| Company | Job Title | Name | Profile Picture | Speaker Bio | Speaking At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zurich | Lead Technical Claims Manager | Toni Berry |  | - | Panel discussion: Claims - navigating the megatrends shaping construction risk |
| Charles Taylor | Managing Director, Natural Resources Middle East | Angus Bradley |  | Angus Bradley is a registered Chartered Engineer and Chartered Loss Adjuster. Angus moved to Dubai in 2005 and is now the Managing Director of Charles Taylor Middle East. His experience extends to resolving insurance claims in the oil and gas, power, renewables, and mining sectors. He has settled construction losses in excess of USD 500 million. Angus is named on a number of owner controlled insurance programmes that include construction projects with multiple EPC packages and contract values larger than USD 20 billion. | Panel discussion: Claims - navigating the megatrends shaping construction risk |
| Aon | Global Head Climate Risk Consulting | William Bruce |  | William has 25 years risk consulting experience and leads Aon’s global climate risk consulting team, which works to support clients through profiling and quantifying the risks and opportunities arising from the climate transition. Before joining Aon, William was at WTW from 2016-2022, where he was Global Head of Enterprise Risk Consulting, Risk & Analytics and responsible for Transition Risk engagements for corporates, working with organisations to help them identify and assess threats and opportunities from a changing climate and in so doing, meet guidance provided by TCFD. From 2007-2016 William worked at Marsh where he was responsible for consulting services across industries and a member of the management team. Whilst at MMC, William worked on secondment for Oliver Wyman where he led a large team, involved in delivering a large European banking engagement. William spent the first 8 years of his career at the Big 4 (1999-2007) on the advisory side of both EY (FS) and PwC (Sustainability). | Presentation: Emerging risks, resilience & technology – the next generation of construction risk management |
| Aon | Practice Leader, Construction & Infrastructure EMEA | Jon Chapman |  | - | Panel discussion: Powering the digital expansion – Managing risk and opportunity in Middle East data centre development |
| Rua Al Madinah Holding | Cost & Contracts Director | Nikolaos Exakoustos |  | - | Panel discussion: Managing megaproject risks in the Middle East – aligning insurance, resilience and delivery in an era of growth and geopolitical change |
| HDI Global | Senior Engineering Underwriter | Fraser Galbraith |  | Fraser has over 14 years of experience working in the engineering and insurance industry, leading teams as a civil engineer, and construction risk engineer. From 2019 to 2024, Fraser worked at Integra Technical Services as an Engineering Loss Adjuster. In 2021, he contributed to the launch of Integra's risk services department, where he oversaw multiple risk programs and conducted site visits across Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, and the USA, applying his expertise to projects spanning civil infrastructure, energy, water treatment, and real estate. From 2024, Fraser held the role of Senior Construction Risk Engineer for Chubb Insurance in the CEMENA (Central Europe, Middle East and North Africa) regions and at the beginning of 2026 joined HDI Global DIFC in his current role as a Senior Underwriter in their Engineering Underwriting department. | Fireside chat: Bridging the gap between contractors and insurers |
| ADNOC | Manager, Insurance Risk Management, Corporate Insurance Division | Ahsan Gul |  | - | Panel discussion: Insurance solutions for modern construction projects |
| Albawani Holding (ABH) | Risk Manager | Ahmed Helmy |  | - | Fireside chat: Bridging the gap between contractors and insurers |
| Aon | Head of Construction & Infrastructure MENA Specialty | Jon Hetherington |  | Jon has more than 39 years’ experience in the insurance industry, advising risk managers, lenders and contractors on major capital projects and infrastructure developments across Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Before joining Aon in April 2025, Jon held senior leadership roles with Marsh and was Sales and Industry Leader for the Construction Specialty business in Asia and relocated to the Middle East in 2024, as Senior Client Relationship Manager for Marsh IMEA. Previously, he served as Regional Construction Industry Leader for Willis Towers Watson in Asia Pacific. | Panel discussion: Insurance solutions for modern construction projects |
