Chris Drew
Chief Actuarial Officer
General Executive Committee
At every level within Volante, we have invested in outstanding talent. Each of our underwriting divisions is headed-up by recognised leaders in their respective sectors or territories – market experts that are results driven and fully empowered to forge ahead.
That level of best-in-class expertise is evident across all our operations, from our Technology Centre through to our claims management and risk control teams. We have set ourselves challenging targets which demand that we bring on board the calibre of teams and individuals necessary to achieve them.
WE HAVE SET OURSELVES CHALLENGING TARGETS WHICH DEMAND THAT WE BRING ON BOARD THE CALIBRE OF TEAMS AND INDIVIDUALS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE THEM
That also means they must be motivated and committed to taking our organisation to the next level. While established practitioners in their particular arenas, Volante expects its people to be constantly looking ahead in an effort to find new, more effective ways of doing business.
We are constantly looking to add further depth to our talent pool across our organisation, whether attracting successful teams or outstanding underwriters to head-up new divisions, or innovative, tech-savvy pioneers looking to push boundaries.
To learn more about opportunities at Volante, contact [email protected]
Chief Actuarial Officer
General Executive Committee
Chief Actuarial Officer
General Executive Committee
Chris has 22 years of actuarial experience covering a range of roles, from performance monitoring to pricing. Prior to joining Volante he was Head of Actuarial and MI for the Retail Division at QBE European Operations. He has also worked for RSA, Hymans Robertson and GE Capita.
Founder, CEO & CUO
General Executive Committee
Founder, CEO & CUO
General Executive Committee
Talbir has more than 20 years of experience in the London Market. Prior to founding Volante, Talbir was the CEO and Group CUO of Dual International. Previously he held a number of managerial positions at QBE Europe, including Managing Director. He began his insurance career in 1998 at Willis in London before joining Swiss Re as a pricing actuary.
Managing Director
General Executive Committee
Managing Director
General Executive Committee
Andrew has over 30 years of experience in the financial and professional lines sector across both underwriting and broking. Prior to joining Volante, Andrew was Divisional Head – Financial & Professional Lines at Barbican Managing Agency Ltd (Syndicate 1955). He has also held senior roles at Marsh FINPRO and BMS Bermuda, and was previously a Chair of the Lloyd’s Market Association’s (LMA) FI panel.
Chief Actuarial Officer
General Executive Committee
Chief Actuarial Officer
General Executive Committee
Chris has 22 years of actuarial experience covering a range of roles, from performance monitoring to pricing. Prior to joining Volante he was Head of Actuarial and MI for the Retail Division at QBE European Operations. He has also worked for RSA, Hymans Robertson and GE Capita.
Chief Financial Officer
General Executive Committee
Chief Financial Officer
General Executive Committee
Deepti is an ACCA qualified accountant with 15 years of experience in the insurance sector. Prior to joining Volante, Deepti was Head of Financial Planning & Analysis (UK) at DUAL Corporate Risks (MGA). Previously she has held senior finance positions in AIG Europe and Euler Hermes.
Chief Operating Officer
General Executive Committee
Chief Operating Officer
General Executive Committee
Donna has 25 years’ experience in the insurance industry with proven expertise in designing and building long terms strategic plans, shaping target operating models to deliver outstanding business performance. Donna joined Volante Global from IQUW and ERS Lloyd’s syndicate where she was a Director of the Board and Group COO. Prior to this Donna was at QBE as Head of UK Casualty Claims and for fifteen years in various roles in Claims, IT and Change at AXA prior to 2011. Donna has received various awards during her career including the British Insurance and Chartered Institute Young Achiever of the Year awards.
Head of Claims
General Executive Committee
Head of Claims
General Executive Committee
Geoff is a highly experienced claims manager. Over the last 30 years, he has worked across the insurance, reinsurance and loss adjusting sectors in senior claims roles.
Prior to joining Volante, Geoff was Global Head of Crawford Global Technical Services, a division of Crawford & Company. His career also spans 19 years at Gen Re, where he rose to the position of Global Property & Claims Manager. He was also a member of the Gen Re Corp Board and Risk Committee.
Director of Delegated Underwriting and Syndicate 1699 Manager
General Executive Committee
Director of Delegated Underwriting and Syndicate 1699 Manager
General Executive Committee
Jennifer has 20 years experience in the insurance industry and is ACII qualified. As delegated authority manager, she is responsible for the oversight, monitoring and general governance of all of delegated authority contracts and agreements globally. Prior to joining Volante, she was delegated underwriting manager at Canopius Managing Agents Ltd.
Chief Risk Officer
General Executive Committee
Chief Risk Officer
General Executive Committee
Philip has over 30 years experience in audit, risk and compliance within the insurance industry. His most recent role was as Risk & Compliance Director for Hastings Direct where he was responsible for all second line activities including risk, compliance, data protection, business resilience and financial crime. He held a similar role for 8 years at AXA Insurance having previously held Head of Audit roles at HSBC and Winterthur.
Active Underwriter and Chief Underwriting Officer for S1699
General Executive Committee
Active Underwriter and Chief Underwriting Officer for S1699
General Executive Committee
Roshni is an experienced underwriter with over 13 years in the (re)insurance market. Prior to joining Volante, Roshni was Head of International Casualty Treaty at SiriusPoint Ltd. with group-wide responsibility of all international casualty business underwritten. Upon joining SiriusPoint Ltd. she established the international casualty product as a new offering via both their company and syndicate platforms. Roshni has also held a senior casualty treaty underwriting role at Everest Re, underwriting casualty and specialty classes via Everest Re’s London office. Roshni’s (re)insurance career began in the actuarial team at Everest Re where her role included pricing, reserving and exposure management.
People & Culture Director
General Executive Committee
People & Culture Director
General Executive Committee
Sophie is responsible for providing strategic and operational People services, spanning the People lifecycle to all Volante Global operations across the UK and internationally.
Sophie has a Masters in Human Resource Management, with distinction, and is CIPD Level 7 qualified.
Founder, CEO & CUO
General Executive Committee
Founder, CEO & CUO
General Executive Committee
Talbir has more than 20 years of experience in the London Market. Prior to founding Volante, Talbir was the CEO and Group CUO of Dual International. Previously he held a number of managerial positions at QBE Europe, including Managing Director. He began his insurance career in 1998 at Willis in London before joining Swiss Re as a pricing actuary.
Director of Treaty
Volante (DIFC)
Director of Treaty
Volante (DIFC)
Abdelfattah has more than 24+ years of experience in the reinsurance sector.
Prior to joining Volante (DIFC) Ltd. in April 2022 as Director of Treaty he held various senior underwriting and management positions such as Chief Underwriting Officer at Saudi Re from 2018 to 2022 and Head of Treaty at Gulf Re from 2008 to 2017. Before that Abdelfattah served as a Senior Underwriter at Hannover Re in Germany where he spent more than 11 years between 1997 and 2008 overlooking non-life treaty business emanating from the Arab World, Cyprus, Greece, Iran, Malta and Turkey.
Head of Underwriting Administration
Underwriting Administration
Head of Underwriting Administration
Underwriting Administration
Adam joined Volante in October 2019 as the Head of Underwriting Administration. He has over 20 years’ experience in the London Insurance and Reinsurance Market, spanning both underwriting and operations functions. He stated his career at Lambourn Insurance Services where he worked at several Lloyds syndicates, brokers and run-off companies on projects that ranged from the implementation of reinsurance systems through to the reconciliation of client ledges and claims processing.
Adam then spent several years at Novae Syndicates Limited with roles spanning from commutations, underwriting and management.
Prior to joining Volante, he worked at Starr Insurance Companies as the Casualty Underwriting Support Manager.
His technical expertise stems from the wide-ranging roles he has undertaken throughout his career and his sector knowledge spans accident & health, aviation, bloodstock, marine hull, war and liability, professional indemnity, property and political and credit insurance.
Managing Director, South East Asia & China
Imara
Managing Director, South East Asia & China
Imara
Amy joined Volante as Managing Director in August 2022.
She has over 15 years’ experience in the (re)insurance market. Her career started with Swiss Re and has taken her around the world to Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo, London and Singapore. Amongst one of the first employees at Pioneer Underwriting, she built an international Marine portfolio of Treaty, Fac and Direct business, and was part of the team instrumental to its transition from an MGA to a Lloyd’s syndicate.
Amy moved to Singapore in 2017 to lead the distribution strategy and stakeholder engagement for Lloyd’s Asia.
