- 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. 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

Dr. Partha Panda

Vice President - Head of Employee Benefits

Abu Dhabi National Insurance Company (ADNIC)

Dr. Amany Elmahy

Executive Officer

Misr Insurance Company

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. Reetika Paliwal

Vice President - Business Excellence & Corporate Governance

Daman - National Health 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. David Howard

Ex-Head of Strategy, Digital and CX

HAYAH Insurance Company

Ms. Zein Shiyyab

Chief Corporate Services and Technology Officer

Trust Holding

Ms. Becky Wong

CEO, Globex Capital Partners & CIO

Cornucopiae Asset Management

Mr. Saurabh Mahajan

VP-Digital Solutions

Prudential Financial

Mr. Hasheer P. Kottal

Senior Vice President, Bancassurance

Mashreq Bank

Dr. Mina Abdallah

Senior Executive Manager

Bupa Arabia

Dr. Dennis Sebastian

Vice President & Head of Health

RGA

Mr. Ram Kumar

Chief Data and Analytics Officer, International Health

Cigna

Mr. Saurabh Saran

Executive Director

Capstone Insurance

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. Mohamed Atef

Chief Financial Officer

Arabian Shield Cooperative Insurance Company

Mr. Varghese Skariah

Group Data Director

LIVA Group

Dr. Salaheldin Mahmoud

Officer Medical Operations – Medical Department

Al Sagr National Insurance Company (ASNIC)

Ms. Shima Ara

Deputy CEO

Saman Insurance Co.

Mr. Alper Ekşioğlu

Head of Digitalization and Innovation

QNB Sigorta

Mr. Jihad Faitrouni

Chief Executive Officer

Unlimited Insurance Services (UIS)

Mr. Saranjeet Sahni

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

GIG Gulf

Mr. Faisal Alshammari

Deputy CEO & Chief Innovation Officer

Tameeni

Mr. Khaled Aly Bassiouny

Head of General Insurance

Gulf Union Al Ahlia Insurance Company

Mr. Mohammad AlShobani

Chief Information Officer

Saudi Arabian Cooperative Insurance Co. (SAICO)

Mr. Frederik Bisbjerg

Deputy Chief Executive Officer

eData Information

Mr. Abdullah Faisal Biary

Chief Information Security Officer

United Cooperative Assurance

Mr. Khurram Muhammad

EVP-Head of IT

Salaam Takaful

Mr. Aman Pal Singh

Founder & CEO

B4E Insurtech

Mr. Alibek Tnaliyev

Senior Vice President Business Development MENA Region

Qatar Insurance Group

Mr. Hanan Burki

Senior Executive Director - Underwriting

Tawuniya

Mr. Samer Taleb

Head of Strategic Planning

Cigna HealthCare

Mr. Mete AYDIN

Head of Project Management & Agile Studio

Bupa Acıbadem Sigorta

Mr. Craig Hughes

Chief Technology Officer

NAS Neuron Health Services

Mr. Muhammad Junaid Khan

Vice President - Partnerships

Watania Takaful

Mr. Rizwan Munir

Director Partnerships & Ecosystem

Tawuniya

Dr. Ravi Seshadri

Strategic Advisor - Insurance and insurtech and Academician

Dr. Lavanya Mundayur

GM & Chief Underwriting Officer

The New India Assurance

Dr. Sabri Al-Azazi

Ex-Assistant Governor

Central Bank of The UAE

Ms. Pascale El Khoury Hatem

Head Of Operations

Arabia Insurance Company

Mr. Bharath Venepally

Head Of Partnerships, Bancassurance & Affinity

LIVA Group

Mr. Walter Jopp

Chief Executive Officer

SALAMA - Islamic Arab Insurance Company

Mr. Prashant Vinod

Executive Director - Digital Hub

Tawuniya

Mr. Martin Sebastian

Chief Information Officer

Watania International Holding PJSC (WIH)

Ms. Sadia Noori

Ex-Head of Marketing

SALAMA - Islamic Arab Insurance Company

Prof. Jossy Peter Muttath

Coordinator Insurance Programs

Christ University, Bangalore

Ms. Komal Shivdasani

VP, Head of International, Logistics & Insurance Management

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)

Mr. Husain Alajmi

Chief Executive Officer

Foundation for Insurance and Finance Education (FIFE)

Dr. Prashaant G

Head - Health Insurance

Takaful Oman Insurance SAOG

Mr. Hamzeh Pourasgharian

Chief Strategy Officer

Saman Insurance Co.

