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Team
Firras Sabbah
Ex-Allianz CIO | Ex-Insurtech Founder |Advisor
Firras is a seasoned insurance executive and spent a long time at Allianz where he executed multiple transformation programs and initiated organizational changes before starting his own insurtech startup in Southeast Asia. He has experience in the European as well as the Southeast Asia market and covers almost the entire insurance value chain. His focus is digital transformation utilizing technology to reinvent insurance processes and products, organizational change as well as executive and strategy consulting and coaching.
Donald Gambardella
Ex-Allianz CFO | Ex-Ergo Chief Actuary And CRO
Donald is a well experienced insurance actuary as well as executive financial expert. Being previously responsible for multiple insurance companies’ P&L, Donald had run multiple programs to ensure the financial success of the respective organization. Additionally, his experience covers comprehensive pricing and reinsurance strategies, M&A valuations, reshaping operational setups for optimized loss results and a variety of actuarial and financial tasks within an insurance organization. His focus is pricing and valuation, financial management, executive and strategy consulting.
Harprem Doowa
Ex-Boltech Chief Disruption Officer | Ex-Insurtech Founder
Harprem, as a well-seasoned startup founder, has established one of the most successful insurance marketplaces in Thailand, frank.co.th – which has been acquired by Boltech to use it as a regional platform. Through these 5 years journey he has applied his ecommerce knowledge and experience to the insurance space and gained great success and recognition across Thailand and Southeast Asia. Harprem is a solution guy who will always find a way to automate, optimize and develop comprehensive solutions for various insurance related processes. His focus is digital transformation cross processes, products as well as comprehensive distribution models.
Mike Capelle
Ex-Allianz Head Of Product | Ex-AIA Corporate Solutions
Having an eye for simplification and product details, Mike applies technology as well as data knowledge to streamline operational setups and identify comprehensive optimization areas. Utilizing his extensive knowledge across various insurance projects and products Mike knows the common pain points. His experience varies from launching comprehensive agent application ecosystems as well as launching new distribution channels and design thinking methodologies within insurance organizations. His focus is digital products and processes, business analysis, valuations as well as big data and data strategy.
Andre Buerger
Ex-True Director | Ex-Ascend Head | Ex-Lazada
Andre is a true ecommerce enthusiast with knowledge across various industries and digitization initiatives in Southeast Asia as well as Europe. Coming from a retail background he understands market and customer dynamics and applies online and digital marketing experience to increase and improve distribution performance. He has successfully established multiple omni-channel approaches across different products and designed and launched various digital sales strategies. His focus is digital omni-channel business models and strategies, process engineering, digital marketing, and organizational change.
Mohamed Berhanu
Ex-N26 Head Of Strategy | Ex-UniCredit Investment Banking
Mo is extremely analytical and has a strong banking and finance background. After several years working for a large global bank across different locations he entered the fintech world and applied his knowledge and experience to facilitate and manifest growth. Leading the online marketing and additionally heading the strategy division for N26, Mo re-designed the team, executed operational performance marketing initiatives to reach financial targets and participated in funding discussions. Being a growth hacking enthusiast with knowledge from both financial worlds – legacy banks and modern fintechs, Mo has reshaped certain parts for success. His focus is digital business models and strategies, M&A valuations & deals, investment banking, fintechs, organizational change, and executive and strategy consulting.