Most recently she was a company director and board member of BMS Singapore.
Amy is an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute and holds an MBA from Imperial College London and is fluent in English and Mandarin.
Underwriter
Aesir Space
Underwriter
Aesir Space
Anastasia has over 15 years of experience in Space and Aviation (Re)Insurance. Her extensive experience as a broker gives her understanding of insureds’ needs and an ability to define suitable insurance coverage solutions for a broad spectrum of risks.
In her last role as Divisional Director for Space at United Insurance Brokers, Anastasia was responsible for placing reinsurance for CIS clients including Roscosmos and Russian aerospace manufacturers, including not just launch and in-orbit but also AIT, pre-launch and third party liabilities.
Making good use of her MBA and drawing on her network and multicultural background, she strengthens and broadens Aesir Space’s diversified and structured underwriting approach.
Assistant Underwriter
Edison Motor
Assistant Underwriter
Edison Motor
Andrea has 32 years of experience in the insurance market having worked in the Company Market, Broker Industry and the MGA sector. She has held varied roles covering Household, Private Car, Commercial and Fleet Insurance including Binder Underwriting/Management and Underwriting Governance.
Managing Director
General Executive Committee
Managing Director
General Executive Committee
Andrew has over 30 years of experience in the financial and professional lines sector across both underwriting and broking. Prior to joining Volante, Andrew was Divisional Head – Financial & Professional Lines at Barbican Managing Agency Ltd (Syndicate 1955). He has also held senior roles at Marsh FINPRO and BMS Bermuda, and was previously a Chair of the Lloyd’s Market Association’s (LMA) FI panel.
Managing Director
Structured Finance
Managing Director
Structured Finance
Angelos has over 20 years’ experience in investment banking and insurance in London and New York. He joins Volante from AXA XL where his role as Head of Operational Risk Insurance focused on developing innovative risk transfer products, including Operational Risk and Credit Risk capital optimisation solutions, as well as underwriting traditional Financial Lines products for large, complex Financial Institutions.
Before joining AXA XL, Angelos was Head of Operational Risk implementation for Morgan Stanley’s asset management division. Angelos has held senior positions within the financial lines business with Marsh in New York and Aon in London, as well as the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs specialising in the telecommunication and e-commerce industry sectors.
Business Analyst
Technology
Business Analyst
Technology
Anish works with the business to understand the business needs and requirements for specific projects. He owns the business processes across the organisation and acts as the Subject Matter Expert for those processes when bringing on board new products.
Anish began his insurance experience at Tokio Marine HCC where he held the role of Business Analyst for five years working on different London Market projects. He has excellent experience of underwriting, claims and ratings processes and how to interpret these into appropriate business requirements for implementation with a view to overall business strategy.
He holds an undergraduate degree in Financial Computing and a master’s degree in Banking and Finance.
Executive Underwriter
Volante Speciality Risk
Executive Underwriter
Volante Speciality Risk
Annie has over 12 years’ experience in the United States insurance industry on both the broker and the underwriting side.
Prior to joining Volante Specialty Risk, Annie was an Executive Underwriter at Chubb Insurance in Atlanta, Georgia. Annie began her career at Willis (now Willis Towers Watson) in New York and later joined Wells Fargo Insurance Services (now USI Insurance Services).
Head Actuary
Horizon Europe AG
Head Actuary
Horizon Europe AG
Arnaud has over 20 years of actuarial experience in the reinsurance sector, having held numerous senior roles.
Prior to joining Horizon, he was Chief Actuary for Europe at Canopius Europe, responsible for pricing, price monitoring, reserving and planning. He was also Chief Actuary across ACE Insurance Switzerland, ACE Reinsurance Switzerland and ACE Tempest Re Zurich. He began his actuarial career at Partner Re in 1999 and also worked for XL Re Europe.
Director of Third Party Lines
Volante (DIFC)
Director of Third Party Lines
Volante (DIFC)
Arnen held leadership and senior underwriting positions in the insurance and reinsurance sector over the past 25+ years. He brings an in-depth understanding of the general insurance and reinsurance market-leading underwriting teams, Casualty line of business and regional offices of insurers and reinsurers in the Middle East, Africa and Turkey.
He joined Volante in 2021 as Head of Casualty and a member of the senior management team of Volante (DIFC) Ltd.
Before Volante, Arnen had several Casualty roles between 2003 and 2021 at the AIG MEASA region. He was the Casualty Profit Centre Manager between 2012 and 2020 and the Head of Liability Product line manager (Energy and Construction casualty) in 2020 and 2021.
Business Manager
Volante (DIFC)
Business Manager
Volante (DIFC)
Athar has 8 years of experience in the management of Insurance operations, extensive knowledge in business process management, service delivery, and significant experience in insurance operations across several functions with competence in all aspects of operations. He also has knowledge of underwriting, new business applications, quotation generation, policy issuance, policy maintenance, and end-to-end processes.
Managing Director
Imara
Managing Director
Imara
Bilal is a seasoned re/insurance professional, with experience across underwriting and pricing roles in London, Zurich and in high-growth markets.
Prior to joining Volante, Bilal was Director of Underwriting at a London-based investment fund which owned and operated insurance businesses in high-growth markets in Africa and Asia. He oversaw the successful turnaround of underwriting performance across the group.
As a board member of portfolio companies, he drove portfolio shifts towards profitability, implemented a strong governance culture and enabled a step-change in operational efficiency through the use of state-of-the-art underwriting technology.
Previously, Bilal spent several years at Swiss Re in underwriting and pricing roles, where his clients included some of the largest global insurers, advising them on reinsurance structures, solvency optimisation and risk management.
Managing Director
Imara
Managing Director
Imara
Bobby has nearly 20 years of insurance industry experience across the London Market, Asia and Africa.
During his career, Bobby was Chief Financial Officer at a London-based investment fund which owned and operated insurance businesses in high-growth markets in Africa and Asia. Prior to this, he was a Director at EY, overseeing all aspects of providing assurance and advisory services to a client portfolio of large and listed global re/insurance groups.
Recently, as a board member of a Nigerian insurance company, he played a central role in greatly improving the firm’s performance prior to the company’s sale to Allianz.
Bobby has worked with boards and C-Suite executives of insurance businesses to set their vision and strategy, and has mentored teams to become more client-centric, improve their operations and grow profitably.
Head of Property Underwriting
Horizon Europe AG
Head of Property Underwriting
Horizon Europe AG
Brian has an extensive knowledge of the European property reinsurance market, with over 17 years of underwriting experience in the sector.
Prior to joining the Horizon team, he was Senior Treaty Underwriter and Deputy Head at Aspen Re Europe working across the European property sector. Before this, he was a Senior Treaty Underwriter for Continental Europe at Sompo Canopius Re. He began his underwriting career at Ace Tempest Re in 2002.
Executive Underwriter, Property
Volante Canada Limited
Executive Underwriter, Property
Volante Canada Limited
Cam has over 25 years of insurance experience in the Canadian Insurance market, predominately as a property underwriter working on complex risks. During his extensive career he has held numerous senior underwriting positions at firms including Lumbermen’s Underwriting Alliance, Swiss Re, Chubb and QBE Canada. He also has recent experience in broking with BFL Canada. Cam has valuable technical expertise and is a well-respected underwriter. He is based in Vancouver, BC.
Group Accountant
Finance
Group Accountant
Finance
Carly Richmond is an FCCA qualified accountant with over 16 years experience in insurance. In her last role she was Accounting Controller for AXA Liabilities Managers where she was responsible for the reporting for several international run-off portfolios. Carly has also had experience in portfolio transfers, MI reporting and commutation negotiation.
Business Manager
Volante France
Business Manager
Volante France
Cécile started her career with Hiscox group in 2006. For 8 years, she specialised in professional insurances as a Partnerships Underwriter and then as a Sales Underwriter in the south-west of France. In 2014, she worked as a Project Management Lead on the dedicated setup of delegated underwriting and claims authorities.
Underwriter
Volante Financial & Professional Lines - Directors & Officers
Underwriter
Volante Financial & Professional Lines - Directors & Officers
Charlotte works directly with the Volante F&PL team in her capacity as Assistant Underwriter.
She joined Volante from Barbican Insurance Group where she was an Underwriting Assistant, primarily focusing on FI, but also working across the broader Financial Lines portfolio, including Commercial D&O, Commercial PI and Cyber.
Charlotte is Cert CII qualified.