Ms. Nariman Maalouf

Head of Brokers Relations & Dubai Branch Manager

Methaq Takaful Insurance Company

Mr. Neeraj Malhotra

CEO

AccelTree Software

Dr. Syed Asif Hussain

Senior Vice President- Chief Underwriting & Claims Officer

Tata AIA Life Insurance

Mr. Ashish Kumar Singh

Senior Vice President - Head of Bancassurance & Affinity

Sukoon Insurance

Ms. Selin Talgar

Head of Customer Service & Operations

MetLife

Mr. Ramessh Ramakrishnann

Experienced ClO and Non Executive Board Member

Ms. Valerie Hawley

Executive Director- Sorbonne Center of Artificial Intelligence (SCAI)

Paris Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi (PSUAD)

Mr. David Barker

Director - Supervision

Financial Services Regulatory Authority

Mr. Siddhaarth (Sidd) Iyer

Head - Digital & CX (CDO)

GIG Gulf

Mr. Sherwyn Rodricks

Senior Vice President, Risk Management

Daman - National Health Insurance Company

Mr. Amol Shah

Chief Transformation Officer

RAKINSURANCE

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. Rakesh Sudhakaran

Chief Commercial Officer

SALAMA - Islamic Arab Insurance Company

Prof. (Dr.) Abhijit K. Chattoraj

Chartered Insurer - Professor & Director -Executive Program & Consulting

IMS Unison University, Dehradun, India

Mr. Piyush Dubey

Partner, Middle East

Kearney

Ms. Marcé Marx

Manager, Middle East

Kearney

Mr. Omer Ehtesham

Senior Executive Manager Digital Business Performance

Bupa Arabia

Mr. Soumendu Das

Asst. General Manager - Commercial Underwriting

Dhofar Insurance Company

Mr. Ben Furneaux

General Manager

Cigna Healthcare International Health

Ms. Tamaryn Cogill

Chief Operating Officer, Vitality Drive International

Vitality Global

Mr. Kashif Khan

Head of Information Risk and Governance

Abu Dhabi National Insurance Company (ADNIC)

Mr. Rahul Prasad

Chief Executive Officer

HDFC International Life and Re

Ms. Shauna Vistad

Senior Vice President, Medical Investigations and Audit

Daman - National Health Insurance Company

Mr. Ayman Y. AL-Ajmi

Group Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Braxtone Group

Mr. Fareed Lutfi

Secretary General

Emirates Insurance Association

Dr. Aysun Yıldız Özer

Assistant Director General

Insurance Association of Türkiye

Mr. Hamed Abedini

Vice President of Planning and Business Development

Taavon Insurance

Mr. Aon Raza

Head of Transformation

Al Wathba Insurance

Mr. Muhammad Zeeshan Haider

Head of Marketing & Communications

Al Wathba Insurance

Mr. Anup Dhingra

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

Marsh

Ms. Reem George

Chief Transformation & Technology Officer

AXA Egypt

Mr. Vladislav Kosikov

Head of International Business Development

FAST

Mr. Mohanned Alsaab

CEO - Meena Health

Tawuniya

Mr. Turki ALMulhem

Chief Motor Insurance Officer

Walaa Insurance Company

Mr. Rohit Tiwari

CTO - Head of IT, PMO & Innovation

Takaful Oman Insurance S.A.O.G

Ms. Muriel Moucachen Nassif

Operations Director, MENA

MSH International

Mr. Amro Shawli

Chief Governance, Risk and Control Officer

Bupa Arabia

Dr. Bashar Abumettleq

Director, Health Claims

Al Rajhi Takaful

Mr. Ashish Mahajan

Head of General and Motor Takaful

SALAMA - Islamic Arab Insurance Company

Mr. Andres Lehtmets

Founder, InsurTech For Good & Ex-Senior InsurTech Expert

European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)

