| Full Name | Company | Job Title | Profile Picture | Speaker Bio | Speaking At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Banton | Aon | Vincent.banton@aon.com |  | Vincent leads Aon’s regional Construction and Infrastructure practice across Asia and has 23 years of experience in the insurance and construction industries. He has managed underwriting portfolios in facultative reinsurance and direct market insurance together with working as a practicing project engineer for major civil and building construction contractors in the United Kingdom, West Indies and Australia. | Presentation & panel discussion: Emerging risks and market response |
| Nick Barham | Rimkus | Head of Technical Expert Services – Asia |  | Nick is a Chartered Civil and Structural Engineer with over 20 years' experience in the construction industry. He started his career at a multi-faceted design consultancy, before focusing on forensic engineering, dispute resolution and expert witness work. He has been involved in the forensic examination and appraisal of a wide range of civil and building technical and contractual issues, and has advised lawyers, engineers, contractors, and insurers. He has also been responsible for the design of new build and remedial schemes. | Workshop 1: Marine construction risks – and how to mitigate them |
| Andrew Chan | CLP Power Hong Kong | Senior Manager, Risk & Opportunity |  | Andrew has over 17 years of professional experience in Risk Management, Compliance, Auditing and Finance across a diverse range of industry. Qualified in Australia with Big 4 firms, Andrew moved to Hong Kong over a decade ago and since then have worked in global risk roles at Hong Kong Shanghai Hotels, Dairy Farm, PCCW and currently at China Light and Power (CLP). A believer in giving back to the community, Andrew was the 2022 Chair of CA ANZ Hong Kong Council. He has been awarded Fellowship of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (FCA). | Presentation & panel discussion: Emerging risks and market response |
| Piing Chen | Aon | Director, Construction, Power & Infrastructure |  | - | Presentation: Renewables – offshore wind |
| Mani Dhesi | Aon | Head of Growth & Client Liaison APAC - Cyber Risk |  | Mani Dhesi is the Head of Growth and Client Engagement for Aon. Mani has extensive experience in developing cyber risk programs for multiple multinational organisations. Mani's expertise includes cybersecurity assessments, IT disaster recovery, risk quantification, and supporting the cyber underwriting process for a range of clients. Mani has international awareness and in-country experience in the US, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Mani has supported clients with the implementation of cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST CSFY, ISO 27001, and CIS Critical Controls. Mani is also a patent owner for methods and systems for cybersecurity assessment of organisations' technology infrastructure. | Presentation: Building cyber resilience |
| Robert Drysdale | Descartes Underwriting | Head of Southeast Asia |  | Robert Drysdale is the Head of Southeast Asia at Descartes Underwriting, leading the office in Singapore and bringing Descartes’ parametric solutions closer to brokers, corporate clients and governments in the Asia Pacific region. Before joining Descartes 3 years ago, Robert has previously worked as an insurance and reinsurance broker in Singapore, Australia and London, specialising in placing complex risks across various territories and lines of business including property, power, energy and construction. | Workshop 2: Parametrics bridging climate protection gaps |
| Brendan Dunlea | QBE | Regional Property & Construction Manager, Asia |  | Brendan joined QBE in May 2017 as the Asia Pacific Head of Engineering. He has since taken on the additional role of Regional Head of Property role. Before moving to Singapore Brendan was the Global Head of Power Generation, and Singapore CUO for Zurich. Prior to insurance Brendan worked in various electrical installations & maintenance roles in industries including petrochemical, industrial and real estate. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) and the Australia New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF), the IMIA representative for Asia and Chairperson of the SCI/GIA Singapore Construction & Engineering Committee. | Breakfast presentation: Advancing your risk career. Hosted by PARIMA and Commercial Risk Asia Presentation & panel discussion: Emerging risks and market response |
| Mark Louie Gomez | Aboitiz Power Corporation | Vice President - Risk and Organisational Performance Management |  | A lawyer by profession, Mark Louie Gomez heads the Risk and Organisational Performance Management of Aboitiz Power Corporation, including the management of its captive insurance company operating out of Singapore. Mark is a certified risk management professional and business continuity management expert implementer. | Presentation & panel discussion: Claims – navigating four megatrends |
| Antonio Kam | BASF East Asia Regional Headquarters Limited | Head of Insurance, Asia Pacific |  | Antonio is the Head of Insurance, Asia Pacific of BASF. He has more than 25 years of experience in risk management and insurance industry. In his current role in BASF, he oversees all insurance matters including insurance purchase, insurers and brokers management and claims management in all the Asia Pacific countries that BASF conducts business. Prior to joining BASF, Antonio worked in various international insurance companies with diverse roles such as underwriting, product development and claims for 15 years. Antonio is a Chartered Insurance Risk Manager and an Associate of Chartered Insurance Institute (ACII). He graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong of Business Administration, with concentration with Finance. | Presentation & panel discussion: Claims – navigating four megatrends Panel discussion: Contractual risk transfer – construction clauses |
