| Full Name | Company | Job Title | Profile Picture | Speaker Bio | Speaking At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Bird | Marsh Advisory Asia | Captive Consulting Leader |  | 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. | Panel discussion: Beyond traditional insurance – captives & parametric solutions |
| Jude Cross | Allianz Commercial | Regional Head of Property, Asia |  | Jude Cross is the Regional Head of Property for Asia at Allianz Commercial, the global line of the Allianz Group for insuring large enterprises, mid-sized businesses, and specialist risks. An aerospace engineer by training, Jude possesses over 20 years’ experience in the insurance industry spanning various underwriting and risk engineering roles, which enabled him to cultivate a strong cross-disciplinary awareness of multiple lines of insurance coverage across various industry sectors, including semiconductors, metals, chemicals, pharma and F&B. | Keynote panel discussion: Climate change, natural catastrophes and the search for solutions |
| Etienne Desplanches | Zurich Insurance Company | Head of Multinational Asia, Customer, Distribution & Market Management, Singapore |  | - | Panel discussion: Structuring global programmes for Asia – what works, what breaks |
| Nannecy Dulin | MAXIS GBN | APAC Regional Director |  | Nannecy has over 15 years’ leadership experience in the global employee benefits industry, having worked for both global insurers and brokers across commercial strategy and client management. She has worked on many complex EB programmes across the APAC region and has been responsible for managing relationships with benefits networks. Before joining MAXIS GBN, Nannecy was an Account Director at Mercer Marsh Benefits in the Global Benefits Management team. | Panel discussion: Navigating workforce risk in Asia – coordinating benefits, mobility and duty of care |
| Gautam Iyer | Marsh | Strategic Client Director |  | - | Closing roundtable: What can Asia’s risk and insurance managers expect from the insurance market in coming renewals? |
| 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. | Presentation: Rising to the cyber threat in Asia |
| Rahul Kumar | Cushman & Wakefield | Risk Manager |  | Rahul Kumar is a seasoned professional with a proven track record of delivering strategic solutions to multinational clients. After building the foundation as an insurance broker servicing all lines of insurance for a diversified group of multinational clients, he joined the in-house Risk Management team at a fortune 100 technology-based industry leader and soon became the APAC lead for Risk and Insurance. More recently, Rahul is engaged as APAC leader for Risk and Insurance for a Global Commercial Real Estate firm. Rahul specialises in structuring and implementing global programs, leveraging his expertise to mitigate risks and optimise insurance solutions for the business. His expertise includes: Global program design and implementation, risk assessment and mitigation strategies, and insurance market analysis and negotiations. | Panel discussion: Claims reality in Asia – settlement, disputes & escalation |
| Sean Letz | Marsh | Specialty Cyber Leader, Asia |  | Sean Letz is Marsh’s Specialty Cyber Leader for Asia, advising clients on cyber and technology risk and supporting complex cyber and technology insurance programs, supported by Marsh’s cyber consulting capabilities. He leads Marsh’s regional cyber strategy, combining risk intelligence, cybersecurity and incident response capabilities, and (re)insurance market expertise to deliver measurable outcomes. Based in Singapore, Sean brings global experience across Asia, the US, the UK, and Europe; he is a frequent speaker on cyber risk trends and market developments and has been nominated four times for Advisen Cyber Risk Person of the Year. | Presentation: Rising to the cyber threat in Asia |
| Tony McHarg | Risk FabriQ | Director & Co-Founder |  | - | Presentation and panel discussion: AI, data & digitalisation – delivering real business value |
| Vibhav Mithal | Anand & Anand, and Head, India Chapter, RIMAS | Associate Partner |  | Vibhav Mithal is an artificial intelligence and intellectual property lawyer and an Associate Partner at Anand & Anand. Recognised as a Rising Star by Managing MIP consistently from 2022 to 2026, Vibhav has been involved in landmark IPR litigations for over a decade (including the first AI & Personality rights case – Anil Kapoor and the first software patent – Ferid Allani). His AI Governance work focuses on AI holistically from a non-technical legal plus lens. To shape the AI ecosystem, he voluntarily serves as an Associate Research Fellow with the Centre for Responsible AI, IIT Madras; co-leads Team India at ForHumanity, India, represents Africa Tech for Development Initiative as their global ambassador; and heads the India Chapter of Risk Insurance Management Association of Singapore (RIMAS). | Presentation and panel discussion: AI, data & digitalisation – delivering real business value |
| Toby Nabarro | Fenchurch Law | Partner |  | - | Panel discussion: Claims reality in Asia – settlement, disputes & escalation |
