| Full Name | Company | Job Title | Profile Picture | Speaker Bio | Speaking At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emma Loynes | Lloyds | Asia CEO |  | - | Mind the gap |
| Lawrence Bird | Marsh Captives Solutions | Captives Regional Leader, Asia & Pacific |  | Lawrence is the Regional Leader for all Captive Insurance matters in Asia and Pacific responsible for the captive management operations in the region together with overall responsibility for the captive consulting services focused on captive strategy for existing captive owners and prospective captive owners, with which Lawrence is heavily involved. He has worked in the Captive Insurance field for 27 years. He was in Guernsey, Europe’s largest captive domicile, for 7 years and then moved to Bermuda, the world’s largest domicile at the time, where he spent 16 years and was the Head of Marsh’s captive operation. Lawrence moved to Singapore in 2022 focusing 100% on creating new captives and growing existing captives for the Asia and Pacific clients before taking on the expanded role in 2026 of Regional Leader for Captives in the region. | Retentions, captives and parametric solutions |
| Jeremy Maynard | Marsh | Claims Leader - Asia |  | - | Claims: How do I get my claim paid where and when I need it? |
| Graeme Riddell | Marsh | Climate & Sustainability Consulting Leader, Asia Pacific |  | Graeme leads Climate & Sustainability Consulting across Asia and the Pacific within Marsh Advisory as well as Marsh’s Global COE on Climate. Globally the team of more than 40 climate experts helps our clients understand the risks and transformation imperative that managing climate change will have on their business, their assets, and value chains. This involves working with clients to integrate ESG and sustainability risks into their enterprise risk management frameworks, assess current policies and frameworks, build capacity to understand and manage such risks, and engage internally and externally to realise the benefits of effective risk management strategies. Graeme also supports clients with their climate risk management strategies with a strong focus on physical risks and resilience combining Marsh’s unique capabilities in supporting end-to-end climate risk management from asset-level engineering studies to cross-portfolio strategy. | Climate risk |
| 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 |
| Allister Tan | Drew & Napier | Director, Dispute Resolution |  | Allister is a director at Drew & Napier, specialising in dispute resolution with a focus on insurance and commercial disputes. With over 16 years of legal experience, Allister has built an excellent reputation for handling complex and high stakes cases. In addition to being called to the Singapore Bar, he is also called to the English and Malaysian Bar. In his insurance practice, his expertise is sought after by a diverse clientele, including insurers, reinsurers, brokers and policyholders. His acumen in navigating complex legal landscapes has enabled him to build and grow the firm’s insurance disputes practice, which now has the reputation of being one of the top choices for policyholders in such disputes. He also maintains an active arbitration practice and acts in a wide range of institutional and ad hoc arbitrations, as well as in arbitration related applications before the Singapore courts. | Protecting executives |
| Steve Tunstall | PARIMA | Director & General Secretary |  | 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. | Retentions, captives and parametric solutions |
| Victoria Tan | Ayala, and Board Member, PARIMA | Executive Director, Group Sustainability and Risk Management Unit, |  | Victoria Tan currently manages external engagements and policy developments related to climate and nature. She has helped steer Ayala Corporation towards a low-carbon and more sustainable future. Instrumental in developing Ayala's commitment to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, Victoria has played a key role in building Ayala's groupwide forest and biodiversity protection initiative. Both programmes place Ayala at the forefront of climate action in the Philippines. In addition to her role in Ayala Corporation, Victoria actively participates in regional and national organisations that elevate the risk management profession and that increase awareness on sustainable development. | ESG within the risk management framework |
| 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 |