Compliance Analyst
Risk & Compliance
Compliance Analyst
Risk & Compliance
Charlotte has joined Volante as a Compliance Analyst where she will initially focus on sanctions screening and broader financial crime compliance. Charlotte has 5 years experience in the industry having previously worked at Covea Insurance and A-Plan, whilst working towards her Certificate in Insurance.
Chief Actuarial Officer
General Executive Committee
Chief Actuarial Officer
General Executive Committee
Chris has 22 years of actuarial experience covering a range of roles, from performance monitoring to pricing. Prior to joining Volante he was Head of Actuarial and MI for the Retail Division at QBE European Operations. He has also worked for RSA, Hymans Robertson and GE Capita.
Actuary
Actuarial and Data
Actuary
Actuarial and Data
Before joining Volante, Chris was the first graduate actuary taken on at Advent underwriting, where he specialised in Reserving and Pricing. Working across all lines of business and territories, Chris introduced a number of new processes and embedded these within the company. His breadth of knowledge resulted in him being the actuarial lead for the annual Lloyd’s Business Plan process. Starting his career in 2012, Chris fully qualified as an Actuary in 2016.
Regional Manager South-West
Volante France
Regional Manager South-West
Volante France
Christian Skrzyniarz has over 30 years of experience in the insurance industry. He is the Regional Director of the Bordeaux office. He will also work closely with the management of Volante France on the Middle Market development strategy and digitalization. Prior to joining Volante, Christian has worked for 25 years at Chubb European Group in various positions ranging from underwriting to middle market sales management. He also worked at Filhet Allard, one of the largest French brokers.
Underwriter, UK & Europe
Volante Transaction Services
Underwriter, UK & Europe
Volante Transaction Services
Cristobal is an Underwriter within the VTS UK & Europe team and is based in London. Originally a Chilean qualified lawyer, Cristobal brings over 8 years of international M&A experience to VTS. He worked at Carey, Chile’s largest and most prestigious law firm, and focused his practice in corporate and business law, financing, telecommunications and real estate matters. Prior to joining Volante Global, he completed a Master of Laws (LLM) programme at King’s College London, during which he broadened and deepened his knowledge of the UK legal market, especially in M&A, insurance, and corporate governance matters. Cristobal is fluent in English and Spanish.
Head of FP&A and Treasury
Finance
Head of FP&A and Treasury
Finance
FCCA Qualified Accountant, with extensive Corporate Finance experience within leading financial services companies. Daniels’ core experience sits within the Insurance and Broking sector, bringing a wealth of analytics and reporting capabilities to the FP&A and Treasury function at Volante Global. Prior to joining Volante Global, Daniel held senior finance positions at Willis Towers Watson and Aon.
Deputy Managing Director - APAC
Volante Transaction Services
Deputy Managing Director - APAC
Volante Transaction Services
Daniel is a Deputy Managing Director in Singapore, working as part of the VTS APAC team on transactional liability risks. He brings over 10 years’ M&A experience and for the last six and a half years Daniel has worked in a number of roles within the transactional liability space, including most recently as a senior underwriter for Berkshire Hathaway Speciality Insurance’s Asia Middle East M&A insurance team. Prior to that Daniel spent two years in London as a Transactional Risk broker for Lockton, placing W&I and tax insurance policies and before that was a Transactional Risk underwriter in Ironshore’s (now Liberty GTS) Sydney office where he focused on transactions across the Asia-Pacific region.
Managing Director
Volante Financial & Professional Lines - Professional Indemnity
Managing Director
Volante Financial & Professional Lines - Professional Indemnity
David Mercer is a highly respected professional indemnity practitioner with over 30 years of insurance industry experience spanning both the broking and underwriting arenas.
Most recently, he was a Director of PI at an international MGA, having joined that firm in 2008. Prior to this, David was an Executive Director of the PI team at Lockton and their predecessors Alexander Forbes and Nelson Hurst. He is ACII qualified.
Managing Director
Volante Financial & Professional Lines - Directors & Officers
Managing Director
Volante Financial & Professional Lines - Directors & Officers
Davood is a highly experienced underwriter with a strong track record for developing diverse, successful books of business.
During his career in the insurance industry he has held a number of senior underwriting positions. Most recently, he was Head of Commercial D&O at Aspen Insurance UK. Prior to this, he spent six years at Starr Underwriting where he progressed to Head of Management Liability. He has also worked at QBE Europe and AIG.
Chief Financial Officer
General Executive Committee
Chief Financial Officer
General Executive Committee
Deepti is an ACCA qualified accountant with 15 years of experience in the insurance sector. Prior to joining Volante, Deepti was Head of Financial Planning & Analysis (UK) at DUAL Corporate Risks (MGA). Previously she has held senior finance positions in AIG Europe and Euler Hermes.
Deputy Managing Director
Volante France
Deputy Managing Director
Volante France
Didier Couturier is responsible for development and partnerships of Volante France. He has significant experience in the insurance market and was previously the Deputy Managing Director of QBE France, after joining the firm in 2000. Prior to this, he worked for many years in the reinsurance market at Gerling Konzern Globale AG in France where he was responsible for property and the regions, distribution and underwriting.
Chief Operating Officer
General Executive Committee
Chief Operating Officer
General Executive Committee
Donna has 25 years’ experience in the insurance industry with proven expertise in designing and building long terms strategic plans, shaping target operating models to deliver outstanding business performance. Donna joined Volante Global from IQUW and ERS Lloyd’s syndicate where she was a Director of the Board and Group COO. Prior to this Donna was at QBE as Head of UK Casualty Claims and for fifteen years in various roles in Claims, IT and Change at AXA prior to 2011. Donna has received various awards during her career including the British Insurance and Chartered Institute Young Achiever of the Year awards.
Managing Director
Edison Motor
Managing Director
Edison Motor
Doug has 25 years industry experience in motor and non-motor classes, spanning both motor underwriting (8 years) and broking and account servicing for large corporate clients, (17 years). He has specialised in the placement and underwriting of nonconventional motor business for 20 years and has extensive expertise in underwriting public-sector business.
Managing Director
Horizon Europe AG
Managing Director
Horizon Europe AG
Eric has over 25 years of reinsurance market experience, spanning both the underwriting and broking arenas. Most recently, he was CEO, European Reinsurance at Sompo Canopius Re (formerly Canopius Europe) from 2011 to 2017. Prior to this, he worked at Ace Tempest Re Europe and Ace Reinsurance Switzerland for 9 years, becoming Head of Continental Europe. He has also held roles at XL Re Europe, Groupe Walbaum and MCR.
Languages spoken: French, Spanish, Catalan, English and Italian
Underwriting Standards Manager
Volante Syndicate 1699
Underwriting Standards Manager
Volante Syndicate 1699
Frank has over forty years of experience in a variety of organisations within the London Insurance Market, with responsibilities ranging from Syndicate Management to Technical Underwriting Management. Most recently, he worked for QBE European Operations as the Technical Underwriting Manager responsible for underwriting standards across all underwriting teams. He has also worked for West of England Shipowners, software houses in the London insurance market and various entities within Bankside and Limit Managing Agencies.
Head of Claims
General Executive Committee
Head of Claims
General Executive Committee
Geoff is a highly experienced claims manager. Over the last 30 years, he has worked across the insurance, reinsurance and loss adjusting sectors in senior claims roles.
Prior to joining Volante, Geoff was Global Head of Crawford Global Technical Services, a division of Crawford & Company. His career also spans 19 years at Gen Re, where he rose to the position of Global Property & Claims Manager. He was also a member of the Gen Re Corp Board and Risk Committee.
Managing Director
Volante Financial & Professional Lines - Cyber Lockout
Managing Director
Volante Financial & Professional Lines - Cyber Lockout
Graeme has over 30 years of experience as an IT consultant, a technology and intellectual property lawyer and a cyber and technology E&O underwriter. A highly respected figure in the cyber insurance arena, he is at the forefront of the evolution of cyber risk mitigation solutions as a driver of cyber insurance and the use of AI to assess cyber risk.
Previously, Graeme was Business Group Leader for Cyber and Tech at Barbican Insurance, among the top five cyber markets in London. From 2012 – 2014, he led a regional team of technology and cyber underwriters at Allianz, focussing on large global primaries. Prior to that, he specialised in underwriting Tech E&O risks for Hiscox in London, India and Australia.
