| Full Name | Company | Job Title | Profile Picture | Speaker Bio | Speaking At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Kane | QBE Europe | Head of Construction & Engineering |  | Andy has 31 years insurance industry experience with 26 years in the London Market, primarily underwriting and management of construction and engineering including liability classes. Andy has been involved in many large projects in the UK and overseas in renewable energy, power generation, transport and oil and gas. Andy has an HND in Natural Sciences, MBA and DipCII. Andy sits on the executive committees of the London Engineering Group and the International Association of Engineering Insurers (IMIA). | Presentation & panel discussion: Construction market risk landscape Panel discussion: New materials new risks Presentation & panel discussion: Claims trends & claims inflation |
| Isabelle Kowalski | SCOR & Executive Committee Member, IMIA | Global Head Construction |  | Isabelle has worked for 27 years in the construction world, including six years as civil engineer and 21 years in the insurance and reinsurance industry. Since 2019 she has been Global Head Construction at SCOR Specialty Insurance, a member of the IMIA Executive committee, and is engaged in a number of working groups on ESG matters. She gained her experience in construction as site superintendent with Spie Batignolles and VINCI, as senior construction underwriter at SCOR, being lead market on a number of large projects around the world, and as senior practice leader at AXA Corporate Solutions, managing large corporate accounts on all construction lines. | Panel discussion: ESG risk management |
| Blanca Berruguete | Allianz Commercial | Global Industry Solutions Director - Construction |  | Blanca Berruguete has over 20 years’ experience in insurance and reinsurance, 10 of them in the London Insurance market. In her role, Blanca works closely with underwriting and key account management to build industry-specific expertise as well as best practice among the regions and sister Allianz entities, with the goal of finding the best possible solutions for Construction customers within the Allianz universe. | Presentation & panel discussion: Construction market risk landscape |
| Steve Tunstall | PARIMA | Director & General Secretary |  | Steve has over thirty years of experience owning, running and future proofing companies, mostly in Asia. He is an experienced CEO, MD & Chair, managing teams of up to 500 employees in construction and elsewhere. Currently he is a Risk and Insurance Special Advisor & Director/Chair for several insurance, captive & ILS vehicles regulated by the MAS. He is also Co-Founder of the Pan Asia Risk and Insurance Management Association. | Panel discussion: New materials new risks Panel discussion: ESG risk management |
| Andrew Merrilees | CCi, a Rimkus Company | Head of Quantum Expert Services – Asia |  | Andrew is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor and a practising Expert Witness with over 28 years’ experience on major international projects in Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, the UK, and the Middle East, representing Clients, Consultants, Contractors, Joint Ventures and legal representatives. Andrew holds dual qualifications in quantity surveying and law and has experience on international building, engineering, power, petrochemical and oil and gas projects. | Presentation & panel discussion: Claims trends & claims inflation |
| Nick Barham | CCi, a Rimkus Company | Head of Technical Expert Services – Asia |  | Nick is a Chartered Civil and Structural Engineer with over 20 years' experience in the construction industry. He started his career at a multi-faceted design consultancy, before focusing on forensic engineering, dispute resolution and expert witness work. He has been involved in the forensic examination and appraisal of a wide range of civil and building technical and contractual issues, and has advised lawyers, engineers, contractors, and insurers. He has also been responsible for the design of new build and remedial schemes. | Panel discussion: New materials new risks |
| Yu Shilong | EM Services Pte Ltd | Chief Financial Officer and Chief Risk Officer |  | Shilong is currently the Chief Financial Officer & Chief Risk Officer at EM Services Group, a property management services company in Singapore, which offers an integrated suite of real estate management solutions. He comes from a management consulting, financial services and technology industry background, having previously served in regional leadership roles (Head of Strategy, Head of Customer Discovery & Innovation, Senior Vice President, COO, Director level) in MNCs, financial institutions and consulting firms. | Panel discussion: People risk talent gap |
| Dr. Frank Wang | Shanghai City Development Law Firm | Senior Counsel, Attorney-at-Law |  | Dr. Wang has 17 years’ experience in casualty underwriting and claims adjusting for several leading international insurance and reinsurance companies including RSA, AIG, AXA, XL, and Gen Re before he started to practice law in China. He has strong expertise in casualty, financial lines, construction insurance and reinsurance. | Panel discussion: ESG risk management |
| Puneet Panchal | Cube Highways | Head of Insurance |  | Puneet has over 17 years of experience in insurance and risk management, including 11 years in the construction industry. Puneet was in business development with the leading insurer in India for 6 years, later leading the insurance portfolio of technology & construction group ANDRITZ for South East Asia region for 9 years. He is currently heading the risk and insurance function at Cube Highways, the largest platform of road highways in Indian region. | Presentation & panel discussion: Construction market risk landscape |
| Vincent Banton | Aon | Head of Construction and Infrastructure, Asia |  | Vincent leads Aon’s regional Construction and Infrastructure practice across Asia and has 23 years of experience in the insurance and construction industries. He has managed underwriting portfolios in facultative reinsurance and direct market insurance together with working as a practicing project engineer for major civil and building construction contractors in the United Kingdom, West Indies and Australia. | Panel discussion: New materials new risks |
