- 2024 Advisors & Speakers-

Advisors in 2024

Dr. Rafiq Jamalaldeen

Visionary Executive Leader

Mr. Alaa Elzoheiry

Managing Director, GIG Egypt

Vice President, FAIR

Mr. Sreedhar Suragouni

CIO

Oman Insurance

Mr. Mohamed Seghir

CEO

HAYAH Insurance Company

Mr. Mohamed El-Dishish

Chief Executive Officer

Insurance Institute of Egypt

Dr. AFTAB Hasan

Founder & Chairman Global Association of InsurTech Professionals (GAlP)

Founder & Chairman Risk Exchange DlFC Limited

Mr. Uddalak Chatterjee

Senior Vice President and Head -Branch Operations

Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance

Mr. Kayzad Hiramanek

Chief Operating Officer

Edelweiss Life Insurance

Dr. Nouman Bantan

Chief Information Officer

SALAMA Cooperative Insurance Co.

Mr. Philip Story

Chairman, DIFC Insurance Association & SEO and Head of Distribution EMEA

Investors Trust Assurance

Mr. Sanjiv Dwivedi

President & Head - lnvestigation & Loss Mitigation

Bajaj Allianz General Insurance

Mr. Fareed Lutfi

Secretary General

Emirates Insurance Association

Dr. Bassel Hindawi

Senior Advisor and Board Member

Mr. Saurabh Saran

Executive Director

Capstone Insurance

Mr. Mohammad AlShobani

Chief Information Officer

Saudi Arabian Cooperative Insurance Co. (SAICO)

Mr. Oussama KAISSI

Former Chief Executive Officer

The Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC)

Dr. Mohamed Eltokhy

General Manager Technical

Misr Insurance

Mr. Sivakumar Seshadri

Chief Digital Officer

GOSI - General Organization for Social Insurance

Mr. Ashish Hallan

President & Chief Operating Officer

Cholamandalam MS General Insurance

Speakers in 2024

Mr. Fareed Lutfi

Secretary General

Emirates Insurance Association

Dr. Sabri Al-Azazi

Ex-Assistant Governor

Central Bank of The UAE

Dr. Bassel Hindawi

Senior Advisor and Board Member

Mr. David Barker

Director - Supervision

Financial Services Regulatory Authority

Mr. Amir Safari

Acting-Director General, Innovation and Development of Modern Businesses

Central Insurance of Iran (Insurance Regulatory and Supervisory Authority)

Mr. Philip Story

Chairman, DIFC Insurance Association & SEO and Head of Distribution EMEA

Investors Trust Assurance

Dr. AFTAB Hasan

Founder & Chairman Global Association of InsurTech Professionals (GAlP)

Founder & Chairman Risk Exchange DlFC Limited

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

Dr. Goetz Friedrich Kuras

Senior Advisor to the Governor of GOSI and Executive Advisor to Assistant Governor Insurance

GOSI - General Organization for Social Insurance

Mr. Andres Lehtmets

Founder, InsurTech For Good & Ex-Senior InsurTech Expert

European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)

Dr. Aysun Yıldız Özer

Assistant Director General

Insurance Association of Türkiye

Ms. Anshu Sharma Raja

Chief Transformation Technology Operations Officer, Africa Middle East

Standard Chartered Bank

Mr. Walter Jopp

Chief Executive Officer

SALAMA - Islamic Arab Insurance Company

Mr. Rahul Prasad

Chief Executive Officer

HDFC International Life and Re

Mr. Mohanned Alsaab

CEO - Meena Health

Tawuniya

Mr. Mohamed Seghir

CEO

HAYAH Insurance Company

Ms. Shima Ara

Deputy CEO

Saman Insurance Co.

Mr. Sreedhar Suragouni

CIO

Oman Insurance

Mr. Samer Taleb

Head of Strategic Planning

Cigna HealthCare

Ms. Reem George

Chief Transformation & Technology Officer

AXA Egypt

Mr. Rohit Tiwari

CTO - Head of IT, PMO & Innovation

Takaful Oman Insurance S.A.O.G

Dr. Lavanya Mundayur

GM & Chief Underwriting Officer

The New India Assurance

Mr. Martin Sebastian

Chief Information Officer

Watania International Holding PJSC (WIH)