VSR and VGL Underwriting Manager
Volante Specialty Risk
VSR and VGL Underwriting Manager
Volante Specialty Risk
Gundeep joins Volante as our VSR and VGL Underwriting Manager. He graduated from California State University of Fresno with a Bachelor of Science in Criminology following which he became the youngest Deputy to be promoted to a contracted solo town at the Fresno County Police Department. During this time, Gundeep simultaneously founded Chahal Freightway, a trucking company with projected annual revenues of over USD 3m.
Gundeep is based in Fresno, California, establishing VSR’s office on the west coast and his role will span responsibilities across VSR, VIL and VGL.
Managing Director
Volante Germany
Managing Director
Volante Germany
Hans is a Financial Lines specialist, with extensive insurance experience across Europe. Prior to joining Volante, he spent 10+ years at AIG in various underwriting and management functions across the Nordics, London, Germany and Switzerland. Hans is an InsurTech enthusiast and developer of Activist Protection Insurance.
Claims Operations Manager
Claims
Claims Operations Manager
Claims
In his role as Claims Operations Manager, Harry is responsible for TPA management, process oversight and stakeholder management. As part of the Volante Global Service Centre, he works closely with clients to provide extensive claims management capabilities. Providing a single, consistent claims-handling function, he helps ensure the delivery of a diligent and efficient response to all claims scenarios.
Before joining Volante, Harry was a Delegated Claims Analyst at Aspen insurance, responsible for on-boarding claims outsource arrangements, ongoing third-party oversight and audit coordination. His claims experience also encompasses roles at Travelers and CSC, formerly Xchanging.
Director, VTX Partners
Technology
Director, VTX Partners
Technology
Hussein has over 12 years of cross-functional experience spanning senior roles in sales, underwriting, claims, finance and investments.
He was previously Vice President of an emerging markets private equity firm, where he specialised in the purchase and turnaround of composite insurance companies achieving successful exits in Nigeria, Rwanda and Pakistan.
Hussein began his insurance career at Zurich Insurance Company in London as a multiline captive underwriter prior to moving to the finance function where he was responsible for setting and heading up the FP&A team. Subsequently, he was appointed as the Global Claims Controller in the group claims function in Switzerland responsible for claims performance management across 40 countries.
Hussein specialises in performance and operational enhancement, business strategy, financial reporting and analytics. He holds a master’s degree in aerospace engineering and is a qualified CIMA accountant.
Operations Manager
Edison Motor
Operations Manager
Edison Motor
Ian has worked in the commercial motor insurance sector for 10 years, providing operational support to stakeholders in both the private and public sectors. His knowledge and understanding of the essential systems and requirements needed to service motor accounts took him overseas for four months, to implement processes and provide full training, from introduction to go live, as part of a multi-million-pound project to relocate services. His experience covers conventional and non-conventional risks.
Project Manager
Technology
Project Manager
Technology
Ian has spent the last 18 years working within the IT and technology space. He has spent the last 10 years within the Insurance industry, starting in software development before moving into project and programme management. Prior to joining Volante, Ian was a business project manager at Tokio Marine Kiln.
Following on from attaining an undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Ian started his career as a software developer at BAE Systems, moving through various architectural and management roles before moving to the insurance industry at Beazley.
Marketing Manager
Marketing
Marketing Manager
Marketing
Ifeyinwa is an experienced marketing professional with over 10 years of experience in communications, content creation, branding and strategic digital marketing techniques. She has professional experience working across a diverse range of industries including financial consulting, oil and gas, technology and several media agencies across West Africa and Europe.
Delegated Authority and Broker Due Diligence Manager
Chief Operating Officer Office
Delegated Authority and Broker Due Diligence Manager
Chief Operating Officer Office
Jackie has over 30 years’ experience in the insurance industry, providing a broad range of skills and wealth of practical experience in oversight and governance within delegated authority world and managing operational teams and processes. With a proven track record in a range of projects including Delegated Authority Management, Audit management and oversight, as well as operational improvement initiatives and complex reconciliation.
Prior to joining Volante, she worked for GreenKite Associates and previously ERGO Specialty, Pen Underwriting and WRBIEL.
Assistant Underwriter
Volante Financial & Professional Lines - Financial Institutions
Assistant Underwriter
Volante Financial & Professional Lines - Financial Institutions
Jacob has 3-4 years’ experience within the Insurance market. Working for Aon, Tokio Marine Kiln and joined Volante as an Underwriting Assistant for the Financial & Professional Lines team in 2019.
Senior Underwriter
Volante Financial & Professional Lines - Directors & Officers
Senior Underwriter
Volante Financial & Professional Lines - Directors & Officers
Jamie has extensive underwriting experience in the London D&O market. He has developed portfolios on Lloyd’s and company market platforms and comes with experience across multiple product lines within the management liability space. Prior to joining Volante Financial and Professional Lines, Jamie was a Senior Underwriter at Aspen Insurance UK. He has also held underwriting positions at The Navigators Group and CV Starr.
Underwriting Support Manager
Underwriting Administration
Underwriting Support Manager
Underwriting Administration
Jemma joined Volante Global in August 2021 as the Underwriting Support Manager where she helps deliver high-quality service to support the end-to-end underwriting process. She has 10 years of experience in the insurance market and has worked for Aon as a Broker Specialist – Junior Broker in US Casualty, and at Barbican Insurance as an Underwriting Assistant in the FI, D&O and PI team, prior to joining Volante.
Director of Delegated Underwriting and Syndicate 1699 Manager
General Executive Committee
Director of Delegated Underwriting and Syndicate 1699 Manager
General Executive Committee
Jennifer has 20 years experience in the insurance industry and is ACII qualified. As delegated authority manager, she is responsible for the oversight, monitoring and general governance of all of delegated authority contracts and agreements globally. Prior to joining Volante, she was delegated underwriting manager at Canopius Managing Agents Ltd.
Executive Underwriter, Casualty
Volante Canada Limited
Executive Underwriter, Casualty
Volante Canada Limited
Kanako has over 15 years of insurance experience in the Canadian insurance market. She has worked both in broking and underwriting roles, most recently as a Casualty Underwriter at QBE Canada. Kanako joins Volante Canada as an Executive Underwriter, where she will contribute to the development of the Casualty (GL, UMB, XS, Wrap Up, XS Wrap Up) lines of business. Kanako considers herself to be careful optimist, who enjoys winning as a team with humility and pride. She is based in Toronto and speaks English and Japanese. Kanako feels privileged to be part Volante team, and looks forward to working with our broker partners to develop solutions to serve their needs.
Underwriting Manager, Property
Volante Underwriting Denmark
Underwriting Manager, Property
Volante Underwriting Denmark
Kasper joins with more than 20 years of underwriting experience within Property, Commercial Combined and Construction. Kasper has previously worked in DUA Nordics, CNA Hardy, AIG, Marsh and Aon.
Credit Control Manager
Credit Control
Credit Control Manager
Credit Control
Kathleen has worked within the insurance industry within the Credit Control function for over 16 years and brings a wealth of experience as she has worked for both brokers and underwriters, including Aon, Xchanging and Sagicor previously to that Kathleen experience was in Banking and the Finance industry.
Managing Director
Volante (DIFC)
Managing Director
Volante (DIFC)
Khalil has held several executive management positions in the insurance and reinsurance sector for over 25 years. He brings an in-depth understanding of the region, client management, distribution, business planning, underwriting, portfolio management, risk management, regulations, compliance, and go-to market strategy building successful portfolios and teams across multiple lines.
He joined Volante in 2021 to launch Volante (DIFC) Ltd as the Managing Director, board member and senior executive officer responsible for the overall business.
Before Volante, he was the General Manager and Senior Executive Officer of QBE Insurance Middle East since its start in 2009 and until May 2020 based in the DIFC and covering the Middle East, Africa and Turkey region. Previously he held leadership roles at the Dubai International Financial Center ‘DIFC – Authority’ as Director of Insurance & Reinsurance and AXA Gulf as Country Manager of the UAE and member of AXA Gulf management team. He was also a board member of the Emirates Insurance Association in 2005 – 2006.
SME Portfolio Manager
Volante Canada Limited
SME Portfolio Manager
Volante Canada Limited
Kristina is an accomplished senior underwriter with over 10 years of claims and underwriting experience in the Canadian market. Kristina directs the execution of Volante’s small to mid-size enterprise strategy and portfolio across Canada catering to commercial combined SME packages and programs.