| Harprit Narang | AIG | Regional Cyber Lead |  | Harprit is the AIG regional cyber leader for Asia Pacific based out of Singapore. He is responsible for managing cyber underwriting portfolio and ensuring its sustainable growth across the region. Prior to AIG, Harprit comes with cyber risk consulting and underwriting background with a reinsurance company. In total, Harprit brings over fifteen years of relevant experience across various roles including Underwriting, Cyber security, Incident response, and Client services. | Presentation: Rising to the cyber threat in Asia |
| Mai Nguyen | Mercer | MMB Multinational Advisory Principal, Singapore |  | Mai has over a decade of consulting and corporate experience, with a focus on employee health and retirement benefits. As part of her role, Mai assists organizations in navigating the complex landscape of employee health and retirement benefits, including design, governance structure, optimization, harmonization, and seamless delivery of multi-country benefits within the region. Beyond her contributions at Mercer, Mai previously led the APAC retirement and savings programs for a global high-tech firm. | Panel discussion: Navigating workforce risk in Asia – coordinating benefits, mobility and duty of care |
| Manoj Kumar Pandey | LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd. | Head – Insurance |  | Manoj is a certified underwriter from National Insurance Academy, Pune (India) with industry experience of 20+ years of working with various insurance companies like IFFCO Tokio General Insurance, Apollo Munich Health Insurance and Reliance General Insurance, along with big corporates like Snapdeal, Lava International and Indus Tower Ltd. He is currently working with LG Electronics India as Head of Insurance. He manages the insurance portfolio of LG Electronics including implementation of Risk management practices, placement of policies and claim management. Manoj has won various awards in his insurance journey. | Closing roundtable: What can Asia’s risk and insurance managers expect from the insurance market in coming renewals? |
| Evelyn Pang | AXA XL | Multinational Solutions & Captive Manager, Asia |  | Evelyn is responsible for driving AXA XL's Global Programme and Captive businesses, as well as developing strong relationships with brokers and clients in the Asia region. She has over 15 years of experience handling multinational programmes in complex client portfolio and various industries including trading, manufacturing, logistics, airline, terminal operation and financial institutions. Prior to joining AXA XL, she worked as a Casualty underwriter for Berkley's Greater China business, and she was a Senior Manager in a major brokerage firm responsible for structuring, securing capacity in placement and implementing global programmes to multinational corporates. | Closing roundtable: What can Asia’s risk and insurance managers expect from the insurance market in coming renewals? |
| Rinnah Roque | HDI Global | Regional Service Delivery Manager Producing Office, Multinational |  | Rinnah has 30 years insurance experience. After beginning her career at Pioneer Insurance Company in the Philippines, she worked at Aon, initially in Manila, then in the Sydney office. From 2011, Rinnah worked at Zurich in Sydney where she was responsible for managing International Programmes. Rinnah joined HDI Australia in January 2020 and manages the Produced business in Australia and the region. | Panel discussion: Structuring global programmes for Asia – what works, what breaks |
| Weebeng Seow | Descartes Underwriting | Business Development Director |  | Wee Beng is a Business Development Director at Descartes Underwriting in the Singapore office. With a focus in the Asia-Pacific region, he collaborates closely with brokers and corporate clients to develop tailored parametric solutions that address their specific needs. Prior to joining Descartes three years ago, Wee Beng has previously worked as an insurance broker in multinational broking houses, specialising in placing global property and casualty programs for companies with assets across various territories. | Panel discussion: Beyond traditional insurance – captives & parametric solutions |
| Benedikt Signer | SEADRIF Insurance | Executive Director & Board Member |  | - | Keynote panel discussion: Climate change, natural catastrophes and the search for solutions |
| 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. | Panel discussion: Structuring global programmes for Asia – what works, what breaks Panel discussion: Beyond traditional insurance – captives & parametric solutions |
| Roshan Wahab | Marsh | Vice President, Marsh Risk, Climate & Sustainability Consulting |  | Roshan looks into physical risk and natural catastrophe modelling across Asia within Marsh Advisory. In this role he supports clients to understand and evaluate their exposure towards natural catastrophes and climate risk. Before joining Marsh Advisory, he was a catastrophe model developer with a reinsurance broker and developed catastrophe model and led probabilistic risk assessment for various perils such as flood, typhoon and storm surge. He has collaborated with academia to integrate climate change impacts into catastrophe modelling to develop country specific view of risks. | Keynote panel discussion: Climate change, natural catastrophes and the search for solutions |
