Speaker information: Construction Risk Management

Company	Job Title	Name	Speaker Bio	Speaking At
AXA XL	Head of P&C, Asia	Guillaume Parard	Guillaume Parard has over 20 years of experience across the insurance and energy sectors. He currently leads the Property, Energy, Construction and Casualty underwriting teams at AXA XL in Asia, driving profitable growth and strengthening the company’s P&C capabilities across the region. Guillaume brings deep expertise in managing large and complex industrial risks across both developed and emerging markets. Prior to his current role, he led AXA XL’s Energy, Property and Construction practice across APAC and Europe, and previously held senior underwriting positions as Head of Energy and Head of Construction.	Presentation & panel discussion: Major risks & the future of construction risk in Asia
Aon	Asia Head of Growth	Neelay Patel	Neelay Patel is a seasoned leader in the risk management and insurance industry, with over 20 years of global experience spanning London, Australia, Malaysia, and Singapore. Since joining Aon in 2014, Neelay has played a pivotal role in shaping the firm’s strategic direction across Asia. As Managing Director for Asia, Neelay is responsible for driving Aon’s growth agenda throughout the region, ensuring clients benefit from the full spectrum of Aon’s capabilities. His leadership is marked by a deep commitment to delivering innovative, client-centric solutions, particularly for large multinational organizations navigating complex risk landscapes.	Panel discussion: Climate change and extreme weather – who bears the risk?
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.	Case study presentation: Market moving legal developments
Rimkus	Director, Meteorology	Gregory J Quinn	Gregory holds a B.S. in Atmospheric Sciences with an emphasis on Hydrometeorology and an M.S. in Atmospheric Physics with an emphasis on Climatology. Gregory has extensive experience in weather forecasting. His post-graduate studies included the collection and analysis of historic weather data, and he has worked as a teaching assistant for college-level weather forecasting classes. As an experienced public speaker, he has participated in countless taped and live interviews for local and national television and several lightning safety specials produced by The Weather Channel and PGA Tour Productions. In Gregory’s forensic consulting work, he frequently utilises WeatherPath™, Rimkus’ in-house weather data application, to provide visual representations and develop analyses of catastrophic weather events. He has collected and analysed data for clients involved in weather-related lawsuits and has experience in federal trial proceedings. In addition to his forensic consulting work, Gregory is employed as a sales representative and research and installation consultant for lightning prediction systems for recreation facilities, government research and test facilities, and mining operations.	Workshop: How meteorological variables impact climate risk in SE Asia
Aon	Head of Forensic Accounting, Asia	Jordan Reichelt	Jordan joined Aon in 2025 to lead the Forensic Accounting practice in Asia, based in the Singapore office. He specialises in complex insurance claims and providing assistance and technical expertise on matters throughout the Asia Pacific Region. Prior to joining Aon, Jordan headed the Forensic Accounting team for Marsh in Asia (based in Singapore), leading engagements for key accounts on some of the largest and most complex property damage, business interruption, major stock and construction / DSU losses around the region, as well as developing the pre-loss BI review business, spanning multiple industries and geographies. Jordan’s claims and pre-loss experience is extensive, where he has been involved in projects in many industries, including but not limited to; power and energy, semiconductor, hotels and resorts, complex manufacturing, waste management and ports and terminals.	Panel discussion: Claims – how to navigate megatrends
Rimkus	Associate Director, Quantum	Kevin Ruggee	Kevin is an accomplished commercial manager with 14 years of extensive live project experience directing major international projects representing contractors across infrastructure, manufacturing, marine, and oil and gas sectors in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei. Kevin has a strong technical background in project and commercial management during a project’s lifecycle. He has provided contract and claims administration, cost management, subcontractor management, and dispute resolution on numerous challenging and complex multi-million-dollar projects from tender to final account. Kevin also has experience in delay investigations, analysis, and compilation of EOT claims with several live project experiences involving delay and disruption settlement. Kevin has been involved in different forms of dispute resolution methods where he has prepared, defended, and assessed quantum claims in several adjudications and litigations in Singapore and Australia.	Panel Discussion: Managing data centre construction risk
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions	Head Customer & Distribution Management SEA	Preeti Sawalani	-	Panel discussion: The importance of collaborative sharing
