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Sanat is a multilingual Chartered Accountant with Management analytics, Financial modelling and Business partnering skills who is passionate about Shareholder Value creation. He streamlines and automates Finance processes and drives towards Efficiency and Control. He eases Decision making via actionable Business insights and interactive Dashboards. Sanat is a keen and constant Learner, and has recently completed Columbia Business School’s Business Analytics course. He currently supports restructuring and divesting of Zurich Insurance’s global Non-core portfolios from Finance perspective. Before Zurich Insurance, Sanat had a progressive Accountancy practice career and has served clients from various industries including Hospitality.

Andrea Pace is a strategic technology leader with over 15 years of experience in shaping innovation roadmaps and delivering scalable solutions for global organisations in the insurance and fintech sectors. Currently serving as Head of Engineering at Brit Insurance, Andrea drives technical strategy and operational excellence across the entire company’s portfolio. He has a strong track record of fostering high-performance teams and spearheading digital transformation initiatives, aligning technology with business goals to create competitive advantages. Andrea is passionate about leveraging modern tech stacks, cloud computing, and agile methodologies to simplify complex systems and drive innovation.

Gabriel joined Homeprotect in 2020 and is currently Head of Customer Strategy. He leads all aspects of Homeprotect’s customer strategy to drive more customers to join, renew and recommend Homeprotect, managing a team that oversees customer strategy and analytics, customer propositions and UX/UI. He is the Chair of the company-wide Customer Experience Forum, a monthly review of all customer initiatives, feedback and transformation projects attended by the CEO and other SLT members. Prior to joining the company, he worked in growth and customer strategy development roles for Fintech startups. Gabriel was nominated as a finalist in September 2024 for The Insurance Times Young Achiever Award.

Seasoned professional with successful history for leading D&A research and consulting assignments globally across clients in Financial Services, Energy and Utilities, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Telecom and Media.
Currently am a Director in Gartner Consulting for Data, Analytics and AI practice with responsibility of managing and growing the UK&I business.

Director of Client Services and Innovation at Robertsons.  David has worked within Claims since 1997 holding leadership roles with both Insurers and Service Providers.  David is Robertsons Senior Management lead on delegated Claims Fraud Management and the Robertsons Claims TPA.