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Itinerary at a Glance
Saturday 14th March Time Place Dress Code
Welcome Drinks Reception hosted by the Qatar Financial Centre
Authority 19.15 Wanis Shisha Terrace Smart casual
Sunday 15th March Time Place Dress Code
Meet our Exhibition Partners, Registration and Coffee 08:00 Foyer and Sonbok Business attire
Morning Session 1 08:45 Main Conference Room Business attire
Meet our Exhibition Partners and Coffee 10:20 Foyer and Sonbok Business attire
Morning Session 2 11:00 Main Conference Room Business attire
Lunch hosted by our Exhibitors 12:30 Sonbok Business attire
Qatar Clinics 13:30 Main Conference Room Business attire
Depart for Dhow Cruise and Museum of Islamic Art 14:45 Foyer Casual
International Rugby 18:00 Cigar Lounge Casual
Cocktail Reception 19:00 Poolside Smart casual
Dinner 20:00 Poolside Smart casual
Monday 16th March Time Place Dress Code
Meet our Exhibition Partners, Registration and Coffee 08:30 Foyer and Sonbok Business attire
Morning Session 1 09:10 Main Conference Room Business attire
Meet our Exhibition Partners and Coffee 10:15 Foyer and Sonbok Business attire
Morning Session 2 11:00 Main Conference Room Business attire
Lunch hosted by our Exhibitors 12:45 Sonbok Business attire
Golf at the Doha Championship Golf Course 13:30 Foyer Golf attire
Doha Cultural Tour 15:30 Foyer Casual
FULL DETAILS OF OUR BUSINESS PROGRAMME ON PAGES 8 & 9
FULL DETAILS OF OUR LEISURE PROGRAMME ON PAGES 30 & 31

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Welcome
Dear Colleague
On behalf of the Qatar Financial Centre Authority, may I extend to you a warm welcome. We are
delighted that you are joining us for the 3rd MultaQa Qatar conference.
Our inaugural conference in 2007 enabled our international audience to discover the wealth of
insurance and reinsurance opportunities offered by the Qatari marketplace. Encouraged by a
successful event, we extended the scope of MultaQa Qatar 2008 to showcase the potential of
the GCC region as a whole and Qatar’s increasing weight in the regional marketplace.
As all of us know, the world has changed in the twelve months following our 2008 conference.
The credit and financial crisis has taken its toll. North America, the Euro zone and Japan, the
three main engines of the world economy, are in the midst of the most severe recession for decades. The GCC region,
in general, has weathered the storm. Regional economies continue to grow, albeit at a slower pace. The economic
diversification strategies pursued across the region start to pay off. Qatar and its financial services sector is a case in
point: We now have over 100 international companies who have established operations in the Qatar Financial Centre
(QFC) and are open for business in Qatar and the wider GCC region.
This year’s conference programme has been designed to strike an appropriate balance between short-, medium- and
long-term opportunities and challenges. We will obviously address the impact of the global crisis as no region can
fully decouple from its onslaught. At the same time we must not lose sight of the long-term fundamentals which will
continue to shape the regional insurance and reinsurance marketplace once the global economic turmoil has receded:
Above-average economic growth, driven by energy prices which are likely to rebound in the near-term; massive
government-sponsored infrastructure projects (which are being continued by most countries despite the current global
recession) ; and the favourable demographic structure of the region – to name just a few of the many powerful drivers of
sustainable growth.
Against this backdrop, the conference will provide you with authoritative and relevant information and intelligence from
a variety of pre-eminent international and regional speakers. You will benefit from expert commentary on subjects
ranging from the prospects for local companies in the era of globalization, the pivotal role of a strong local talent base,
capital and investment challenges facing local insurers and changes to the region’s overall risk landscape. In addition, we
will introduce Qatar’s latest and most ambitious initiative to build a world-class insurance and reinsurance hub: Qatar
Insurance Services (QIS), a technology-based insurance system enabling integrated processing between insurance and
reinsurance trading partners.
In addition to our full programme of presentations and panel debates on the main stage, we are pleased to invite you to
join our brand new Qatar Clinics, where you can learn a little more about Qatar and the GCC region.
I very much hope your stay in Doha is a valuable one and that you are able to take full advantage of our Qatari hospitality.
I look forward to meeting you
Fetooh Al Zayani
MD Business Development - Insurance and Reinsurance
Qatar Financial Centre Authority (QFCA)