Descartes Underwriting	Business Development Director	Weebeng Seow	Wee Beng is a Business Development Director at Descartes Underwriting in the Singapore office. With a focus in the Asia-Pacific region, he collaborates closely with brokers and corporate clients to develop tailored parametric solutions that address their specific needs. Prior to joining Descartes three years ago, Wee Beng has previously worked as an insurance broker in multinational broking houses, specialising in placing global property and casualty programs for companies with assets across various territories.	Panel discussion: When parametric solutions work
Clyde & Co Clasis Singapore Pte. Ltd.	Partner	Nicholas Sykes	Nicholas is a Partner in the firm's energy, construction and property insurance practices, specialising in large scale losses. Nicholas has been practising in Singapore for nearly fifteen years and acts for [re]insurers across Asia Pacific, particularly those based in Singapore, S.E. Asia, Japan and South Korea. He also advises clients based in the London and European markets. Nicholas has extensive experience in providing coverage advice on a range of issues across all types of energy, engineering and construction and risks. He covers all aspects of operational, business interruption and liability issues, and he acts on some of the largest energy, construction and engineering claims in the region and around the world.	Breakfast session workshop: Implications of US tariffs for the Asia construction industry
Aon	Chief Commercial Officer, Construction & Infrastructure	Tariq Taherbhai	Tariq is the Chief Commercial Officer for Aon’s Global Construction & Infrastructure (C&I) industry specialty. In his role, Tariq is tasked with developing and implementing the global growth and marketing strategies for the specialty. In addition, Tariq works with other leaders to ensure that the full capabilities and expertise of Aon are properly delivered to the firm’s global C&I clients. Tariq has significant experience with project finance and public private partnerships, having advised on multiple large, complex projects over the past two decades. Before joining Aon, Tariq was vice president of the project legal group at Infrastructure Ontario, with responsibility for all legal and procurement matters related to public private partnerships procured by the Province of Ontario, Canada.	Breakfast session workshop: Implications of US tariffs for the Asia construction industry
AXA XL	Underwriting Manager, Energy & Construction	Simon Taylor	Simon has over 21 years of experience in Energy insurance. He began his career in Catlin's Energy team in London in 2004 working on Upstream Energy and Marine & Energy Liability accounts. Simon relocated to Singapore in 2011 and was responsible for underwriting the Upstream Energy and Energy Liability portfolios. His experience has also diversified into other segments of the Energy portfolio and includes Offshore Wind, Floating Solar, CCUS as well as the core Downstream and Power risks. Simon is a member of AXA XL's Singapore Executive Management Committee and has been responsible for managing a very experienced team of Energy & Construction underwriters in Singapore since 2022. The team handle AXA XL's regional portfolio from Singapore. Simon also represents AXA XL on the ASIAPEC Committee, SCI Construction & Engineering Committee and Singapore Renewable Energy Working Group”	Panel discussion: Climate change and extreme weather – who bears the risk?
Aon	Head of Credit Solutions, Asia	Steve Taylor	Steve is the Deputy Global & Asia Leader for Aon's Credit Solutions practice. Steve is based in Singapore and has over 25 years of experience. During his time in the industry he has worked with large international corporations, financial institutions and government. Steve has experience of designing, managing and placing structured credit and political risks transactions, international surety bonding facilities and global trade credit programmes.	Breakfast session workshop: Implications of US tariffs for the Asia construction industry
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 – how to navigate megatrends
Aon	Director Risk, Climate & Sustainability Solutions	Cecilia Tse	-	Panel discussion: Climate change and extreme weather – who bears the risk? Workshop: From risk to resilience: unlocking competitive advantage through BRI and climate disclosure
PARIMA	Director & General Secretary	Steve Tunstall	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: The importance of collaborative sharing Panel discussion: When parametric solutions work
Aon	Specialty Products Leader	Murray Wood	With 30 plus years insurance industry experience, Murray has been involved with all facets of the Specialty market including contentious and complex claims, multiple hard markets, alternative risk transfer solutions, leading product development milestones and insurer escalations, calling on long held and trusted senior underwriting executive relationships across the world. His Aon career started in 1991. Murray has been based in Sydney, Australia (1991 -2005), Hong Kong (2006 – 2010) and Singapore (2011 to present) with several short-term overseas assignments.	Presentation: Understanding regional insurance variation