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Full Name | Company | Job Title | Profile Picture | Speaker Bio | Speaking At |
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Cedric Wong | Swiss Re Corporate Solutions | Head of Engineering & Construction | - | Workshop: Tunnel Code of Practice report | |
Teresa Schorstein | Swiss Re Corporate Solutions | Senior Structurer | Teresa is a Senior Structurer at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Innovative Risk Solutions Team based in Zurich, Switzerland. She holds an Investment & Financial Risk Management Degree from Cass Business School London and Singapore Management University. With over 13 years or experience in the parametric space she has held various positions at re/insurance firms and insurtechs. | Presentation & panel discussion: De-risking in construction - doing it the parametric way | |
Hardeep Khela | Swiss Re Corporate Solutions | Senior Engineering Underwriter | Hardeep Khela has worked at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions for the past 6 years. He has broad underwriting experience, including as a lead, across a range of international infrastructure, heavy industry and renewable energy projects. Prior to joining Swiss Re, he spent 6 years in the civil engineering industry with Mott Macdonald followed by 3 years as a Management Consultant in major capital projects. | Presentation & panel discussion: De-risking in construction - doing it the parametric way | |
Barbara van Berkum | TBI Holdings | Insurance Manager | Barbara has worked as insurance manager for TBI Holdings B.V. since October 2020. Previously she worked for over 5 years as a senior underwriter for AIG, specialising in analysing environmental risks of large businesses worldwide. She is also an active member of NARIM, the Dutch association of risk & insurance managers and is coordinator of the Knowledge Center Sustainability. | Presentation: Mass timber case study | |
Adrian Cooney | Turner & Townsend | Project Director, Risk | Adrian has been leading risk management support on major capital programmes for over 15 years across many sectors including rail and aviation. He is a Technical Specialist at the IRM and is known for his expertise in Quantitative Risk modelling. Adrian is currently the Risk Management Lead for the Capital Delivery portfolio at Heathrow Airport. | Presentation & panel discussion: New materials - new risks | |
Robert Innes | Zurich | Senior Risk Engineer – Construction | Robert is a Chartered Civil Engineer (ICE) with 10 years industry experience for Arup and six years working for Zurich Insurance Company. He currently leads the UK Construction and Power Generation Risk Engineering Team for Zurich Resilience Solutions. | Presentation & panel discussion: New materials - new risks | |
Martin Clark | Zurich Insurance Co Ltd | Global Head of Property and Energy Claims | Martin has been in the insurance industry since 1987. He re-joined the Zurich group in July 2015 and is responsible for property, energy and engineering claims for the group. He has worked in the international claims arena for the last 20 plus years and has experience in managing underwriting and global broking advocate claims teams. He has handled some of the markets largest and more complex claims over recent years. | Presentation & panel discussion: Claims trends and claims inflation | |
Amar Rahman | Zurich Insurance Co Ltd | Global head - climate resilience | Amar leads a team supporting customers in identifying, evaluating and improving physical and operational resilience related to natural hazards and climate change. Prior to joining Zurich Insurance in 2011 he held several roles in the civil engineering sector, specialising in large-scale infrastructure projects. He developed the natural hazards resilience service after the 2011 Thailand floods and was also the global head of the natural hazards risk engineering technical centre. | Presentation & panel discussion: Climate change changing construction |