- Advisory Committee & Confirmed Speakers-

Advisory Committee

Mr. Fareed Lutfi

Secretary General

Emirates Insurance Association

Dr. Bassel Hindawi

Senior Advisor and Board Member

Mr. Lars Gehrmann

Group Chief Digital Officer

Qatar Insurance Group (QIC)

Dr. AFTAB Hasan

Chairman – Risk Exchange DIFC Limited CEO – Arya Insurance Brokerage Co. (Bayzat)

Secretary General – Insurance Business Group (IBG)

Mr. Frederik Bisbjerg

CEO

Al Wathba National Insurance Company (AWNIC)

Mr. Philip Story

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

Investors Trust Assurance

Mr. Simon Phipps

Founder

The Digital Insurer

Mr. Mohamed Aly Soliman

Actuary, lead Policy - Crypto & Digital Asset, Bank of England Chairman

Arab Actuarial Society

Mr. Tabrez Farooquee

Assistant General Manager

Takaful Oman Insurance

Speakers in 2023

Mr. Philip Story

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

Investors Trust Assurance

Mr. Mohit Gopal Agrawal

Former Head of Bancassurance - UAE

Takaful Emarat Insurance

Dr. Abhishek Jajoo

Founder & Group CEO

AJMS

Mr. Bore Pupulkovski

Director, MENA

EY

Mr. Ahmed Mostafa Aly

Consulting | Finance Transformation | Manager

PwC Middle East

Mr. Peter Hodgins

Partner

Clyde & Co

Mr. Scott Lim

Associate Director, Supervision

Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA)

Mr. Simon Phipps

Founder

The Digital Insurer

Dr. Mostafa Shaheen

Chief Medical Officer

Daman - National Health Insurance Company

Mr. Manoj Poduval

Head - Zurich Advisory Networks- Middle East

Zurich Middle East

Mr. Siddhaarth Iyer

Head - Digital & CX

GIG Gulf

Dr. Bassel Hindawi

Senior Advisor and Board Member

Dr. AFTAB Hasan

Chairman – Risk Exchange DIFC Limited CEO – Arya Insurance Brokerage Co. (Bayzat)

Secretary General – Insurance Business Group (IBG)

Mr. Anas Mistareehi

Founder & CEO

eSanad

Mr. Frederik Bisbjerg

CEO

Al Wathba National Insurance Company (AWNIC)

Mr. Abdullah Faisal Biary

Chief Information Security Officer

United Cooperative Assurance

Mr. Avinash Babur

Founder & CEO

InsuranceMarket.ae

Mr. Abdulelah Aloshayni

CEO

BABL FinTech Company

Mr. Ahmed Nasef

Group Chief Commercial Lines and Reinsurance Officer

LIVA Group

Mr. Omar Gouda

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

Misr Insurance

Ms. Xenia Schmahl

Director Insurtech EMEA

Plug and Play

Mr. Hasheer P. Kottal

Senior Vice President, Bancassurance

Mashreq Bank

Mr. Walter Jopp

Chief Executive Officer

SALAMA - Islamic Arab Insurance Company

Ms. Abbie Oliver

Head of Digital Partnerships and Innovation

Zurich Middle East

Mr. Rakesh Sudhakaran

Senior Vice President- Bancassurance

Sukoon Insurance

Mr. Mohammad Zaid Al Kilani

IT Manager - CTO

Al Koot Insurance and Re-insurance

Dr. Nasser Aljehani

Executive Director of Enablement and Supervision& Medical Director

Council of Health Insurance (CHI), KSA

Mr. Rahul Suri

Head of sales

Track Four Infotec Private Limited

Mr. Imran Hashim

Director IT Infrastructure

Medgulf Saudi Arabia

Mr. Fareed Lutfi

Secretary General

Emirates Insurance Association

Ms. Preeti Mundhra

CEO

Tree Digital Insurance

Mr. Javier Casedas

Chief Transformation and Technology Officer

GIG Gulf

Mr. Saurabh Saran

Executive Director

Capstone Insurance

Mr. Martin Müller

Partner, Head of Insurance

Horváth

Mr. Elias Rahal

Managing Director

Zamara MENA

Mr. Sherwyn Rodricks

Senior Vice President- Risk & Compliance Management

Daman - National Health Insurance Company

Mr. Malik Khan

Head of Business Agility- EMEA Business Transformation

MetLife

Mr. Mete AYDIN

Head of Project Management & Agile Studio

Bupa Acıbadem Sigorta

Mr. Ahmed Sherif Abdelgalil

Chief Product Officer & Chief Actuary

Kaf Insurance

Mr. Munish Mehta

CEO & Co-founder

Stornest

Ms. Annie Tay

Group CRO , Meanwhile, Board Member of International Risk Management and Board Audit and Risk Committee of the Chartered Insurance Institute

