Risk Management Faculty Advisory Board

As WFI Executive Manager, Business Operations & Risk at IAG Claire is responsible for a small diverse team delivering on a range of critical governance and operations functions, helping to bring the WFI strategy to life through planning and performance, driving risk maturity acceleration and effectively delivering on prioritised and strategically aligned change. 

Claire was also the winner of the 2008 ANZIIF Peter Corrigan Award, where she had the opportunity to travel to Singapore to study local strategies to maximise attraction and retention of key personnel in the Singapore Insurance Industry and look for synergies and strategic alignment back in Australia.

Claire has an MBA from Deakin University, a Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Services, and Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours from Staffordshire University and is an ANZIIF Fellow.

Kai is a highly experienced global insurance leader who started his career at Lloyds of London and has since then accumulated more than 35 years of experience working in Australasia, Asia, North America, the Middle East and Switzerland.

He has a deep passion for the risk and insurance sector and a desire to change society's perception of the industry by transforming the overall insurance journey and greatly improving the value of protection offered to insurance buyers.

Prior to co-founding Vallum Kai, he spent almost 10 years as an Executive at Zurich Australia where he built its successful Global Corporate business and most recently held the role of General Manager for New Zealand.

He is a former Board Member of the Insurance Council of New Zealand and sits on ANZIIF's New Zealand Management Advisory Board as well as its Risk Management Faculty Advisory Board. He is also a founding member of Insurtech New Zealand.

Adam has over 35 years’ experience in the Insurance and Reinsurance markets, encompassing diverse roles across underwriting, claims, portfolio and general management. His career has been enriched by international secondments, adding a global perspective to his expertise.

In his current role at Howden Re, Adam is responsible for one of the most dynamic areas of the market, underwriting agencies. His role involves providing various advisory and broking functions to support agencies in Australia and New Zealand.

Adam’s responsibilities include strategic advisory, business planning, M&A, and attracting underwriting capacity. His role has a diverse exposure from SME to corporate risks in the property and casualty market.  

Ross is an experienced insurance project manager and consultant with a background in broking and risk advice for corporate Australian clients, insurance due diligence for private equity acquisitions and in-house insurance management. Specialising in mining, transport & logistics and major retail exposures, Ross is a qualified broker dedicated to his client’s insurance needs and is involved in all phases of the risk cycle. 

A strong advocate of ANZIIF, Ross has previously served as the Chair of ANZIIF Generation I Council, and has been an active member of the ANZIIF Risk Management Faculty Advisory Board since 2016. Ross was recognized as one of the top 50 'Young Guns' of the industry in 2016.

Brett leads Quantium’s Insurance practice, responsible for Appointed Actuary, reserving, capital modelling, pricing, risk management and data science services for insurers.

Before this he was the Chief Actuary and Appointed Actuary for Allianz Australia, responsible for reserving, capital management, reinsurance and strategic advice to Allianz's management and Board. Prior to that role he was Chief Risk Officer (CRO) for Arch LMI, a lenders mortgage insurer. Earlier in his career Brett was a Principal at Finity Consulting. 

His general insurance experience covers a range of assignments for Australian and UK insurers and reinsurers, including: pricing, reserving, risk management and portfolio and capital management for various short and long tail classes. He has been Appointed Actuary to eight insurers over his career and CRO for two.

Brett has a particular interest in Enterprise Risk Management (ERM). He led Finity’s ERM practice and was the Convenor of the Risk Management Practice Committee of the Actuaries Institute (2015-17).

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia and a qualified Chartered Enterprise Risk Actuary (CERA).

Naomi is currently the Chief Risk Officer and Company Secretary for the Medical Indemnity Protection Society (MIPS). Prior to this, Naomi worked in general insurance and energy industries in varied executive and senior roles, and across policy, risk, regulatory and consumer protection experience in state and federal government. Naomi holds a Bachelor of Laws and Master of Business Administration and is a Graduate of the Australia Institute of Company Directors.

Outside of her work at MIPS, Naomi has served on several NFP Boards and is currently a member of the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee for ‘Fitted for Work,’ an organisation dedicated to helping women find and retain employment.