| Plenary Group - PPP Specialists | Director, Origination | Luke Hogan |  | Luke Hogan is a Director at Plenary Middle East, where he leads the development of major infrastructure projects across the Middle East and Central Asia. He has extensive experience delivering complex PPP and infrastructure transactions across sectors including social infrastructure, energy, transportation, and civil infrastructure. Luke has worked on large-scale projects in both Australia and the Middle East, with a strong focus on developing whole-of-life, fit-for-purpose solutions that support the delivery and long-term performance of complex infrastructure assets. | Panel discussion: Insurance solutions for modern construction projects |
| AIG | Global Head of Energy & Construction, Global Specialty | 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. | Panel discussion: Powering the digital expansion – Managing risk and opportunity in Middle East data centre development |
| Aon | Global Head of Construction and 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. | Panel discussion: Managing megaproject risks in the Middle East – aligning insurance, resilience and delivery in an era of growth and geopolitical change |
| Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer | Partner | Sarah McNally |  | Sarah is a Partner at international law firm, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer. She is global lead for insurance disputes and works for corporate policyholders on contentious and non-contentious insurance matters. She assists clients on the biggest and most complex insurance matters with a focus on construction, real estate, business interruption, political and credit risk and W&I claims. She recently advised Sky on its successful CAR claim in the English courts. Sarah is ranked in Chambers Global, Chambers UK and Legal 500 as a Leading Partner/Band 1 lawyer for Insurance Litigation for Policyholders. | Panel discussion: Claims - navigating the megatrends shaping construction risk Panel discussion: Building resilience – managing political risk in Middle East construction |
| Aon | General Manager, Captive Management, UAE | Costain Nikisi |  | - | Workshop: Evolving risk financing mechanisms: captives, parametric triggers and alternative capital markets |
| HDI Global | Global Head of Engineering Underwriting | François Périquet |  | François Périquet is an experienced engineering and insurance executive with a strong track record in corporate underwriting across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Trained as a mechanical engineer, he has held senior leadership roles spanning energy, construction and risk engineering. He began his career as a Risk Engineer at AIG before progressing into Energy, Property and Construction underwriting. After serving in a regional leadership role for Energy and Construction across Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty, he went on to become Head of Energy for the Middle East, Africa and CIS at Zurich in Dubai. He currently serves as Global Head of Engineering & Construction Underwriting at HDI Global SE, based in Hannover. | Panel discussion: Managing megaproject risks in the Middle East – aligning insurance, resilience and delivery in an era of growth and geopolitical change |
| SDV Fenchurch | Senior Partner | David Pryce |  | David was a founding partner of SDV Fenchurch, 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 SDV Fenchurch’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: Builder's risk at a crossroads – landmark judgments and the new LEG clauses |
| Dar | Principal-Projects Contracts Claims and Risk Manager | Selvana Rizkallah |  | Rizkallah has over 20 years of leadership in project management, claims management, contracts administration and risk mitigation. She brings strategic insight and operational excellence to complex, high-value projects across the Middle East and Africa. She has led multidisciplinary teams through mega infrastructure programs, expertly navigating delays, claims, variations and stakeholder negotiations. | Panel discussion: Insurance solutions for modern construction projects |
| Estithmar Holding Q.P.S.C. | Group Insurance Director | Gasser Shehab |  | Gasser Shehab is Group Insurance Director at Estithmar Holding, overseeing risk management for 105 companies across 12 countries. With 25+ years in international risk management, he has successfully reduced insurance costs by 45% while improving protection. His career includes leadership roles at Kahramaa (Qatar's utility provider) and founding his own risk consultancy. Gasser's expertise covers insurance procurement, enterprise risk frameworks, and strategic risk transfer across healthcare, energy, and diversified holdings. | Panel discussion: Insurance solutions for modern construction projects |
| Zurich Insurance Company | Underwriting Manager, Construction | Natalia Smirnova |  | - | Panel discussion: Powering the digital expansion – Managing risk and opportunity in Middle East data centre development |
| 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: Powering the digital expansion – Managing risk and opportunity in Middle East data centre development |