Mr. Srinivasan Sarangapani Keerthi

Head of Life and Medical

Liva Insurance Oman

Mr. Narendra Shukla

MD & CEO

Dark Horse Digital Solutions

Mr. Rajiv Jamkhedkar

Ex-MD & CEO

AEGON Life Insurance

Mr. Dipak Nair

Ex-Chief Technology Officer

Tata AIG General Insurance

Mr. Amir Safari

Acting-Director General, Innovation and Development of Modern Businesses

Central Insurance of Iran (Insurance Regulatory and Supervisory Authority)

Mr. Bharat Kansal

Marsh Multinational Leader - UAE, SVP

Marsh Middle East and Africa

Mr. Francois Theron Deputy

CEO, Discovery Insure Vitality Drive International

Vitality Global

Mr. Sebastian Fuchs

Managing Director

AutoData Middle East

Mr. Abdulrahman AlDakhi Allah

Chief Technical Officer

United Cooperative Assurance

Dr. Ibrahim Alkhuzami

Chief Executive Officer

Kalkaal Takaful Insurance

Ms. Anshu Sharma Raja

Chief Transformation Technology Operations Officer, Africa Middle East

Standard Chartered Bank

Ms. Azra Farheen

Ex-Head of Operations

YAS Takaful

Mr. Abdullah Albanyan

Head of Information Technology

Real Estate Development Fund - Damanat

Mr. Dimitri Fischler

Lemonade Foundation - Strategy and Operations Lead

Lemonade

Mr. Avinash Babur

Founder & CEO

InsuranceMarket.ae™

Mr. Jude Jr Chikezie

Director

Curacel

Mr. Taher Alkhateeb

Chief Technology Officer - Insurance Products

Azentio

Mr. Mohammad Kalantary

CEO and Board Member

BimeBazar

Mr. Anand Kumtekar

Vice President

New Age Insurance Brokers

Mr. Mohamed Mowafi

Chief Executive Sales and Distribution Officer

Misr Life Insurance

Mr. Ehab Hatem

Head of Omnichannel

Misr Life Insurance

Mr. Parminder Singh

Chief Information Officer

Guardian Life

Mr. Krishna Kumar Nair

Chief Operating Officer

Emirates Development Bank

Mr. Mangesh Vaitla

Co-Founder & Executive Director

C2L BIZ Solutions

Mr. Jimmy Tao

CEO

Bytesforce Technologies

Mr. Tamer Saka

Partner and Executive Board Member

BMS Group

Mr. Makoto Okubo

General Manager, International Affairs

Nippon Life Insurance Company

Dr. P Nandagopal

Founder

Upsure World

Mr. Evan Wu

Chief Product Officer, Overseas Insurtech

OneConnect

Ms. Hannah Zhu

Chief Strategy Officer, Overseas Insurtech

OneConnect

Mr. Abdelaziz Benyahya

Executive Director, Chief Transformation Officer West Africa

AXA

Mr. Walid Salem

IT Lead -Applications and Development

Zurich Insurance

Ms. Akansha Menon

Chief Revenue Officer

SwiftAnt

Mr. Noman Peracha

Director - Business Excellence

Al Rajhi Takaful

Mr. Renjit Philip

Co-founder

FS Brew Podcast on Insurtech & Insurance

Mr. Taher Fakhri

Director - Insurance Consulting

EY

Mr. Abdulla Redwan Hussien

Assistant Vice President, Business Transformation

Walaa Cooperative Insurance Co.

Mr. Jonathan Matchett

Partner, MENA Insurance Leader

EY

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 Seghir

CEO

HAYAH Insurance Company

Mr. Sreedhar Suragouni

CIO

Oman Insurance

Dr. Bassel Hindawi

Senior Advisor and Board Member