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Alastair has worked across Financial Services Industry for the last 20 years. In the last 10 years his focus has been on the design, delivery and support of proprietary and 3rd party customer solutions focused on electronic trade execution. He currently manages a global team who support HSBC’s award winning Single Dealer Platform Evolve (https://www.gbm.hsbc.com/evolve/overview), which services the Markets and Securities Services divisions Corporate and Institutional clients. Whilst by no means an Insurance expert (other than in a personal capacity) he is looking forward to sharing some insight on Client Digital Experience from an Investment Banking point of view, a look back on how things have changed and the innovative and exciting new technologies that the Banking sector are embracing to continually enhance customer interactions.

Dave has 30 years of insurance experience across a number of technical and general management disciplines.Starting in Royal as a Property Underwriter in the London Market, moving through a variety of roles both international and domestic. Dave is now the CUO for AXA’s UK Commercial business. Joining AXA in Dec 2021, he has a specific brief to transform the UW and Pricing capabilities, whilst continuing to improve the underlying performance of the business.

Eleanor Dallaway has 16 years of experience as a tech journalist. Eleanor served as editor and editorial director of Infosecurity Magazine from 2006 to 2022, during which time she founded the Women in Cybersecurity networking events, advised the Conservative Government on its information security policy and won several awards including the Women of influence award in the US and information security feature of the year. Eleanor is also published in The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Times and Imbibe.

Transformational HR lead with experience delivering strategic People change across specialisms. Empowering people to be the best that they can be all enabled by their skills for today but also unlocking their potential with skills for tomorrow. Bring this all to life through the strategic review and implementation of Future Skills initiatives working to make skills the currency of the workforce for the future.

Working closely and co-creating solutions with c-suite through to front line, in house and externally developing and delivering people and commercial value add change, built from years of ER and business partnering experience.

Employee and personal well-being are truly one of Peter’s core values which is showcased throughout delivery and role as a Mental Health First Aiders.

Melissa’s role is to promote higher professional standards within the insurance and financial planning sectors. Melissa is also responsible for legal affairs and risk management. Through external stakeholder engagement, my aim is to raise awareness of best practice and drive ethical behaviour.

Head of the Product and Underwriting department for Great Lakes providing product oversight and governance for all insurance products, including product approval and review processes, product design and transition to market and oversight of wordings for Great Lakes global insurance business.

Previous experience as a Claims Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the insurance industry both in the London market as well as Asia and Germany. Skilled in different areas of Insurance and Reinsurance claims, wordings, reviews, due diligence and onboarding of new clients, Property & Casualty Insurance. Strong business development knowledge including Management, Risk Management and Training,. Post Graduate degree and MBA from The Open University, qualified mediator and arbitrator and published author in reinsurance and business interruption amongst other subjects.

Member of CILA SIG group on Construction Energy and Engineering. Author and technical editor of the Chartered Insurance Institute book on Reinsurance and contributor to several textbooks on Insurance such as Riley on Business Interruption.

Kirsty is the Head of Product of By Miles and is focused on continuous discovery and empowered product teams to deliver brilliant outcomes for customers and businesses. Working in InsurTech on a mission to make insurance and driving fairer for customers.

Turning product ideas from a napkin sketch to a full-fledged commercial launch. Building the core product for two successful startups with profitable exits. Leading M&A activities on both sides of the Atlantic and helped integrate the merged orgs. Todd is currently building the next big FinTech in Europe and is the Chief Product and Technology Officer at By Miles