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Full Name | Company | Job Title | Profile Picture | Speaker Bio | Speaking At |
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Beatriz Rodriguez Antolin | QBE | Claims Manager, EO Claims Europe | Beatriz has over 18 years experience working with multinational claims and is currently the Claims Manager for QBE’s Spanish branch. As a legal advisor, she has a broad knowledge of cross-border claims management and a comprehensive insight into insureds’ needs and requirements. Beatriz has been with QBE for over three years and provides tailor-made claims solutions for multinational customers. | Panel discussion: Claims - How do I get my claim paid where and when I need it? | |
Adrian Ruiz | WTW | Head of Cyber & TMT | - | Presentation & panel discussion: Cyber - How to keep the coverage relevant | |
Praveen Sharma | Marsh | Practice Leader - Insurance Regulation & Tax Consulting | - | Presentation: European Tax and Regulatory Update | |
James Straker-Nesbit | Virgin Atlantic | Senior Insurance Manager | - | Presentation & panel discussion: Securing the best possible deal from the insurance market | |
Zoe Towndrow | BPL Global | Practice Lead, Political Violence | With 26 years’ experience in political risk and political violence broking, Zoe Towndrow is a seasoned practitioner in the London insurance market and leader of BPL Global’s political violence practice. Her specialty is creating bespoke PV and terrorism programmes to suit the complex needs of a range of clients, including multinational corporates and cedants. As a passionate advocate for developing the markets’ capabilities and the political violence product, she is not afraid of injecting new ideas and energy into existing market practices and has been involved in numerous new wording initiatives over the course of her career. | Presentation & panel discussion: Response to crisis | |
David Vigier | HDI Global | Captives Services and Claims Strategy Director | David started as facultative underwriter at French State Owned Reinsurer CCR and then joined AIG where he led Captives services and ART practice in France, Belgium and Luxembourg overlooking books of global insurance programs for major accounts for 12 years. He then joined Europcar Mobility Group and served for 6 years as Group Director, Insurance and Risk Management. More recently he served 4 years as CCO and member of the executive committee at Sanlam Pan Africa. Over the last two and a half years he was CCO and member of the executive committee at loss survey firm Erget. | Panel discussion: Captives | |
Lasse Wallquist | Swiss Re Corporate Solutions | Head Sustainability Corporate Solutions | Lasse heads the Sustainability team at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions. He is responsible for integrating sustainability into insurance underwriting and for the development of sustainability linked offerings. He brings 10 years of experience in various sustainability linked roles in the industry, both in Europe and in the United States. Before joining Corporate Solutions, he was managing Swiss Re Group's ESG Risk Framework applying to re/insurance and investments. Lasse holds a PhD in environmental sciences from ETH Zurich. | Panel discussion: ESG | |
Melanie Windirsch | Allianz Commercial | Head of Global Network Management | Melanie brings a wealth of expertise and strategic insight to the industry with a strong foundation in different underwriting areas, primarily within the German and US markets, and a focus on casualty insurance. With her profound understanding of multinational business and network management, Melanie is eager to share her knowledge and experiences at the Global Programmes Conference. | Presentation & panel discussion: Securing the best possible deal from the insurance market | |
Yue Yang | Marsh | UK Retail Cyber Team Leader | Yue heads the UK Cyber Retail division at Marsh, where her role involves providing creative cyber insurance options to clients and fostering expansion through specialized cyber risk and insurance strategies. With a background spanning more than a dozen years across broking and management consulting, she brings a unique blend of expertise in insurance, strategy, analytics, and cyber security to aid clients in their risk management endeavours, particularly as businesses adopt a comprehensive strategy to handle cyber and technology risks. | Presentation & panel discussion: Cyber - How to keep the coverage relevant |