| Andy Kane | QBE, Executive Committee Member of the London Engineering Group (LEG) & Executive Committee Member of the International Association of Engineering Insurers (IMIA) | Head of Construction & Engineering |  | 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). | Breakfast presentation: Advancing your risk career. Hosted by PARIMA and Commercial Risk Asia Panel discussion: Contractual risk transfer – construction clauses |
| Isabelle Kowalski | SCOR & Executive Committee Member, IMIA | P&C | Head of SBS Construction |  | Isabelle has worked for 27 years in the construction world, including six years as civil engineer and 21 years in the insurance and reinsurance industry. Since 2019 she has been Global Head Construction at SCOR Specialty Insurance, a member of the IMIA Executive committee, and is engaged in a number of working groups on ESG matters. 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. | Case study presentation: LEG3 court decision – what it means for the CAR market |
| James MacNeal | Aon | Global Head of Construction & Infrastructure |  | James has 32 years of construction insurance experience, of which 18 have been with the Aon Group. He has travelled extensively and placed a large variety of major construction projects in most parts of the world for owners, contractors and infrastructure funds. He is currently Aon’s Global Head of Construction and Infrastructure team which includes over 1000 specialist colleagues in 48 countries. | Presentation & panel discussion: Emerging risks and market response |
| Andre Martin | SRCS | Head of Innovative Risk Solutions, APAC |  | Andre started his career as a commissioning engineer with ABB in Switzerland. After several years as a consultant with Accenture's Resource & Energy practice in Zurich Andre joined Swiss Re in 2002, underwriting large industrial risks in the Middle East, Asia and Australia. From 2013 onwards Andre was heading the Engineering & Construction team in the APAC region before assuming the role as Head of IRS APAC in 2018. | Presentation: Market trends accelerating new forms of ART |
| Andrew Merrilees | Rimkus | Head of Quantum Experience | (not set) | (not set) | |
| Haris Michaels | HDI Global | Underwriting Manager Engineering, Australasia |  | Haris Michaels, Underwriting Manager Engineering Australasia HDI Global SE, Australia brings close to 20 years’ experience in engineering and construction. After starting his career as a Project Engineer, Haris began with HDI in 2013 and is now responsible for the HDI Australia Engineering and Construction underwriting team. His passion for the construction industry has seen the team navigate the complexity of this evolving industry and establish a strong reputation in this sector through the support of numerous construction and engineering projects in Australia and the Pacific. | Presentation: Green construction – new materials |
| Trudie Moeller | Rimkus | Regional Director, Asia Pacific |  | Trudie is the Regional Director for Asia Pacific and has experience across many sectors including power/energy, downstream oil and gas, construction, infrastructure, mining, and ports on complex Delay in Start-up (DSU) and Business Interruption (BI) claims across Asia, Australasia, the Middle East, and Central America. Trudie specialises in forensic delay analysis and cost analysis for the insurance and reinsurance markets. Trudie is a Chartered Surveyor with a strong technical background in project management and cost consultancy with over 18 years construction industry experience advising clients in Europe and Asia on project and programme delivery, project recovery, strategic issues, risk mitigation and cost management for every aspect of a project’s life cycle. | |
| Patrice Nigon | Swiss Re Corporate Solutions | Head Engineering & Construction APAC, Head of Property & Specialty SE Asia |  | Patrice Nigon is a graduate Marine Officer and also holds a Master in Electrical Engineering. After having worked in the industry he started his career as a reinsurance underwriter in Paris and in 2001, he joined Swiss Re in Zurich. He held different management positions in Engineering Underwriting including heading the Product Centre (Technical Direction) as well as heading Engineering in APAC. Patrice joined the Swiss Re Corporate Solutions team in June 2019. He is based in Singapore. | Presentation & panel discussion: Emerging risks and market response |
| Puneet Panchal | Cube Highways & Transportation Assets Advisors (P) Ltd. | VP & Head of Insurance |  | Puneet has over 17 years of experience in insurance and risk management, including 11 years in the construction industry. Puneet was in business development with the leading insurer in India for 6 years, later leading the insurance portfolio of technology & construction group ANDRITZ for South East Asia region for 9 years. He is currently heading the risk and insurance function at Cube Highways, the largest platform of road highways in Indian region. | Presentation & panel discussion: Emerging risks and market response |
| Grant Pilkington | Aon | Director, Technical Excellence – Broking |  | Based in Singapore, Grant is Aon’s technical director and products counsel for commercial risks across 11 Asia countries. He focuses on policy interpretation, coverage optimization, product development and helping clients avoid risk oversights. Prior to joining Aon, Grant practiced with global law firms, initially starting his legal career handling construction and engineering disputes in the UK and overseas. Grant acted for developers, contractors and construction professionals on domestic and international disputes, including adjudication and arbitration of claims regarding defects liability, delay, variation, late notification and wrongful termination. Later, Grant’s practice focused on re/insurance disputes in Asia and the Middle East, involving big complex property, construction, engineering, power, energy and associated business interruption and delay in start-up claims. | Panel discussion: Contractual risk transfer – construction clauses |
| David Pryce | Fenchurch Law | Senior Partner |  | 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: LEG3 court decision – what it means for the CAR market |
