Speaker information: Construction Risk Management

Company	Job Title	Name	Speaker Bio	Speaking At
Aon UK Ltd	Managing Director, Construction & Infrastructure	Simon Simpson	-	Panel discussion: Contractual risk transfer – contract wordings
Aon	Executive Director, International Construction	Joe Chivers	-	Fireside discussion: Managing GIGA projects – Vision 2030
Portakabin Limited	Head of Risk & Internal Audit	Richard Hoult	-	Advancing your risk career: exclusive risk manager-only Airmic breakfast SIG: presentation & discussion
Aon	Design Firms Professional Risks	Oliver Heaton	-	Panel discussion: Professional Liability – What does the London Market have to offer?
Aon	Energy Transition Risk Engineer	Adam Beardmore	Adam joined Aon in 2022 within the global risk engineering consultancy practice and recently moved into the Offshore Construction & Decommissioning team in London. He has over a decade of experience in engineering and operational roles across upstream energy assets and renewable generation. As a chartered chemical engineer with an MBA, he provides technical risk modelling, strategic insights and engagement with clients to translate construction project risk to the insurance markets. Adam leads Aon’s energy transition risk engineering support with recent projects including BP’s Northern Endurance carbon capture and storage project and Aberdeen Council’s hydrogen hub development.	Presentation: Renewable Energy - Insurance coverage for batteries
Zurich Insurance Company	Senior Claims Adjuster Energy Marine & Construction	Alison Collins	Alison has worked in claims for over thirty years. She joined Zurich in 2013 and moved into the construction team in 2018. Her previous experience includes working as a loss adjuster, fraud investigator and customer relationship role. As a result, Alison brings a rounded blend of skills to her current role. She has handled a number of large and complex losses in the UK and overseas.	Panel discussion: Claims – trends & future
QBE Europe	Head of Construction & Engineering	Andy Kane	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).	Advancing your risk career: exclusive risk manager-only Airmic breakfast SIG: presentation & discussion Panel discussion: Claims – trends & future
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions	Senior E&C Underwriter	Anthony Norfolk	Anthony, who holds a Master's Degree in civil engineering and ACII qualified, has worked in the insurance industry for 15 years. He has been a Senior Engineering Underwriter at Swiss Re for 9 years, leading and underwriting large complex constructions risks. During this time he has mostly focused on Energy, Power and Heavy Industries. He also leads the Hydrogen Centre of Competence within Swiss Re Corporate Solutions.	Presentation: The hazards of the energy transition
Bechtel	Global Head of Big Data & AI	Fatemeh Mirrashed	As the global head of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) at Bechtel Corporation, Dr. Fatemeh Mirrashed is at the forefront of driving AI adoption strategy and execution within the enterprise. She leads a team of world-class data scientists and data engineers to devise and deploy AI-powered digital solutions that aim to increase productivity and enhance data-driven decision-making in the complex work processes of planning, execution, and delivery of Bechtel's mega-scale Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Management (EPCM) projects. Before her tenure at Bechtel, Dr. Mirrashed has a proven track record in applying innovative AI solutions across various industries, including e-commerce, healthcare, education, and visual surveillance and intelligence.	Case study: How AI is being adopted within the EPCM industry
Jupiter Intelligence	Business Development Director	Stuart Large	Based just outside London, Stuart operates in the Construction, Industrial, Energy and Mining sectors, covering the Europe, Middle East and African markets for Jupiter Intelligence. Stuart has more than twenty years of experience in Business Development and Product Management, providing technical solutions to challenges in Energy, Security, Infrastructure, Smart Cities and Transportation.	Presentation & panel discussion: Climate change risk
CCi, a Rimkus Company	Senior Consultant, Forensic Architect	Bhavina Vasishta	Bhavina is an ARB registered Chartered Architect with more than 10 years of experience in the construction industry as a designer and project manager. She holds an MSc in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution from King’s College London. She is a visiting lecturer, tutor and examiner at the University of Westminster, teaching on the Architecture Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Practice (RIBA Part III). Bhavina has experience within a broad range of sectors, including hospitality, residential and commercial, elderly living, and master planning. Bhavina has been appointed on various disputes, providing expert advice on a range of construction defects covering professional negligence, fire safety, design copyright issues and BIM modelling.	Workshop: Implications of the Buildings Safety Act (UK)
Veolia SA	Construction & major Projects Risk manager	Christophe Mouneyres	Christophe has 30 years of experience in the insurance & construction industry. He started his career as a construction insurance underwriter in a French insurance company and as a broker in a Construction Department. He joined Veolia as a risk/insurance manager in 2002. He is currently working in the Veolia Risk & Insurance department. He is in charge of the Construction program for all Veolia entities worldwide & provides the Veolia Investment Committee with a detailed review of all insurance aspects for all majors projects (Tenders, M&A). He intervenes also as the risk manager for the Veolia Water Technologies division.	Workshop: Developing risk management strategies
