charting the course post-crisis

day one
sunday 7th march
13:15 Qatar Network Tables – Delegates can select to join a 45-minute dedicated ‘expert-led’
workshop session where the topic of their choice, from the list
below, will be discussed in more detail.
captive focus: self-funded healthcare schemes
in the gcc – a case study
SHAUN BROOK
Practice Leader – Insurance Managemant, Kane
Shaun is Senior Executive Officer of Kane in Bahrain and Practice Leader, Kane Insurance Management. He
joined the company in 2006, before relocating to Bahrain in July 2008. Shaun has over 20 years of insurance
experience, having previously worked as a Professional Indemnity Underwriter and a Broker in the UK. Prior to
this, he had been a Captive Insurance Management specialist in Guernsey since 1995.
Shaun has a wealth of experience in the design and implementation of structured insurance programmes using
reinsurance capacity and a range of non-conventional means of security to provide bespoke solutions for unusual
risk financing issues. Shaun has also been involved in the structuring of a number of transformer arrangements
between the capital markets and reinsurance markets using Protected Cell Companies, including Credit Default
Swaps and Securitisation transactions.
understanding the qatar financial centre
regulatory authority (qfrca) – its role and
licensing procedures
SHANKAR GARIGIPARTHY
Directory, Insurance Supervision, Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority
Mr Garigiparthy is the Director of Supervision within the Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority and is
responsible for the supervision of insurance companies within the QFC. Prior to joining the QFC Regulatory
Authority in November 2005, he spent 7 years working in the Regulatory Division at Lloyd’s of London,
where he was responsible for the admission of corporate members to the Society of Lloyd’s. He was also
responsible for devising the policy to attract reinsurance participation at Lloyd’s by way of a quota share
reinsurance mechanism. Prior to that he spent 5 years as a portfolio manager at Barclays Stockbrokers in
England, where he was responsible for a £50 million investment portfolio managed on a discretionary basis.
Mr Garigiparthy holds an MBA from the University of Hull (UK) and a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from
Madras Christian College (India). He is also a Professional Member of the International Compliance Association,
having completed the International Diploma in Anti Money Laundering.
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