| Full Name | Company | Job Title | Profile Picture | Speaker Bio | Speaking At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rod Guillard | Aon | Head of Strategic Account Management & Global Client Network, Asia |  | - | Mind the gap |
| Jeremy Evans | Marsh Singapore | Risk Management Leader |  | Jeremy currently leads the Risk Management divisions for Marsh Singapore. Across Jeremy’s multinational and major client teams, Marsh offers the full suite of multinational service expertise for international clients. Jeremy has an extensive knowledge of multinational organizations and specializes in thoroughly understanding the complex and varied risks which large businesses face. He ascertains their needs and expectations, and implements bespoke risk management solutions to meet them. Jeremy specializes in facilitating the successful service delivery for global clients across a range of industries including construction, real estate, manufacturing, energy, marine, transport, and technology. His role at Marsh encompasses global client service, establishing strategic initiatives for the division, and business development for Asia’s largest accounts. | Getting a good deal from the insurance market |
| 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. | Retentions, captives and parametric solutions |
| 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. | Cyber |
| Filippo Cinelli | Generali | GC&C Head of Client & Broker Relationship Management |  | Filippo has more than 30 years’ experience within the insurance industry. He joined Generali in 2013 at the very beginning of GC&C experience. Before joining Generali, he spent 8 years within the Zurich Group, and previously worked for XL Insurance and Caterpillar Filippo has more than 9 years’ experience within the Brokerage industry, having worked with Johnson & Higgins and Marsh. He started his career as P/C Underwriter with Allianz in Milan (Italy). | Retentions, captives and parametric solutions |
| 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). | Getting a good deal from the insurance market |
| Emma Carolan | Aon | Cyber Claims Leader, Asia |  | Emma Carolan is Aon’s Cyber Claims Leader for Asia. Emma assists organisations with their preparation for cyber incidents and acts as an advocate supporting clients with cyber claims across the region. Prior to joining Aon, Emma worked as a breach coach on over 100 cyber incidents, assisting clients with notifications to regulators and affected individuals. Emma is also a qualified lawyer in Australia. | Cyber |
| Lawrence Bird | Marsh Advisory Asia | Captive Consulting Leader |  | Lawrence is in Marsh Asia Pacific’s Risk Advisory Practice and has responsibility for helping clients establish new captives and ensuring clients with existing captives optimise the strategic risk financing benefits their captives bring by focusing on retention levels and lines of business that may be suitable. Lawrence works primarily with the Risk Analytics team, the client service teams, Alternative Risk Solutions team, Placement team and the Chief Client Officers, which means Marsh provides a fully integrated service proposition focused on risk and risk financing with Captives at the heart of the risk financing strategy. | Retentions, captives and parametric solutions |
| Yves Betz | AXA XL | Global Head of Multinational Solutions |  | - | Retentions, captives and parametric solutions |
| Franck Baron | PARIMA | President, IFRIMA & Executive Team, International Affairs, |  | - | Keynote: Living with change and responding to crisis Retentions, captives and parametric solutions |
| James Addington-Smith | Marsh Asia | President |  | - | Keynote: Living with change and responding to crisis |