Kristina has successfully completed multiple insurance designations and is an active volunteer mentor. She has strong broker connections across Canada and excellent relationships in Lloyds. Her technical and product knowledge of SME business and the market trends, along with analytical and negotiation skills, set her apart as a dynamic leader in the industry.
Regional Portfolio Manager
Volante Financial & Professional Lines - Professional Indemnity
Regional Portfolio Manager
Volante Financial & Professional Lines - Professional Indemnity
Kristy Mannin is a well-respected professional indemnity practitioner with over 12 years of insurance industry experience spanning both the broking and underwriting arenas.
Most recently, she was an Underwriter at DUAL, having joined that firm in 2014. Prior to this, Kristy was Team Leader of a Commercial Wholesale broking department. She is DIP qualified and currently working towards her ACII. Kristy has also been nominated for two Women In Insurance Awards including Underwriting Professional of the Year.
Country Manager, Poland
Volante Transaction Services
Country Manager, Poland
Volante Transaction Services
Krzysztof is the Head of CEE and is based in Warsaw, where he focuses on the Polish transactional risk insurance market. Prior to joining Volante Global, he worked as a Polish qualified lawyer at the Polish offices of Dentons, Weil & Gotshal Manges and DWF assisting clients on both domestic and cross-border M&A transactions (including mergers, demergers, asset deals and share deals), drafting and negotiating business contracts and providing ongoing assistance in corporate and commercial matters. Krzysztof is fluent in Polish, English and German.
Director of Casualty
Volante (DIFC)
Director of Casualty
Volante (DIFC)
Kyra has held leadership and senior roles in Casualty Broking since 2009. During her career as a Casualty Broker, she was underwriting on behalf of Lloyds and Company markets building a successful Liability Portfolio. She brings an in-depth understanding of the insurance and reinsurance market-leading Casualty Portfolio in the Middle East, Africa, and Turkey. She joined Volante in July 2022 as Head of Casualty and a member of the senior management team of Volante (DIFC) Ltd.
Regional Director North-East
Volante France
Regional Director North-East
Volante France
Laurent Humbert has 30 years of experience in the insurance industry. He is the Regional Manager of the Strasbourg office. He started his career at UAP as an inspector and then held various positions in insurance companies (regional director at ZURICH, regional manager of the corporate market at GENERALI) or in the brokerage sector specialising in corporate risks (IARD director at Verlingue, CEO of Malmasson, etc.). Before joining Volante, Laurent has worked for 7 years at Roederer, the leading independent local broker, as Deputy Technical Director.
Managing Director, Indian Subcontinent
Imara
Managing Director, Indian Subcontinent
Imara
Laxmeekant is an accomplished professional with over 16 years of re/insurance experience in India and the Global re/insurance industry. He started his career with Swiss Re, India after completing his MBA and worked for 10+ years in the Middle East. He was most recently Chief Underwriting Officer of AXA, XL India building and managing a profitable reinsurance portfolio.
Laxmeekant has diversified re/insurance experience and in-depth understanding of Indian and Global re/insurance markets. He holds various professional qualifications including Fellowship from the Chartered Insurance Institute of UK, the Insurance Institute of India and ANZIIF Institute Australia. He also holds a certificate from Harvard Business School on Sustainable Business Strategy and diploma in ILS- Insurance Linked Securities.
Executive Underwriter, Automobile
Volante Canada Limited
Executive Underwriter, Automobile
Volante Canada Limited
Lee-Ann has 18 years of automobile experience in the Canadian Insurance market working on large and complex fleets in the commercial auto sector. During her extensive career she has held numerous senior underwriting positions at firms including Kingsway, Aviva and most recently QBE Canada. She has successfully completed multiple insurance designations including CIP, FCIP and CRM. Her technical underwriting expertise, product knowledge and attention to detail are what set her apart from many in the field.
Assistant Underwriter
Volante Underwriting Sweden
Assistant Underwriter
Volante Underwriting Sweden
Linn is an Assistant Underwriter for Casualty and Financial lines at Volante Underwriting Sweden. Prior to joining Volante she has held varied roles in insurance, working with both underwriting and as a Liability Claims Adjuster. Linn graduated from Uppsala University with Master of Laws degree (LLM).
Project Manager
Chief Operating Officer Office
Project Manager
Chief Operating Officer Office
Lisa has spent 14 years in the Banking Industry, working in a variety of Operational roles, spanning line management in Equities & Listed Derivatives, business development, project management and strategic responsibilities.
Prior to joining Volante, Lisa was Vice President at Goldman Sachs in the Clearing Operations division.
Director of Marine & Offshore Energy
Volante (DIFC)
Director of Marine & Offshore Energy
Volante (DIFC)
Manik held leadership and senior underwriting positions in the insurance and reinsurance sector over the past 15 years. He brings an in-depth understanding of the general insurance and reinsurance market-leading global underwriting teams, speciality lines of business and regional offices of reinsurers in Asia & the Middle East.
He joined Volante in 2021 as Director of Marine and a member of the senior management team of Volante (DIFC) Ltd.
Before Volante, he was Practice Leader in the Speciality Lines team at Willis in Dubai in 2020 and 2021. Before that, he held leadership and underwriting roles at Qatar Re as the SEO of Qatar Re DIFC, CEO Singapore, Global Head of Marine between 2016 and 2020. He was also the Marine Underwriting Manager at Zurich Insurance Middle East between 2012 and 2016, and he held underwriting roles at Royal and Sun Alliance UAE from 2006 to 2012.
He is an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute, UK and has a Masters in Commerce.
Actuarial Analyst
Actuarial and Data
Actuarial Analyst
Actuarial and Data
Having recently graduated with a First Class Honours in Actuarial Science from Queens University Belfast.
Prior to joining Volante, he was involved in the pricing of personal lines products at Liberty Insurance, focusing mainly on private motor and household insurance.
Marc enjoyed his first steps into insurance and was determined to become part of the London Market and build his knowledge of specialty product lines.
Senior Underwriter
Volante Transaction Services
Senior Underwriter
Volante Transaction Services
Marco is Head of Iberia and is based in Barcelona, focused in developing Volante Global’s operations in the Iberian region. Prior to joining Volante Global, he worked in the Iberian W&I and M&A space, both as an M&A underwriter and an M&A lawyer. As a Spanish qualified lawyer, Marco has extensive knowledge of corporate M&A law, holding also an LLM in tax law. With a focus on international transactional private equity work, Marco boasts over 10 years of M&A experience. Marco is fluent in Spanish, English and Catalan, and holds intermediate Mandarin capabilities.
Business Manager
Volante Canada Limited
Business Manager
Volante Canada Limited
With over 15 years experience in underwriting support including 6 years experience as a Team Leader. Maria joined from QBE Canada where she has spent the past 9.5 years working her way up from Underwriting support to the role of an Underwriting Services Manager. Prior to her time at QBE Maria was a Senior Underwriting Assistant at Northbridge Insurance Canada.
Maria joined as Business Manager at Volante Canada where she will manage most of the relationships and tasks with Lloyd’s Canada and Provincial licensing regulators. She is in an evolving role which will continue to develop as the local business grows.
Financial Lines Claims Manager
Claims
Financial Lines Claims Manager
Claims
Mark is the Financial Lines Claims Manager for Volante Global. He has over 30 years of claims management experience handling claims across a suite of Financial Lines Products, emanating from across the Globe. His previous roles include Regional Technical Claims Manager (Financial Lines) at AIG, European Financial Lines Claims Manager at ACE Europe, and Technical Claims Lead at Chubb.
Chief Technology Officer
Technology
Chief Technology Officer
Technology
Global Head
Volante Transaction Services
Global Head
Volante Transaction Services
Martin is the Global Head of Volante Transaction Services and leads the VTS team across all regions. He has a wealth of insurance, legal and commercial professional experience. Martin is a recognised transaction liability insurance sector expert with substantial M&A insurance experience having undertaken transactions across the globe and having created and led M&A underwriting teams for both boutique and global insurance institutions. Martin brings significant commercial experience to the role of Global Head having been an executive director and sat on the board of companies across North America, Europe, UK and Asia Pacific. Martin is an England and Wales law qualified solicitor who has practised law in Europe and Asia Pacific across both international and domestic markets. As a lawyer, Martin specialised in corporate M&A law and focused on international transactional private equity work. Martin’s prior experience encompasses roles working with IAG, AIG and Allen & Overy (amongst others) across 100s of transactions in a variety of jurisdictions.