Ms. Zein Shiyyab

Chief Corporate Services and Technology Officer

Trust Holding

Mr. Ram Kumar

Chief Data and Analytics Officer, International Health

Cigna

Mr. Amro Shawli

Chief Governance, Risk and Control Officer

Bupa Arabia

Mr. Abdullah Faisal Biary

Chief Information Security Officer

United Cooperative Assurance

Mr. Amol Shah

Chief Transformation Officer

RAKINSURANCE

Mr. Rakesh Sudhakaran

Chief Commercial Officer

SALAMA - Islamic Arab Insurance Company

Mr. Ben Furneaux

General Manager

Cigna Healthcare International Health

Mr. Francois Theron Deputy

CEO, Discovery Insure Vitality Drive International

Vitality Global

Ms. Tamaryn Cogill

Chief Operating Officer, Vitality Drive International

Vitality Global

Dr. Amany Elmahy

Executive Officer

Misr Insurance Company

Mr. Faisal Alshammari

Deputy CEO & Chief Innovation Officer

Tameeni

Mr. Rajiv Jamkhedkar

Ex-MD & CEO

AEGON Life Insurance

Mr. Shardul Chimote

Head Of Technology

Takaful Oman Insurance S.A.O.G

Dr. Syed Asif Hussain

Senior Vice President- Chief Underwriting & Claims Officer

Tata AIA Life Insurance

Mr. Abdulrahman AlDakhi Allah

Chief Technical Officer

United Cooperative Assurance

Mr. Mohamed Atef

Chief Financial Officer

Arabian Shield Cooperative Insurance Company

Mr. Turki ALMulhem

Chief Motor Insurance Officer

Walaa Insurance Company

Mr. Hamzeh Pourasgharian

Chief Strategy Officer

Saman Insurance Co.

Mr. Makoto Okubo

General Manager, International Affairs

Nippon Life Insurance Company

Mr. Mohamed Mowafi

Chief Executive Sales and Distribution Officer

Misr Life Insurance

Mr. Indra R. Subedi

Chief Strategy & Planning Officer (CSPO)

IME Life Insurance

Mr. Girish Gopinath

Chief Technology Officer

Arabia Falcon Insurance Company

Mr. Jihad Faitrouni

Chief Executive Officer

Unlimited Insurance Services (UIS)

Mr. Alibek Tnaliyev

Senior Vice President Business Development MENA Region

Qatar Insurance Group

Ms. Shauna Vistad

Senior Vice President, Medical Investigations and Audit

Daman - National Health Insurance Company

Mr. Sherwyn Rodricks

Senior Vice President, Risk Management

Daman - National Health Insurance Company

Dr. Partha Panda

Vice President - Head of Employee Benefits

Abu Dhabi National Insurance Company (ADNIC)

Mr. Ashish Kumar Singh

Senior Vice President - Head of Bancassurance & Affinity

Sukoon Insurance

Mr. Hasheer P. Kottal

Senior Vice President, Bancassurance

Mashreq Bank

Mr. Hamed Abedini

Vice President of Planning and Business Development

Taavon Insurance

Ms. Reetika Paliwal

Vice President - Business Excellence & Corporate Governance

Daman - National Health Insurance Company

Dr. Dennis Sebastian

Vice President & Head of Health

RGA

Mr. Muhammad Junaid Khan

Vice President - Partnerships

Watania Takaful

Mr. Anup Dhingra

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

Marsh

Mr. Dipak Nair

Insurance Expert-Insurance Tech

Mr. Ramessh Ramakrishnann

Experienced ClO and Non Executive Board Member

Mr. Prashant Vinod

Executive Director - Digital Hub

Tawuniya

Mr. Khurram Muhammad

EVP-Head of IT

Salaam Takaful

Mr. Soumendu Das

Asst. General Manager - Commercial Underwriting

Dhofar Insurance Company

Mr. Abdulla Redwan Hussien

Assistant Vice President, Business Transformation

Walaa Cooperative Insurance Co.

Mr. Bharath Venepally

Head Of Partnerships, Bancassurance & Affinity

LIVA Group

Mr. Siddhaarth (Sidd) Iyer

Head - Digital & CX (CDO)

GIG Gulf

Mr. Kashif Khan

Head of Information Risk and Governance

Abu Dhabi National Insurance Company (ADNIC)

Mr. Aon Raza

Head of Transformation

Al Wathba Insurance

Mr. Muhammad Zeeshan Haider

Head of Marketing & Communications

Al Wathba Insurance

Mr. Ashish Mahajan

Head of General and Motor Takaful

SALAMA - Islamic Arab Insurance Company

Mr. Srinivasan Sarangapani Keerthi

Head of Life and Medical

Liva Insurance Oman

Mr. Malik Khan

Head of Business Agility- EMEA Business Transformation

MetLife

Mr. Simon Price

Head of Life & Health Takaful

SALAMA - Islamic Arab Insurance Company

Ms. Abbie Oliver

Head of Digital Partnerships and Innovation

Zurich Middle East

Mr. Zubair Siddiqi

Head of Digital & Alliances - Middle East

Zurich International Life

Mr. Alper Ekşioğlu

Head of Digitalization and Innovation

QNB Sigorta

Mr. Saranjeet Sahni

Head of Partnerships (Brokers, Banks, Dealerships and Affinities)

