Speaker information: Construction Risk Management

Company	Job Title	Name	Speaker Bio	Speaking At
Howler Global Ltd	Associate Director	Martin Woodfield	Martin Woodfield brings 18 years of construction and fire risk expertise to the forefront of project resilience. As Associate Director at Howler Global Ltd and a member of the PAS 9970 technical committee, he advises leading developers and contractors on integrating early fire detection into strategic risk control — transforming fire safety from a compliance obligation into a critical layer of project protection.	Presentation: The biggest construction loss driver – fire and the future of construction risk control Workshop: The hidden threat – construction fire risk and the case for early alerts
Munich Re	Business & Product Development, Parametric Weather Insurance	Valerie Gottschalk	Valerie works in Business Development for Parametric Weather Solutions at Munich Re, focusing on weather risk transfer across industries such as construction, logistics and industrial production. She designs tailored parametric solutions for corporate clients seeking to hedge financial exposure to weather variability and climate change. Valerie joined Munich Re around 1.5 years ago. Prior to that, she worked as an Investment Manager in commercial real estate, acquiring and divesting assets across Europe for multiple funds.	Panel discussion: Weathering the future – climate risk, extreme weather and insurance for European construction Workshop: Integrated risk solutions for complex construction projects
Complex Claims	CEO	Alan Purbrick	Alan Purbrick is an experienced insurance professional, having worked in the industry for over 30 years. His background is construction, engineering and energy. Alan was the founder and CEO of CCi, a company specializing in providing technical time, cost and engineering solutions on some of the World’s largest insurance claims. He is credited with developing Project Monitoring and techniques for solving large and complex delay claims, particularly in relation to DSU. Alan recently became the CEO of Complex Claims, a leading independent loss adjusting company, with offices in the Middle East and London.	Panel discussion: Navigating the new era of megaproject losses and Delay in Start-Up claims
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: AI at the front line of megaproject risk – smarter schedules, safer outcomes Panel discussion: Risk, capital and coverage – aligning insurance strategy with Europe’s infrastructure investors
LEG	Chairman	Charlie Dee	As well as his position as Chairman of the London Engineering Group, Charlie is UK Construction Underwriting Manager at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, based in London. He specialises in construction insurance and underwriting for major projects, working closely with brokers and clients across the UK market.	Panel discussion: Interpreting LEG3 in 2026 – what insurers think and what buyers need to know
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.	Panel discussion: Operating in a crisis – the importance of resilient risk management & collaboration
Chubb	COG TPV Country Risk Analyst	Mikaela Buryj	As a previous Chubb summer intern in the Bermuda office, Mikaela joined the team in London in January 2025. Previously Mikaela earned her BA in Political Science at Union College in New York and her MA in War Studies, focusing on International Relations from King’s College London. Mikaela’s academic research has focused on Strategic Ambiguity, Grey Zone Warfare, and Macro-Geopolitics. She has previous experience in the Dark Web Intelligence and Geopolitical Risk Consulting sectors.	Workshop: The new threat frontier – political violence & terrorism insurance for construction leaders
Descartes Underwriting	Commercial Director for Iberia and Central Europe	Juan María Marqués Domenech	With over 15 years of experience in the insurance industry, Juan María is an expert in designing Alternative Risk Transfer (ART) and parametric insurance solutions. Throughout his career, he has dedicated more than 8 years to technical specialisation within the Construction and Energy sectors, managing complex placements for major infrastructure and energy projects. After leading the parametric strategy at Aon Spain for three years, he currently spearheads Descartes’ expansion across Iberia and Central Europe, where he helps industrial and construction firms strengthen their climate resilience through innovative, data-driven solutions.	Panel discussion: Weathering the future – climate risk, extreme weather and insurance for European construction Panel discussion: Evolving risk financing mechanisms – captives, parametric triggers and alternative capital markets
Allianz Commercial	Construction Hub Lead Europe	Matthias Neeff	Matthias has built a distinguished career at Allianz, specialising in large corporate construction and engineering underwriting. He has over 25 years' experience in sales and underwriting. He has held a series of increasingly senior sales and underwriting roles in Germany (Frankfurt and Munich) and Canada (Toronto). He then served as Chief Underwriter and later Regional Head of Large Corporate Construction Business across Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Last year he was appointed European Head of Large Corporate Construction Business at Allianz Commercial. In this role, he is responsible for the company's strategy for large corporate construction clients and multinational teams across Europe.	Panel discussion: Building the digital backbone – managing risk & securing coverage on the new wave of data centre construction projects
Rua Al Madinah Holding	Cost & Contracts Director	Nikolaos Exakoustos	-	Panel discussion: Operating in a crisis – the importance of resilient risk management & collaboration
Construction Fire Safety Services Limited	Director	Dan Martin	Following an 18-year career in the Fire & Rescue Service, Dan has continued to work extensively across the fire safety and construction sectors, building more than 30 years of combined industry experience. As UK Fire Safety Manager for a leading Tier 1 Principal Contractor, Dan gained deep insight into the real-world challenges of managing fire safety during the construction phase. He has also supported the wider industry through lecturing, the development of virtual reality fire training for site operatives, and contributing to innovative solutions including a reusable temporary fire door system. Now Director of Construction Fire Safety Services Limited, Dan continues to support construction projects nationwide while championing professional development and raising awareness of this critical area of fire safety.	Presentation: The biggest construction loss driver – fire and the future of construction risk control