Head of Italy
Volante Transaction Services
Head of Italy
Volante Transaction Services
Massimiliano is the Head of Italy and is based in Milan, where he focuses on the Italian transactional risk insurance market. Prior to joining Volante Global, he worked at AIG, focusing on Warranty & Indemnity and Contingent Risk insurance policies in Italy and across South Europe. During his experience at AIG, he was also seconded to the DACH team in the Frankfurt am Main office, where he worked on risks located in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Prior to that, Massimiliano worked as Italian qualified lawyer for Italian and international law firms in Milan, assisting clients on both domestic and cross-border M&A transactions (including mergers, demergers, asset deals and share deals), drafting and negotiating business contracts and providing ongoing assistance in corporate and commercial matters. Massimiliano is fluent in Italian, English and German.
Managing Director
Volante Underwriting Denmark
Managing Director
Volante Underwriting Denmark
Mikkel has nearly 15 years of underwriting experience from several roles within international insurance companies. Mikkel joined Volante from a position as Specialty Underwriting Manager with CNA Hardy in the Nordics. Prior to this, Mikkel has worked for Allianz and AIG.
Managing Director
Aesir Space
Managing Director
Aesir Space
Morten has over 20 years of risk management experience in the space industry and over 15 years in the insurance market. His technical knowledge gives Aesir Space a unique perspective on the space insurance market.
During his underwriting career, he was Founder and Managing Director of ViVet Limited, an MGA focused on space, aviation and energy. He was also UK Branch Manager at Glacier Insurance (now Starstone Insurance) and a Space Underwriter at Assicurazioni Generali.
His risk management credentials stem from his work as Group Risk & Insurance Manager at EADS Astrium Satellites (now Airbus Defence and Space) starting his career as a Reliability engineer on LEO meteorological satellites.
Underwriter
Volante (DIFC)
Underwriter
Volante (DIFC)
Mudassar has more than 15 years of experience in the Reinsurance Treaty Sector. His experience comprises of working at AON Pakistan as Manager Reinsurance from 2007 till 2014, which included official deputation to the offices of AON Singapore, AON London, and a week’s secondment in Lloyd’s of London.
The treaty reinsurance underwriting experience actually began when he joined Saudi Re and served there for 7 years as a Senior Underwriter till 2021, looking after a huge non-life treaty portfolio originating from 20 countries in Asian, GCC and Turkish regions.
Before joining Volante (DIFC) Ltd. he served in ACE Gallagher Bahrain as a Unit Head Technical – Treaty for almost a year and carried out various analytical and underwriting exercises for the clients.
People & Culture Officer
People
People & Culture Officer
People
Natalie joins Volante Global as People Officer, to deliver support globally across the employment lifecycle.
Following completing a degree in Geography at the University of Plymouth, Natalie began her career in the hospitality industry where she worked as Retail Services Manager in a large financial services company, before moving in to Human Resources in the Education Sector.
She has completed her CIPD Level 5 Qualification in Human Resources Management.
Director of First Party Lines, Property, Onshore, Power & Energy
Volante (DIFC)
Director of First Party Lines, Property, Onshore, Power & Energy
Volante (DIFC)
Nazih held leadership and senior underwriting positions in the insurance and reinsurance sector over the past 35+ years. He brings an in-depth understanding of the general insurance and reinsurance market-leading underwriting teams, property line of business and regional offices of insurers and reinsurers in the Middle East, Africa and Turkey.
He joined Volante in 2021 as Director of Property and a member of the senior management team of Volante (DIFC) Ltd.
Before Volante, he was VP of Property, Casualty and Marine lines of business at Fidelity Insurance from 2018 to 2021. From 2017 to 2018 he was the SR VP head of Property at Oman Insurance. He also held senior underwriting roles at AIG MEA Limited for more than ten years between 2007 and 2017, where he managed the Property, Energy, and Engineering. He held senior management and underwriting roles at Bankers, Libano Suisse, and CIGNA.
Managing Director
Volante International Motor
Managing Director
Volante International Motor
Neil Smith has over twenty-five years of experience in both the UK and international motor insurance markets. Previously, he was Portfolio Manager, International Motor at QBE and prior to this he was a senior underwriter at Ensign Motor Policies and also at Torch Motor Policies. Most recently, Neil held a senior position within the broking sector.
Head of Exposure Management & Catastrophe Modelling
Actuarial
Head of Exposure Management & Catastrophe Modelling
Actuarial
Nikki joined Volante as Head of Exposure Management and Catastrophe Modelling in September 2022, with over 10 years of experience in the Lloyd’s and London insurance market. She has held roles across catastrophe modelling, data analytics, and portfolio management.
Prior to joining Volante, Nikki held the Head of Exposure Management role at Argenta Syndicate Management Limited. She has experience quantifying both natural and man-made catastrophe risk across property and liability lines, ensuring alignment with syndicate view of risk, risk appetite, regulatory requirements, and business strategy. Nikki started her career at Travelers with a degree in Geography.
Property Portfolio Manager
Volante France
Property Portfolio Manager
Volante France
Olivier has more than 20 years of experience on Property Insurance. He graduated from Paris Insurance Institute (Sorbonne University) and has held several underwriting positions in Aspen Re, Zurich and Chubb, expanding his Property expertise to Insurance and Reinsurance. Prior to joining Volante, Olivier worked for BHSI and QBE France as Head of Property.
Legal Associate
Legal
Legal Associate
Legal
Parampreet graduated from The University of Law with her LPC, and Master’s in Law, Business and Management in 2020. Parampreet has worked as a paralegal and legal analyst in various sectors and is looking forward to the challenges and growth opportunities within the insurance industry.
Managing Director
Volante France
Managing Director
Volante France
Pascal Leroy is a specialist in distribution and property. He was previously the Head of Distribution and Regional Network of QBE France after having worked there as a Property Manager.
Pascal Leroy started his career at AXA Re London. He has previously worked as the Property Facultative Underwriter at AXA Re Paris, Client Manager at XL Insurance France, Property Manager at Zurich France and Property Deputy Manager at Aon France.
Underwriting Manager, Liability & Financial Lines
Volante Underwriting Sweden
Underwriting Manager, Liability & Financial Lines
Volante Underwriting Sweden
Peter is Underwriting Manager for special liability and financial lines at Volante Underwriting Sweden. He has over 15 years of industry experience and was most recently regional underwriting manager at QBE for all classes of business in the Nordics, including special liability, financial lines, property and motor. Prior to his time at QBE, Peter spent seven years in the broking sector, working for Willis and subsequently Marsh.
Director of Operations
Chief Operating Officer Office
Director of Operations
Chief Operating Officer Office
Peter joined Volante from DUAL with knowledge spanning many departments. Starting his career working in finance, he then moved to work under the Chief Actuary and help grow DUAL’s Actuarial function. In Actuarial he spent 3 years focusing on reserving, rate monitoring and small pricing projects before being asked to head up Data & Reporting for the DUAL Group.
Senior Underwriter
Volante Underwriting Sweden
Senior Underwriter
Volante Underwriting Sweden
Peter is a Senior Underwriter for Casualty and Financial lines at Volante Underwriting Sweden. He has close to 20 years of industry experience and has been active as Nordic Underwriting Manager for Financial Lines business in QBE and most recently Senior underwriter of Casualty, Financial Lines and Commercial Combined business in Protector. Prior to his time at QBE, Peter spent almost ten years in the broking sector, working for a small local broker and subsequently Marsh.
Chief Risk Officer
General Executive Committee
Chief Risk Officer
General Executive Committee
Philip has over 30 years experience in audit, risk and compliance within the insurance industry. His most recent role was as Risk & Compliance Director for Hastings Direct where he was responsible for all second line activities including risk, compliance, data protection, business resilience and financial crime. He held a similar role for 8 years at AXA Insurance having previously held Head of Audit roles at HSBC and Winterthur.
Underwriter
Volante Transaction Services
Underwriter
Volante Transaction Services
Pierre-Samuel is a French qualified lawyer and joined Volante in 2023 as a Senior Underwriter. Prior to Volante, Pierre-Samuel worked as an M&A and Tax underwriter at Transact Risk Partners for 4 years where he developed robust and transversal underwriting skills, both in respect of M&A insurance and tax insurance products. He also gained experience in the tax departments of major law firms in Paris (such as CMS and Linklaters) where he came across various tax matters in relation to private equity operations and corporate reorganizations. He holds a master’s degree in business law as well as a master’s degree in tax law (both from Sorbonne University). In addition, he graduated with an MBA from the University of Amsterdam where he acquired specific business skills notably in corporate finance, accounting, and corporate strategy.