| Neeraj Das | Adani Group | Group Head Insurance |  | Neeraj has been associated with the insurance industry for the last 20 years. He has worked with insurance companies and insurance brokers in India and UK before wearing the hat of Risk Manager. He has previously managed insurance for one of the largest listed EPC companies in India and currently is the Group Head Insurance for one of the largest conglomerates in India and Asia. He is a Chartered Insurance Risk Manager from CII and is RIMS CRMP certified. | Panel discussion: New materials new risks |
| Robert Drysdale | Descartes Underwriting | Head of Southeast Asia |  | As Head of Southeast Asia at Descartes Underwriting, Robert Drysdale oversees Descartes' Singapore office, spearheading operations as the company brings its parametric coverage closer to brokers and corporate clients throughout the APAC region. Prior to this he spent 14 years as a broker, working on complex placements from a wide range of territories and across multiple lines of business. He has previously worked at Howden Specialty, WTW and Arthur J Gallagher. | Panel discussion: ESG risk management Workshop 1: Parametric insurance – data-driven cover against dynamic construction risk |
| Andre Martin | SRCS | Head of Innovative Risk Solutions, APAC |  | Andre started his career as a commissioning engineer with ABB in Switzerland. After several years as a consultant with Accenture's Resource & Energy practice in Zurich Andre joined Swiss Re in 2002, underwriting large industrial risks in the Middle East, Asia and Australia. From 2013 onwards Andre was heading the Engineering & Construction team in the APAC region before assuming the role as Head of IRS APAC in 2018. | Presentation: De-risking in construction: Doing it the parametric way |
| Patrice Nigon | SRCS | Head Engineering & Construction APAC, Head of Property & Specialty SE Asia |  | Patrice Nigon is a graduate Marine Officer and also holds a Master in Electrical Engineering. After having worked in the industry he started his career as a reinsurance underwriter in Paris and in 2001, he joined Swiss Re in Zurich. He held different management positions in Engineering Underwriting including heading the Product Centre (Technical Direction) as well as heading Engineering in APAC. Patrice joined the Swiss Re Corporate Solutions team in June 2019. He is based in Singapore. | Presentation: Construction and renewable energy |
| Justin Lim | HDI Global SE | Regional Engineering Underwriter |  | Justin is an engineering underwriter with over 10 years of underwriting experience in the insurance industry. He first started his insurance career as a broker for large and complex construction and power placement. In his current role, he underwrites construction and renewable energy across South East Asia, India subcontinent and Middle East. He specialises in systems engineering and is an associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute. | Presentation & panel discussion: Claims trends & claims inflation |
| Anparasan Kamachi | WhiteFern | Managing Partner |  | Anparasan is a highly regarded practitioner with more than 25 years in the insurance and reinsurance industry, on both the contentious and non-contentious aspects of insurance practice. He regularly handles high value and complex claims for most of the major insurance companies in Singapore. He is also an active mediator and member of the Singapore International Mediation Institute and the Singapore International Mediation Centre. | Presentation & panel discussion: Claims trends & claims inflation |
| Adam Peckman | Aon | Head of Cyber Solutions – Asia Pacific |  | - | Presentation: Building cyber resilience |
| LiLian Lau | Allianz Commercial | Head of Natural Resources and Construction, Hong Kong and Greater China |  | LiLian has more than 20 years of experience in the (re)insurance industry, with 14 years as a construction underwriter. A civil engineer by training, LiLian started her insurance career as a risk engineer in Malaysia before moving to Singapore to cover property facultative reinsurance. She has been based in Hong Kong for 16 years and currently heads the Natural Resources and Construction team in Hong Kong and Greater China for Allianz Commercial, where she is also the Regional Practice Leader for the heavy civils segment. | Presentation & panel discussion: Claims trends & claims inflation |
| Veng Hoong Loh | Swiss Re Corporate Solutions | Digital Propositions Lead |  | Veng Hoong Loh is currently Digital Propositions Lead in Corporate Solutions' Risk Data & Services (RDS). Based in Singapore, Veng Hoong is actively building our data driven risk management solutions in partnership with technology providers and digital ecosystems. Aside from pioneering innovative risk solutions, Veng Hoong is responsible for the delivery of our digital risk services in the Asia Pacific region. Veng Hoong joined Swiss Re in 2011. In his tenure with Swiss Re he has held various positions in the areas of underwriting, structuring, and risk management in Singapore and Hong Kong. He graduated with a Bachelor of Actuarial Studies and Economics degree from the Australian National University. He is a CFA charter holder. | Panel discussion: ESG risk management |
| Joe Wee | Zurich Insurance Company Ltd | Head of Engineering & Construction |  | Joe Wee has been an insurance professional for over 23 years. He currently looks after the Engineering & Construction business in Singapore and the wider Asia & Pacific region. Prior to Zurich, he spent 6 years at Talbot Syndicate (now AIG) at Lloyd’s Asia, as Construction Class Underwriter, responsible for the Asia Pacific portfolio. He started off his insurance career as a broker at Aon before moving swiftly to Allianz and spent almost 10 years with the company. | Workshop 2: Southeast Asia Regional Variations |