Mr. Layak Singh

Co-Founder

ARTIVATIC.AI

Mr. Simon Price

Head of Life & Health Takaful

SALAMA - Islamic Arab Insurance Company

Mr. Vipin Jain

SVP and Head Automation and Analytics

Tata AIG General Insurance Company

Mr. Neeraj Gupta

CEO

Policybazaar UAE

Mr. Martin Sebastian

Chief Information Officer

Watania Takaful

Ms. Melek Yılmaz

Deputy CEO of IT and Digital Process Management

Aveon Global Sigorta

Mr. Ravi Seshadri

Advisor, Insurance Business

Financial Technology Frontiers

Mr. Sreedhar Suragouni

Chief Information Officer

Sukoon Insurance

Mr. Mohamed Aly Soliman

Actuary, lead Policy - Crypto & Digital Asset, Bank of England Chairman

Arab Actuarial Society

Mr. Yury Kuvshinov

CEO

Mains Lab

Mr. Ram Kumar

Chief Data and Analytics Officer, International Health

Cigna

Ms. Zein Shiyyab

Chief Corporate Services Officer

Trust Holding

Ms. Ragheda El Khoury

Head of Operations, Customer Journey and Legal

United Fidelity Insurance

Mr. Varghese Skariah

Group Head of Data

LIVA Group

Mr. Michael Walsh

Sales Director

Democrance

Mr. Swaminathan Venkatesan

Solutions Architect

Zurich Insurance

Dr. Partha Panda

Vice President - Head of Employee Benefits

Abu Dhabi National Insurance Company (ADNIC)

Mr. Essam Maged

Chief Technology Officer

Kaf Insurance

Mr. Anshul Srivastav

CEO and CoFounder

Proton Insurance

Ms. Sibel Ozcan Imeryuz

Head of Digital Transformation and Innovation- EMEA Region

Metlife

Ms. Shima Ara

Chief Technical Officer (Life Insurance)

Saman Insurance Co.

Mr. Saurabh Mahajan

VP-Digital Solutions

Prudential Financial

Mr. Omer Ehtesham

Senior Executive Manager Digital Business Performance

Bupa Arabia

Mr. Jihad Faitrouni

Chief Executive Officer

Unlimited Insurance Services (UIS)

Mr. Zubair Siddiqi

Head of Digital & Alliances - Middle East

Zurich International Life

Mr. Tuna Yemisci

Regional Director - Middle East, Africa & East Med

Qlik

Mr. Gökçe Öztürk

Founder

OneDataLake

Mr. Kutay Cilingiroglu

Senior Solution Architect / Technical Manager

OneDataLake

Mr. Hamid Reza Parvazi

Innovative Businesses Manager

Tejaratno Insurance Company

Mr. Egils Rubenis

CEO

integrationWorks Asia

Mr. Saad Hamam

Principal/Managing Director

Horváth

Ms. Mariam EL OUMRI

Chief Data Officer

La Marocaine Vie

Mr. Jonathan Rawling

CEO

Yallacompare

Ms. Amany Elmahy

Executive Officer

Misr Insurance Company

Mr. Mohamed Seghir

CEO

HAYAH Insurance Company

Mr. Vedat Güneş

Head of Data & Digital Solutions

Anadolu Sigorta

Ms. Anuja Shah

Head of Strategy

Zurich Middle East

Ms. Becky Wong

CEO, Globex Capital Partners & CIO

Cornucopiae Asset Management

Mr. Mansoor Madhavji

Partner

Blockchain Founders Fund

Ms. Menna Alla Hegazy

General Manager

Fawry Insurance Brokerage (FIB)

Mr. Muhammad Junaid Khan

Vice President - Partnerships

Watania Takaful

Mr. Mohammad Ali Zaidi

General Manager

Aafiya TPA

Ms. Lara Varjabedian

Founder & Director

Kojo Innovation

Mr. Vivek Bhalla

Co-Founder

IntelPeek

Mr. Tamer Hamza Hammad

Vice president IT Strategy & Planning

AlRajhi Takaful

Mr. George Majdalani

Regional Director EMEA

CoverGo

Mr. Mohamed El Missaoui

Chief Operations Officer (COO)