MI Manager
Chief Operating Officer Office
MI Manager
Chief Operating Officer Office
Quentin has led teams across Consulting, Financial Services, Retail and Pharma over the past 28 years establishing flexible and user-focused BI systems to deliver everything from operational reporting to c-suite market insight. Quentin believes in adopting a flexible approach, empowering people to provide the best service and outcome and is passionate about fully utilising technology.
Underwriter
Volante Financial & Professional Lines - Professional Indemnity
Underwriter
Volante Financial & Professional Lines - Professional Indemnity
Rachel has a wealth of experience at Heath Lambert in the wordings team, Swiss Re on the RI side, moving back to Heath and then joining Millers. She has also supported the UW teams at Antares.
Rachel’s last role before joining Volante was 6 years at Maven, Aon’s MGA, in the PI team.
Director of Offshore Energy
Volante (DIFC)
Director of Offshore Energy
Volante (DIFC)
Rainer has over 20 years of experience in Re/Insurance with most of it spent in the field of energy insurance. His expertise ranges from underwriting facultative and treaty risks to broking and managing underwriting operations. Prior to joining Volante, he worked with several large multinational companies such as Marsh, JLT and Swiss Re in across various locations in Europe and Asia. Rainer also worked for almost 10 years in the Oil and Gas industry as a Geophysicist prior to joining the finance industry.
Market & Sales Leader, Senior Underwriter
Volante Underwriting Sweden
Market & Sales Leader, Senior Underwriter
Volante Underwriting Sweden
Rein is portfolio manager and senior underwriter for property and commercial lines at Volante Underwriting Sweden.
He has 30 years of experience within the re/insurance industry. He began his career placing outgoing facultative and treaty reinsurance for a major domestic carrier. After 10 years in the reinsurance sector, Rein became a senior property underwriter for large industrial clients at a major industrial insurance company. He then joined Aon in Sweden as a specialist broker. In 2008, he joined the launch team for the Corporate Division of carrier Moderna Försäkringar as property manager.
MD - UK & Europe
Volante Transaction Services
MD - UK & Europe
Volante Transaction Services
Richard is the Managing Director of the UK and EU business of Volante Transaction Services. He is a senior legal and insurance professional with significant experience both as a corporate and insurance partner in private practice and leading the growth and development of transactional risk business lines. Richard has a longstanding connection to the transaction insurance market having acted in lead underwriting roles and as external counsel advising on risk and new product development for almost 20 years. Prior to joining Volante Richard’s experience included responsibility for Chubb’s Transactional Risk business for all territories outside North America with a particular focus on European, Asian and African markets. As a corporate lawyer Richard has many years’ experience negotiating and advising on domestic and international M&A, capital markets transactions and commercial arrangements across multiple sectors. His practice had a particular focus on financial services, insurance and other regulated sectors. Richard has a Magic Circle legal background and has been a corporate partner in other leading international law firms having lived and worked in Europe, the US and Asia.
Managing Director, Commercial General Liability
Volante Canada Limited
Managing Director, Commercial General Liability
Volante Canada Limited
With over 20 years of casualty market experience, including 16 years in the Canadian insurance market, Richard is a veteran of the sector.
His technical underwriting expertise and ability to achieve profitable growth have helped him secure senior positions with international carriers in the Canadian market. Most recently, Richard was Underwriting Manager for Casualty and Auto at QBE in Canada and was also a North American Liability Practice Group Leader at Allianz.
Director, VTX Partners
Technology
Director, VTX Partners
Technology
Ricky has extensive experience across the insurance sector in different capacities as an investor, InsurTech specialist, investment banker and underwriter.
He was previously a Vice President at Greenoaks Global Holdings, a private equity firm focused on emerging markets, where he was responsible for the insurance operations of their portfolio of companies. Ricky was also a member of the firm’s Investment Committee. In addition, he served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Prime Insurance Rwanda. During his career, he also worked at Morgan Stanley, focusing on insurance and FinTech within their Investment Banking Division. Prior to this, he spent over 5 years as an underwriter in the Financial Institutions Group at AIG.
Ricky holds a BA in Economics from the University of Chicago, a MSc in Finance from Cass Business School and an MBA from INSEAD.
Managing Director, Property
Volante Canada Limited
Managing Director, Property
Volante Canada Limited
Robert has over 14 years of experience in property insurance in the Canadian market, working across virtually every major industry sector. His expertise also extends to facultative reinsurance.
During his extensive career he has held numerous senior positions at firms including FM Global, QBE and most recently Swiss Re, where he was a Senior Property Facultative Underwriter. He has established a strong track record in building and maintaining successful client relationships and has secured an extensive client network.
Assistant Underwriter
Volante Financial & Professional Lines - Directors & Officers
Assistant Underwriter
Volante Financial & Professional Lines - Directors & Officers
Rob has previous experience as an Insurance Broker for the FinPro Commercial D&O team at Marsh, where he spent 2 years working in a wholesale role focusing predominantly on larger global clients.
His most recent role before joining Volante Global was as a Health and Safety advisor for a marine geophysical/environmental service company, working both on and offshore.
Active Underwriter and Chief Underwriting Officer for S1699
General Executive Committee
Active Underwriter and Chief Underwriting Officer for S1699
General Executive Committee
Roshni is an experienced underwriter with over 13 years in the (re)insurance market. Prior to joining Volante, Roshni was Head of International Casualty Treaty at SiriusPoint Ltd. with group-wide responsibility of all international casualty business underwritten. Upon joining SiriusPoint Ltd. she established the international casualty product as a new offering via both their company and syndicate platforms. Roshni has also held a senior casualty treaty underwriting role at Everest Re, underwriting casualty and specialty classes via Everest Re’s London office. Roshni’s (re)insurance career began in the actuarial team at Everest Re where her role included pricing, reserving and exposure management.
People & Culture Assistant
People
People & Culture Assistant
People
Rosie joins Volante Global as People and Culture Assistant, to assist in the People team and deliver support globally.
Rosie has recently graduated from Bournemouth University studying Business Studies with Human Resource Management. She is looking forward to starting her career in Human Resources at Volante Global.
Assistant Underwriter
Imara
Assistant Underwriter
Imara
Ryan has been working within the insurance industry for two and a half years, where he has had multiple roles working within Lloyds syndicates, working both operational and underwriting assistant roles. Before his time in insurance, Ryan studied at university where he got an upper second class degree.
Trainee Actuarial Analyst
Actuarial
Trainee Actuarial Analyst
Actuarial
Sam graduated from the University of Bath in 2022, having studied Mathematics and spent a year working as a Credit Risk Analyst at TSB on placement. Sam is looking forward to the challenges and progression opportunities that joining the Actuarial team will provide.
Risk Manager
Risk & Compliance
Risk Manager
Risk & Compliance
Shanna has over 9 years’ experience in the insurance industry and has sound knowledge of the UK regulatory environment. Prior to joining Volante, Shanna was an Internal Assurance Officer at Hastings Direct and has excellent experience in undertaking second line assurance and audit activities.
Regional Managing Director - ANZ
Volante Transaction Services
Regional Managing Director - ANZ
Volante Transaction Services
Shaun is the Regional Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand, based in Sydney. In addition to growing the ANZ business, Shaun will work on transactional liability risks with the VTS APAC team. Shaun has over 16 years’ M&A experience and for the last six and a half years Shaun has worked as a senior underwriter for AIG’s Asia Pacific M&A insurance team where he underwrote risks across ANZ and Asia. Prior to that Shaun worked in top-tier law firms in Sydney and London (including Herbert Smith Freehills) and as in-house counsel with MNCs, including GlaxoSmithKline and Booz & Co.
Portfolio Director
Imara
Portfolio Director
Imara
Sofiane joined Imara as Portfolio Director in July 2022, to develop the Treaty and Facultative portfolio in North & West Africa.
He has over 12 years’ experience in the reinsurance industry. Prior to joining Imara, Sofiane was Head of International Inwards Reinsurance as Director at CCR Algeria, serving as member of its Underwriting Committee, Risk Management Committee, among others. During his time at CCR, Sofiane successfully developed a profitable book of Treaty and Facultative business emanating from Africa, Middle East and Asia.