GIG Gulf

Mr. Khaled Aly Bassiouny

Head of General Insurance

Gulf Union Al Ahlia Insurance Company

Mr. Mete AYDIN

Head of Project Management & Agile Studio

Bupa Acıbadem Sigorta

Ms. Pascale El Khoury

Head Of Operations

Arabia Insurance Company

Ms. Nariman Maalouf

Head of Brokers Relations & Dubai Branch Manager

Methaq Takaful Insurance Company

Mr. Ehab Hatem

Head of Omnichannel

Misr Life Insurance

Dr. Prashaant G

Head - Health Insurance

Takaful Oman Insurance SAOG

Ms. Lilia Mokhtari

Head of Multinational Client Relationships

MetLife

Mr. Arsalan Iqbal

Head of Technology

GIG Gulf

Mr. Vaibhav Shan

Head of Retail

GIG Gulf

Ms. Selin Talgar

Head of Customer Service & Operations

MetLife

Mr. Saurabh Mahajan

VP-Digital Solutions

Prudential Financial

Mr. Walid Salem

IT Lead -Applications and Development

Zurich Insurance

Ms. Sadia Noori

Ex-Head of Marketing

SALAMA - Islamic Arab Insurance Company

Mr. Bharat Kansal

Marsh Multinational Leader - UAE, SVP

Marsh Middle East and Africa

Mr. Abdullah Albanyan

Head of Information Technology

Real Estate Development Fund - Damanat

Dr. Bashar Abumettleq

Director, Health Claims

Al Rajhi Takaful

Mr. Varghese Skariah

Group Data Director

LIVA Group

Mr. David Howard

Ex-Head of Strategy, Digital and CX

HAYAH Insurance Company

Mr. Hanan Burki

Senior Executive Director - Underwriting

Tawuniya

Mr. Noman Peracha

Director - Business Excellence

Al Rajhi Takaful

Mr. Rizwan Munir

Director Partnerships & Ecosystem

Tawuniya

Mr. Omer Ehtesham

Senior Executive Manager Digital Business Performance

Bupa Arabia

Dr. Mina Abdallah

Senior Executive Manager

Bupa Arabia

Mr. Ismail Abbas

Sr Manager – Digital Business | Partnerships | Performance Marketing

GIG Gulf

Dr. Salaheldin Mahmoud

Officer Medical Operations – Medical Department

Al Sagr National Insurance Company (ASNIC)

Ms. Azra Farheen

Ex-Head of Operations

YAS Takaful

Mr. Alexey Vlasov

Advisor to CEO

Ingosstrakh Insurance Company

Mr. Narendra Shukla

MD & CEO

Dark Horse Digital Solutions

Mr. Jimmy Tao

CEO

Bytesforce Technologies

Dr. Ming X Jin

General Manager of HKOC & Gamma BU, CTO (International)

OneConnect

Ms. Hannah Zhu

Chief Strategy Officer, Overseas Insurtech

OneConnect

Mr. Evan Wu

Chief Product Officer, Overseas Insurtech

OneConnect

Mr. Taher Alkhateeb

Chief Technology Officer - Insurance Products

Azentio

Mr. Vladislav Kosikov

Head of International Business Development

FAST

Mr. Sebastian Fuchs

Managing Director

AutoData Middle East

Mr. Neeraj Malhotra

CEO

AccelTree Software

Mr. Mangesh Vaitla

Co-Founder & Executive Director

C2L BIZ Solutions

Dr. P Nandagopal

Founder

Upsure World

Mr. Jude Jr Chikezie

Director

Curacel

Ms. Akansha Menon

Chief Revenue Officer

SwiftAnt

Mr. Sajith Kumar

CEO & MD

Howden Insurance Brokers

Mr. Mohammad Kalantary

CEO and Board Member

BimeBazar

Mr. Farid Memariani

Chief Digital Information Officer

BimeBazar

Mr. Moein Nikpour

Chief Growth and Strategy Officer

BimeBazar

Mr. Anand Kumtekar

Vice President

New Age Insurance Brokers

Mr. Frederik Bisbjerg

Deputy Chief Executive Officer

eData Information

Mr. Aman Pal Singh

Founder & CEO

B4E Insurtech

Mr. Craig Hughes

Chief Technology Officer

NAS Neuron Health Services

Ms. Muriel Moucachen Nassif

Operations Director, MENA

MSH International

Mr. Dimitri Fischler

Lemonade Foundation - Strategy and Operations Lead

Lemonade

Mr. Jonathan Matchett

Partner, MENA Insurance Leader

EY

Mr. Taher Fakhri

Director - Insurance Consulting

EY

Mr. Tamer Saka

Partner and Executive Board Member

BMS Group

Mr. Piyush Dubey

Partner, Middle East

Kearney

Mr. Ayman Y. AL-Ajmi

Group Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Braxtone Group

Dr. Ravi Seshadri

Strategic Advisor - Insurance and insurtech and Academician

Mr. Renjit Philip

Co-founder

FS Brew Podcast on Insurtech & Insurance

Ms. Becky Wong

CEO, Globex Capital Partners & CIO

Cornucopiae Asset Management

Prof. (Dr.) Abhijit K. Chattoraj

Chartered Insurer - Professor & Director -Executive Program & Consulting

IMS Unison University, Dehradun, India

Mr. Husain Alajmi

Chief Executive Officer

Foundation for Insurance and Finance Education (FIFE)

Ms. Valerie Hawley

Executive Director- Sorbonne Center of Artificial Intelligence (SCAI)

Paris Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi (PSUAD)

Prof. Jossy Peter Muttath

Coordinator Insurance Programs

Christ University, Bangalore

Dr. Madhu Acharyya

Senior Lecturer in Risk and Finance

Glasgow Caledonian University (London Campus)

Mr. Kumar Utpal

Regional Vice President, EMEA

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