Faithfields	Director	Jeremy Harrison	From 2018 to 2025, Jeremy served as Group Director of Risk & Assurance at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, redesigning frameworks following the Magnox Inquiry and chairing executive oversight of the multibillion pound Advanced Gas Reactor decommissioning programme. In 2024 he was seconded to Great British Nuclear as interim Development & Assurance Director, establishing risk, assurance, governance and audit functions and shaping the Target Operating Model for Development Companies and Small Modular Reactor programmes. Jeremy’s earlier career spans senior roles across the rail sector and major projects. He was Director of Risk & Assurance at HS2, leading the establishment of risk, assurance and insurance functions and conducting major baseline assurance reviews. At Network Rail he headed Risk and Value Management across all national infrastructure projects, and previously pioneered early system safety risk thinking at Railtrack and British Rail.	Panel discussion: Rebuilding Europe’s energy future – the nuclear construction risk challenge Workshop: The next frontier – emerging civil megaprojects & their risk implications
Nscale	Director of Insurance	Ivan Le Roux	Ivan has over two decades of experience designing and leading global insurance programmes in-house, working with brokers and the insurance market to deliver effective risk transfer solutions. He is a strong advocate of risk management as the foundation of successful insurance placements and has led significant change initiatives that have improved resilience, strengthened governance, and delivered measurable business value across the organisations he has supported. Having joined Nscale at the beginning of 2026, Ivan is focused on building a best-in-class risk and insurance framework for a rapidly growing business. His approach centres on developing strong partnerships, in terms of broker and insurer, recognising that aligning these key building blocks is fundamental to creating a resilient and effective risk financing strategy.	Fireside discussion: Building at Nscale – managing risk in global data centre expansion
Advanta	Executive Director	Oliver Thoma	Oliver Thoma is an Executive Director at Advanta Global Services with over 25 years of international experience handling complex construction, engineering, power and mining losses across Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. He specialises in Construction and Erection All Risks (CAR/EAR) and Delay in Start-Up (DSU) claims and serves as project lead on some of Europe’s largest infrastructure and construction projects.	Workshop: Closing the loop – how claims insight improves risk management & insurance placement
Aon	Executive Director - EMEA Infrastructure M&A and Transaction Solutions	Nicolò Castagna	Nicolò heads up Aon’s Infrastructure M&A practice in EMEA. He has joined Aon in 2019 from Moody’s, where he was responsible for a portfolio of project finance and corporate infrastructure ratings in a variety of sectors. Prior to Moody’s, Nicolò spent eight years at Mediobanca, structuring project finance and corporate facilities across a wide range of infrastructure assets. Nicolò holds a Master of Science in Corporate Finance from Bocconi University in Milan and has completed an Exchange Programme at LMU in Munich.	Panel discussion: Risk, capital and coverage – aligning insurance strategy with Europe’s infrastructure investors
Aon	Executive Director Risk & Insurance Due Diligence	Peter Dillon	-	Panel discussion: Risk, capital and coverage – aligning insurance strategy with Europe’s infrastructure investors
Aon	Global Claims Leader, Construction & Infrastructure Industry Specialties Claims Leader, Asia	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 escalation protocols, and dedicated Claims Advocacy. Clarence is empaneled with the Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC) and a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors (SID).	Panel discussion: Navigating the new era of megaproject losses and Delay in Start-Up claims
AIG	Global Head of Construction	Andy Kane	Andy has 35 years insurance industry experience with 30 years in the London Market. Since September 2025 Andy has led AIG Global Specialty’s Construction business. He has been involved in many large infrastructure, transport, energy and power projects world-wide. Andy sits on the executive committee of IMIA and has a HND in Natural Sciences, an MBA and is DipCII qualified.	Invitation-only breakfast workshop: Data centres across the full lifecycle – a comprehensive multi-line approach
SCOR & IMIA Executive Committee Member	Global Head of Construction	Isabelle Kowalski	Isabelle has worked for 30 years in the construction world, including six years as civil engineer and 25 years in the insurance and reinsurance industry. Since 2019 she has been Global Head Construction at SCOR Business Solutions. As member of the IMIA Executive committee, she is also engaged in a number of initiatives, the latest one being Claims Classification. 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	Workshop: Closing the loop – how claims insight improves risk management & insurance placement
Aon	Global Head of Construction & Infrastructure	James MacNeal	James is currently Aon’s Global Head of the Construction and Infrastructure Practice which includes over 1000 specialist colleagues in 48 countries. In this role James is responsible for growth, thought-leadership and best practice in this key industry practice. James is also the relationship lead for certain Aon clients. He has over 35 years of construction insurance experience, of which 21 have been with the Aon Group. He was previously at Marsh where he led the UK Construction Units broking team. James has travelled extensively and placed a wide variety of major construction projects in most parts of the world, for Owners, Contractors and Infrastructure Funds. James has a strong track record of delivering on clients' expectations with some of the largest firms in the Construction sector. He has designed insurance programmes across a wide variety of industry segments, with particular specialisation around energy/power, digital infrastructure and transportation. James is actively engaged as the Executive Sponsor / Account Director on some of Aon's largest construction accounts and leads the carrier relationships in this key industry.	Fireside discussion: Building at Nscale – managing risk in global data centre expansion