Sofiane has an Engineering degree from the Institute of Planning and Statistics, Algeria, with specialisation in Finance and Actuarial Science. He also holds a Postgraduate degree from the Arab Maghreb Development Finance Institute. He is fluent in Arabic, French and English.
People & Culture Director
General Executive Committee
People & Culture Director
General Executive Committee
Sophie is responsible for providing strategic and operational People services, spanning the People lifecycle to all Volante Global operations across the UK and internationally.
Sophie has a Masters in Human Resource Management, with distinction, and is CIPD Level 7 qualified.
Operations Director, Senior Underwriter
Volante Underwriting Sweden
Operations Director, Senior Underwriter
Volante Underwriting Sweden
Stephan is operations director and senior underwriter for commercial and property lines at Volante Underwriting Sweden.
His career spans over 25 years working in both the insurance and risk engineering industry. He began his career at a domestic insurance company responsible for risk engineering and product development. After nine years, he moved to Aon in Sweden where he held several key positions. In 2008, Stefan joined a team launching the Corporate Division of carrier Moderna Försäkringar as head of underwriting for commercial lines.
Managing Director
Affinity Solutions
Managing Director
Affinity Solutions
Stephen has over 17 years of insurance industry experience, including 14 years working within the amateur sports, leisure and entertainment sectors. His extensive market expertise spans all forms of coverage that are required.
Prior to Affinity, Stephen was an Underwriting Manager at a specialist international MGA in the sports sector. Previous roles have included Underwriter for property, leisure and sport at Prosight Syndicate 1110 and Underwriter at AEGIS London Syndicate 1225. He entered the sports and leisure sector in 2005 when he joined QBE.
Managing Director
Edison Motor
Managing Director
Edison Motor
Steve has worked in the motor insurance sector for 40 years across both the underwriting (30 years) and broking arenas. Most recently, he worked on large corporate and complex risk accounts. Previously, Steve was head of motor fleet for a motor book in the Lloyd’s and Composite market. He also spent 10 years as an associate director at one of the London market’s leading wholesale brokers. He has extensive expertise in underwriting public-sector business.
Managing Director
Volante Financial & Professional Lines - Financial Institutions
Managing Director
Volante Financial & Professional Lines - Financial Institutions
Steve has over 30 years of experience in the London market, including 25 years specialising in Financial Institutions. Writing business on a worldwide basis, he has gained an incredible insight into the unique coverage requirements of different territories and industry sectors.
Prior to joining Volante Financial and Professional Lines, Steve was Financial Institutions Manager at Antares Underwriting working across a diverse portfolio of business. Previous roles have included Financial Institutions Underwriter at Württembergische Versicherung and Deputy Accident Underwriter Eagle Star Re.
He began his career in the London insurance market in 1986, when he joined Trinity Insurance.
Managing Director, Auto
Volante Canada Limited
Managing Director, Auto
Volante Canada Limited
Steve is a vastly experienced senior underwriter in the fleet and commercial auto sector, having worked in the Canadian automobile market for over 29 years.
He has held numerous leadership roles and has been responsible for the establishment of new auto teams at a number of insurance carriers. Previous companies have included Zurich Allianz, Aviva Canada and most recently Berkshire Hathaway where he played a central role in setting up the Canadian auto division for BHSI Canada.
Managing Director, APAC
Volante Transaction Services
Managing Director, APAC
Volante Transaction Services
Steve is the Managing Director of the APAC business of Volante Transaction Services. He brought 24 years’ of relevant experience having previously worked as a Lloyd’s reinsurance broker and a corporate M&A lawyer based in Tokyo. He has over eight years’ experience as a transactional liability underwriter both in Tokyo and, immediately before joining Volante, he headed up Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance’s successful Asia Middle East transactional liability team from Hong Kong where he wrote W&I, Tax and Contingent Risk liability insurance. A fluent Japanese speaker, Steve is based in Tokyo where he works from the offices of Lloyd’s Japan.
Risk Control Lead
Edison Motor
Risk Control Lead
Edison Motor
Stuart is a risk engineer at Edison Motor. He is one of the most experienced risk specialists in the UK motor market, having worked in law enforcement and commercial fleet risk management and fleet driver education for over 35 years.
Stuart specialises in designing and delivering human factors and behaviour-focussed solutions that influence driver performance. He led the fleet risk management support response to Glasgow City Council following the major refuse truck incident in December 2014 and continued to work with them for a number of years after. He has also provided direct support and consultancy into several UK Police services.
He is qualified to Masters’ degree level in driving behaviour and education, is a Graduate member of IOSH and holds a level 6 Diploma in occupational safety and health from NEBOSH. In addition, he holds a number of vocational qualifications, RoSPA advanced driving examiner and DVSA Licensed trainer. He is also a visiting Consultant to Cranfield University, Driving Research Group.
Founder, CEO & CUO
General Executive Committee
Founder, CEO & CUO
General Executive Committee
Talbir has more than 20 years of experience in the London Market. Prior to founding Volante, Talbir was the CEO and Group CUO of Dual International. Previously he held a number of managerial positions at QBE Europe, including Managing Director. He began his insurance career in 1998 at Willis in London before joining Swiss Re as a pricing actuary.
Director of Engineering, Power and Onshore Energy
Volante (DIFC)
Director of Engineering, Power and Onshore Energy
Volante (DIFC)
Tariq has 29 years of Insurance industry experience covering India, Middle East, and North African markets. Prior to joining Volante, he worked as the Chief Technical Officer of Alsagr Insurance Company in Saudi Arabia. Tariq has also held various senior underwriting/managerial positions in Swiss Re, AIG and RSA handling Engineering, Construction, Onshore Energy, Power & Utility, and Property insurance business. Tariq is a Mechanical Engineer with an MBA degree from Manchester Business School, UK.
Actuarial Analyst
Actuarial and Data
Actuarial Analyst
Actuarial and Data
Thomas graduated from Bath University with a master’s in mathematics specifying in probability and statistics. He is studying for the actuarial exams and has experience in data science and is keen to utilise this knowledge in a commercial setting.
Underwriter
Edison Motor
Underwriter
Edison Motor
Tina has over twenty-five years Insurance experience specialising in the Commercial Motor market, during which she has worked at various Lloyds motor syndicates as well as large corporate. Tina comes to Volante with a track record of having previously built renewal books within the MGA sector.
Managing Director
Volante Underwriting Sweden
Managing Director
Volante Underwriting Sweden
Torkel is managing director of Volante Underwriting Sweden, and senior underwriter for financial lines and liability insurance.
He has over 25 years of experience in the Nordic insurance market. Torkel was previously general manager for the Nordic Region at QBE Insurance, having set up the regional operations in 2009. He also held several senior positions at Marsh and Willis in Sweden, including head of risk management, and practice leader for financial lines and casualty business, as well as heading up liability and financial lines underwriting at Chubb.
Market & Sales Leader, Senior Underwriter
Volante Underwriting Sweden
Market & Sales Leader, Senior Underwriter
Volante Underwriting Sweden
Ulf is the market & sales leader and senior underwriter for property and commercial lines at Volante Underwriting Sweden.
He has more than 25 years of experience in the insurance industry. During this time, Ulf held several senior positions at If, Marsh and Aon, before joining Moderna Försäkringar, owned by Tryg, where he started a green-field operation focusing on the industrial and commercial insurance sector. He was later promoted to head of the Corporate Division and senior vice president of the company.
Managing Director
Volante France
Managing Director
Volante France
Véronique Warnery started her career as Chief Legal Officer of the Public Transportation Company of Orléans (which is part of the Transdev group). After which she held the position of Casualty broker within the construction department of Gras Savoye and at Siaci Saint Honoré, therefore broadening her experience to the manufacturing, retail, nuclear, IT, media and telecom sectors. She joined Hiscox group in 2008 as a Professional Lines Underwriter and was then appointed as the Technical Underwriting Manager for France and Southern Europe within the European Underwriting Direction and finally the Pricing and Portfolio Underwriting Manager for all lines of business for Europe before joining QBE France in 2015 as the Head of General Liability and Life Sciences.
Finance Manager
Volante Underwriting Sweden
Finance Manager
Volante Underwriting Sweden
Zuzana has been active in the insurance industry for 15 years. Before joining Volante Underwriting Sweden, Zuzana was the CFO at Howden Insurance Brokers (part of the Hyperion Group) in Stockholm. Prior to that she worked for 7 years as Finance Manager within the facility management sector.
Zuzana graduated from Stockholm University with Master of Laws degree (LLM) and Bachelor degree in BA.