Bupa Arabia

Mr. Muhammad Ashfaq-Ur-Rehman

Founder & CEO

FINMAAL

Mr. Andrew Smith

Managing Partner

Consulture Search & Cavendish Re

Mr. Anil Joshi

Managing Partner

Unicorn India Ventures

Mr. Rohbaan Ahmad

Assistant Executive Director

Adamjee Insurance Company

Mr. Tabrez Farooquee

Assistant General Manager

Takaful Oman Insurance

Mr. Motasim Bodair

Head - Business Development

Platinum Insurance Broker

Mr. Walid Salem

IT Lead for Middle East

Zurich International Life

Mr. Paul McLeod

Chief Operation Officer

Emirates Insurance Company

Mr. Syed Ibad Ahmed

Head of General Insurance

AlSagr Cooperative Insurance

Mr. Mark Scott

Deputy CEO

Al Futtaim Willis Co. LLC

Mr. Renjit Philip

Co-founder & Podcast Co-host

FS Brew

Mr. Farnoune Mostafa

Chief Transformation and Technology Officer

AtlantaSanad Assurance

Mr. Guido Zagatti

Group Chief Technical Officer - Commercial Lines

LIVA Group

Mr. Aman Pal Singh

Founder & CEO

B4E Insurtech

Mr. Shady El Tohfa

Co-founder & CEO

Amenli

Mr. Wissam Mattout

CEO

Triangulum

Mr. Sashi Sagar

Channel Partner- Asia

Elevondata

Mr. Walid Hallassou

Advisor, Board Member

Comin Insurance

Mr.Hisham Masri

Co-Founder

Tashweesh Software Solutions

Dr. Mina Abdallah

Senior Executive Manager

Bupa Arabia

Ms. Sadia Noori

Head of Marketing

SALAMA - Islamic Arab Insurance Company

Mr. Sankalp Mehta

Product Lead

Elevondata

Mr. Ranjith Verghese

Senior Director, Business Transformation & Change Management - AMESA/Head of Insurance Practice - AMESA

IQVIA

Dr. Ramzi Khader Al Ghool

Branches Manager- Marketing & Training & Strategic partnership Manager

Solidarity First Insurance

Mr. David Howard

Head of Strategy, Digital and CX

HAYAH Insurance Company

Ms. Carole Khalife

General Manager - Strategy, Growth & Innovation

Al Futtaim Willis

Mr. Sergey Khudyakov

Founder

Mains Lab

Mr. Edwin Hage

Director - Digital Transformation

Chedid Capital

Mr. Gigo Joseph

Vice President of Blockchain Services

Chainyard

Mr. Karim Dakki

Co-founder and CEO

Klaim

Mr. Vaibhav Kashyap

Co-Founder & CEO

Wellx

Dr. Salaheldin Mahmoud

Officer Medical Operations – Medical Department

Al Sagr National Insurance Company (ASNIC)

Ms. Nadine Leemochi

Regional Head of Direct Sales

GIG Gulf

Ms. Rakhee Anand

Head of Distribution - Personal Lines

LIVA Group

Mr. Sivakumar Thangaratnavelu

Founder & CEO

Symplfy.ai

Mr. Joe Hawayek

Board Member

Tachyhealth

Mr. Henry Mascot

Co-founder and CEO

Curacel

Mr. Kristian Feldborg

Founder and CEO

Vesuvio Labs

Mr. Recai Serdar Gemici

Co-Founder & CEO

Albert Health

Mr. Serhat Uzun

Co-Founder & COO

Albert Health

Mr. Fahad AlHussein

Senior Strategic Consultant

Tawuniya

Mr. Cameron Tope

CEO and Founder

Polysurance

Ms. Sion Hau

UAE Venture Lead

Plug and Play

Mr. Ahmed Bin Jasir

Corporate partnerships manager

Plug and Play

Mr. Niccolo Sapio

Ventures Associate

Plug and Play

Dr. Louiza Chitour

Director, Health-GCC

Plug and Play

Mr. Salam Sharaiha

Regional Operation Manager

JoClaims

Mr. Sunil Paul

Co Founder & MD

Finesse

Mr. Saviour Dzage

Head of Product

Curacel

Mr. Tim Mathews

CEO

Finsall