| Antonio Vianello | Generali | GC&C Head of Multinational Programmes |  | Antonio started his career at Generali in 2001 in the Multinational Program business area and then moved to the Generali UK Branch in 2008 as Global Property Underwriter in London. In 2013 he joined Generali Global Corporate & Commercial in Milan, as Head of Multinational Programs & Network Management coming back to his original interest: Multinational Business and the implied fascinating challenges that come along with it such as global risk management, compliance and taxation, cross culture implications, global operating model and execution. He recently added to his responsibilities also the Captive business exploiting the synergies between both propositions. | Mind the gap |
| Yves Betz | AXA XL | Global Head of Multinational Solutions |  | - | Retentions, captives and parametric solutions |
| Aniket Jalgaonkar | AXA Climate | Head of Climate Consulting Services, APAC |  | Aniket Jalgaonkar is the head of Climate Consulting Services for AXA Climate in the APAC region, bringing over 17 years of distinguished experience in the consulting field. He has a rich background in advising clients across multiple countries and sectors on the risks and vulnerabilities posed by sustainability and climate change. Aniket specialises in developing comprehensive management and resilience plans to safeguard assets, operations, and businesses against environmental challenges. His strategic insights and extensive expertise make him a leading authority in climate consulting, driving impactful solutions for sustainable development. | Climate risk |
| Mani Dhesi | Aon | Head of Growth and Client Engagement APAC |  | Mani Dhesi is Head of Crisis and Cyber Consulting for Aon in Asia Pacific, with over 15 years of experience advising global organisations on political violence, terrorism, crisis management, business continuity and security risk management. He leads the development and delivery of Aon’s Political Violence and Terrorism consulting capabilities across the region, helping clients understand, mitigate and transfer risk arising from evolving threat environments. His experience includes directing Probable Maximum Loss (PML) studies for critical infrastructure, leading blast modelling engagements aligned with international standards, conducting physical security assessments, and advising multinational organisations on resilience strategies, crisis preparedness and risk financing solutions. Prior to Aon, Mani was responsible for developing business continuity and physical security programmes that protected critical facilities and supported continuity of operations. He holds two patents for risk assessment methodologies, is an ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, and holds an MSc in Advanced Management Practice from the University of Bath and a BA in International Business and Chinese Mandarin from Nottingham Business School. | Cyber |
| Shiwei Jin | AXA XL | Head of Multinational Solutions, APAC & Europe |  | Prior to her appointment as Head of Global Programs, APAC & Europe at AXA XL Shiwei was Global Program & Captive Regional Director, APAC, AXA XL and responsible for driving Global Program and Captive business as well as developing strong relationships with AXA XL’s broker partners and clients across APAC. She is a seasoned insurance professional specialising in global commercial insurance programmes and has 20 years experience in the insurance industry. With a proven track record in working with global clients across the world, Shiwei provides bespoke and complex global programme and captive solutions, as well as formulating new global programmes. | Mind the gap |
| 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 |
| Rod Guillard | Aon | Head of Strategic Account management & Global Client Network, Asia |  | - | Mind the gap |
| Vanessa Priede | Swiss Re | International Programs APAC Lead |  | Vanessa is dedicated to enhancing the IP servicing platform in the region by leveraging best practices, processes, systems, knowledge, and automation improvements to benefit Swiss Re Corporate Solutions' global clients. With over 20 years of experience in multinational insurance management, Vanessa has been instrumental in establishing the International Program Unit, which also supports global clients in the UK and Ireland. When she was working in London, she built a world-class multinational platform that offers account management services for all allocated captive and global accounts. Additionally, Vanessa pioneered a complex Capacity Management strategy for the UK & Ireland International Programs, introducing a robust regional operational efficiencies strategy model, among many other significant accomplishments for the business. | Mind the gap |
| Toby Nabarro | SDV Fenchurch | Partner |  | - | Claims: How do I get my claim paid where and when I need it? |
| James Addington-Smith | Marsh Asia | President |  | - | Keynote: Living with change and responding to crisis |
| Franck Baron | PARIMA | President, IFRIMA & Executive Team, International Affairs, |  | - | Keynote: Living with change and responding to crisis Retentions, captives and parametric solutions |