Allianz Commercial	Senior Risk Engineer	Clara Anthonysamy	Clara is a Senior Risk Consultant at Allianz Commercial. A Civil Engineer, she has over 12 years’ experience in the London Insurance Market as a Risk Engineer and previously worked in continental Europe, North America and Asian insurance markets, looking at a variety of large complex construction risks.	Presentation & panel discussion: Climate change risk
Aon	Global Claims Leader, Construction & Infrastructure	Clarence Ting	Clarence has been working in insurance since 2003. During this time he has been effectively managing Energy, Construction, Machinery Breakdown, Delay Start-Up and Business Interruption claims globally. Prior to joining Aon, he worked with global reinsurance firms leading their major and complex losses in the region. In his current role, he is a member of Aon’s Global Construction & Infrastructure Leadership team and a member of the Global Claims Leadership team delivering significant client value through Aon’s governance and escalation protocols, and dedicated Claims Advocacy. Clarence spent 9 years as Council Member with the Singapore Insurance Institute (SII), and is the Secretary & Founding Member of the Asia Power Forum (APF).	Panel discussion: Claims – trends & future
Landsec	Group Insurance Director	Cleo Curl	Cleo is Group Insurance Director within the Corporate Governance team of Landsec, a FTSE 100 company and is one of the leading real estate companies in the UK. Cleo has responsibility for risk financing of insurable risk for the group and coordination of risk management activity across the portfolio. She is a Chartered Insurance Risk Manager of the Chartered Insurance Institute and a Certified Risk Professional of the Institute of Risk Management. Cleo started her career in a small motor trade insurance broker before moving to in-house insurance roles in various industries such as Helphire, London Luton Airport, Luminar and Threadneedle before moving on to Landsec in 2016.	Panel discussion: Emerging risks and insurance market response
Allianz Commercial	Global Head of Construction	Darren Smart	Darren is Global Head of Construction at Allianz Commercial. He returned to Allianz in 2024, where he started his underwriting career as an underwriter at Allianz Cornhill (Allianz UK), before working at Trans Re as Assistant Vice President. He joined Liberty Specialty Markets in 2007 as Construction Regional Product Line Manager for EMEA, before becoming Global Construction Practice Leader role in 2016.	Case study: LEG3 Court decision – what it means for the CAR market
Aon	EMEA Property Broking Director	David Gierski	David has more than 25 years of service in the insurance industry with 20+ years spent on carrier side from field risk engineering up to group head of commercial lines. David served in Asia for couple of years. Since 2018 David has moved to broking and he joined AON as EMEA Property Broking Director in 2022. In his role, David is supporting program structuring including parametric insurance and alternative risk transfer.	Presentation & panel discussion: NatCat trends accelerating alternative risk transfer solutions
Fenchurch Law	Senior Partner	David Pryce	David was a founding partner of Fenchurch Law, which was the first law firm in the UK to specialise exclusively in representing policyholders in insurance coverage disputes. Ranked as a leading individual by both Legal 500 and Chambers, David leads Fenchurch Law’s Reinsurance & International Risk practice group and has a particular focus on insurance disputes arising out of large construction projects both in the UK and abroad.	Panel discussion: Contractual risk transfer – contract wordings Case study: LEG3 Court decision – what it means for the CAR market
nPlan	CEO & Co-Founder	Dev Amratia	Dev is a chartered engineer and the Co-Founder and CEO of nPlan, a machine learning company that learns how completed construction projects performed to forecast the outcomes of future projects. nPlan delivers a new paradigm in the management of risk and uncertainty. Dev’s experience is in delivering construction projects for the energy industry, spanning three continents over nine years. Following this, Dev worked within the UK government to launch and deliver the national review on AI, which was published as part of the Industrial Strategy in 2017.	Presentation: Avoiding bloated timelines and costs blowouts
CISC	Risk Manager	Dimitrios Gravias	Dimitrios Gravias has 7 years of experience in the construction & infrastructure sector with direct involvement in Project Management Offices and in particular Project Risk Management. Prior to joining CISC, an exclusive service provider to Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), as the Risk Management lead in its Global PMO function, Mr. Gravias worked as the Project Risk Manager for the cable-stayed Storstrøm Bridge in Denmark. Before that, he was the PMO Lead & Risk Champion for a large phosphate export port project in South Morocco for OCP. Dimitrios has also held a position as Site Civil Engineer at a major EPC Contractor in a road infrastructure project in Greece.	Panel discussion: Contractual risk transfer – contract wordings