYAT EMEKLİLİK

Ms. Melek Yılmaz

CTO- Insurance Digital Transformation Executive

Mr. Hamid Reza Parvazi

Head of Digital Business Development Committee

Iran Insurers' Syndicate

Ms. Sadia Noori

CMO & Marketing Leader

Mr. Frederik Bisbjerg

CEO | Senior advisor | Shaping the Future of Insurance

Dr. Dennis Sebastian

Vice President & Head of Health

RGA

Mr. Kishore Sivaprakasam

Head of Information Technology Department

Al Wathba National Insurance Company (AWNIC)

Mr. Ridwan Asad

Director Digital, Data, AI, Strategy, Performance Management & Digital Transformation Tech & Digital

Tawuniya

Ms. Khadijetou Mohamed El Maouloud

Head of Information Systems Department

CNASS

Mr. Vipin Jain

SVP and Head Product and Strategy

TATA AIG General Insurance Company

Mr. Michel Medawar

Head of Information Technology Department

Arab Reinsurance Company

Mr. Muhammad Junaid Khan

Vice President - Partnerships

Watania Takaful

Mr. Mohammed LAOUBI

Head of Information

CNAC

Mr. Shady Nawar

Global Head of Healthcare Management

Bupa Global

Dr. Ahmed Aldammas

Executive Director Data Management Cybersecurity and Risk

The Council Of Cooperative Health Insurance

Ms. Rakhee Anand

Head of Distribution - Personal Lines

LIVA Group

Ms. Namita Rohra

Vice President and National Head Liability, Credit and Specialty Lines

Reliance General Insurance

Mr. Salman AlMadhi

Head of Life - Bahrain & Kuwait

Bahrain Kuwait Insurance

Mr. Robert Storer

VP, Head of Middle East

Cyber Mosaic Insurance

Mr. Danish Kazi

Head of Accident & Health

Sukoon Insurance

Mr. Carlos Piedade

Head of Digital Strategy and Transformation

Emirates Insurance Company

Mr. Sethu B

Head Of Operations

Dubai National Insurance and Reinsurance (P.S.C.)

Mr. Omer Ehtesham

Senior Executive Leader

Bupa Arabia

Dr. Ahmed Fagha El Meky

Director of Operations

CNASS

Ms. Selin Talgar

Assistant Vice President, Head of Customer Service & Operations

MetLife Gulf

Mr. Saurabh Agrawal

Head Of Retail Operations

MetLife Gulf

Mr. Wael El-Bsat

Executive Director, Business Transformation & Innovation

Tawuniya

Mr. David Howard

Head of Propositions and Partnerships, Corporate Life & Pensions

Zurich Middle East

Mr. Mohamed Aly Soliman

Chairman of the Blochchain and Fintech Working Party, Institute and Faculty of Actuaries & Actuary Crypto Assets & Digital Money

Bank of England

Mr. Bharat Kansal

Marsh Multinational Leader - UAE, Senior Vice President

Marsh Emirates Insurance Brokerage

Mr. Zubair Siddiqi

Head of Digital & Alliances - Middle East

Zurich International Life

Ms. Chuma Qwalela

Head of Strategy and Business Integration

Rand Mutual - RMA

Ms. Carol Baker

Head of Digital Strategy

Liberty Specialty Markets

Ms. Priya Krishnamoorthy

Founder, LA AEONIA & Independent (Non Executive) Director

Ageas Federal Life Insurance

Mr. Salil Ahuja

Head of Products, Portfolio & Value Proposition - Business Banking

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)

Mr. Akhshy Thiagarajan

Insurtech Ecosystem Builder

Ms. Shauna Vistad

Senior Vice President, Medical Investigations and Audit

Daman - National Health Insurance Company

Mr. Haseeb Iqbal

Head Of Product Development

Doha Bank

Dr. Vahid Nowbahar

Head of Bancassurance Expert Desk

Insurance Research Center (Central Insurance of I.R. Iran)

Ms. Mini George

Executive Director-IT

Agriculture Insurance Company of India (AIC)

Mr. Aditya Kaul

Head of Partnerships & Strategy, Chubb Digital Partners

Chubb

Dr. Birendra Yadav

Deputy Vice President

Aditya Birla Health Insurance Company

Dr. Tim Nedyalkov

CEO, Secure Nexus Corp & Cybersecurity & AI Security Expert

Ms. Nazrin Veerankutty

Senior Manager - Business Transformation

Zurich Middle East

Mr. Prasad Rao

Ex-Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Jihad Faitrouni

Chief Executive Officer

Unlimited Insurance Services (UIS)

Ms. Valerie Hawley

Executive Director- Sorbonne Center of Artificial Intelligence (SCAI)

Paris Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi (PSUAD)

Dr. Ravi Seshadri

Strategic Advisor- Insurance and insurtech, APAC & MENA

Dr. Mina Abdallah

Executive Healthcare and insurance Leader, Director of Revenue and Funder Relations

Al Salama Hospital

Mr. Harprem Doowa

Founder

Eazy Digital

Mr. Anil Joshi

Managing Partner

Unicorn India Ventures

Mr. Anand Dev Dhand

Head - Global Alliances and International Markets

LeadSquared

Ms. Oulfa Maazouz

Middle East Distribution Manager

Zurich Global Employee Benefits

Mr. Ayman Hossameldin

Business Development Manager

Zurich Middle East

Ms. Vidya Veerapandian

Founder- FWD

Co- Founder- FS Brew

Mr. Renjit Philip

Managing Partner, Futureu Strategy Group &

Co-founder, FS Brew Podcast

Mr. Ahmad Halabi

Managing Director

Resecurity

Mr. Narendra Shukla

MD & CEO

Dark Horse Digital Solutions

Ms. Muriel Moucachen Nassif

Chief Strategic Partnership

MSH International

Mr. Sebastian Fuchs

Managing Director

AutoData Middle East

Mr. Aman Pal Singh

Founder & CEO

B4E Insurtech