About Qatar
Qatar is emerging as one of the most dynamic economies in the Middle East. It has the highest per capita income in
the world and enjoys one of the fastest growing GDPs, reaching 13.3% real GDP, and valued in 2008 at over US$80
billion.
The economy is rapidly expanding in practically every sector and industry. A combination of government investment and
the participation of multi-national companies is creating a culture of opportunity.
The government is using its vast oil and gas wealth to create a society that provides opportunities for all. It has
committed over US$140 billion for investment, infrastructure and expansion in a wide range of sectors, including energy,
health, education, transport, infrastructure and tourism.
Reliance on crude oil exports has been replaced by an ambitious and progressive approach to the management of
the nation’s economy, which focuses on developing Qatar’s huge natural gas reserves and its expansion of liquefied
natural gas, petrochemicals and condensates production. This is supported by a far reaching programme of economic
liberalisation and diversification into a more broadly based economy.
Qatar is quickly becoming the world’s single largest producer of LNG, and by 2010 will have a production capacity of 77
million tons per year. New oil capacity also continues to come on stream, thus boosting export volumes. By 2012, Qatar
will be producing the equivalent of 6 million barrels of oil.
The economy is characterised by low private consumption and a high national savings rate, making Qatar a very
attractive financial market within the GCC, with a high asset growth rate...
International Finance
The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) has been created to support Qatar’s ambitious strategy to attract international finance
companies to support its investment and development programme. The QFC allows international finance companies to
take advantage of the business opportunities presented by Qatar’s rapid economic development, which has been led by
the oil and gas sector, and particularly the growth in demand for liquid natural gas.
Through the government’s careful investment management of over $130 billion over the next few years, supported by a
sound investment strategy, Qatar offers international finance companies numerous business opportunities for provision
of financial services.
International financial services firms are encouraged to set up in the QFC to meet the needs in the Qatari market for corporate
finance, venture capital, project finance, private equity, wealth management, insurance and re-insurance, investment
banking and Islamic banking, investment strategy, investment management and other financial services, which will
only continue to increase given the current rate of economic development.
To ensure that international finance companies operate in an environment governed by stringent standards, the Qatar
Financial Centre Regulatory Authority (QFCRA) independently authorizes and supervises firms and individuals. The practices
of the QFCRA are modeled on those used at major centres for international finance, such as London.
Through the QFC, Qatar is actively encouraging financial services companies to enter the market not only because of
its financial and business needs, but also to raise standards in investment strategy, investment management and other
financial services disciplines.

Business Programme
Sunday 15th March
08.00 Registration, Coffee and Networking
08.45 Chairman’s opening remarks
Introduction to MultaQa Qatar 2009
Dr. Kai-Uwe Schanz, Principal Partner, Dr. Schanz, Alms & Company
08.50 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
His Excellency Yousef Kamal, Minister of Finance of the State of Qatar
09.10 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
The future of the GCC insurance market – Opportunities and Challenges
Dennis Mahoney, Chairman, AON Global
09.40 An update from The Qatar Financial Centre Authority
Stuart Pearce, Chief Executive Officer and Director General, Qatar Financial Centre Authority
10.00 The QFC’s insurance regime from the QFCRA’s perspective
• Our approach to regulation
• Developments to date
• Thoughts on future developments
Michael Webb, Managing Director of Financial Sector Development and Policy,
Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority.
10.20 Morning coffee and meet our exhibitors
11.00 Regional CEO Debate
Chair – Patrick Kenny, CEO, International Insurance Society
Panellists:
John Tan, CEO, Asia Capital Re Singapore
Ian Sangster, CEO, QIC International LLC
Graham Morrall, Head of Regional Distribution, Zurich International Life
Stephen May, CEO, Heritage London & Middle East
Duncan Buchanan, MD, Marsh Qatar
12.30 Lunch hosted by our exhibitors
13.15 Qatar Clinics – interactive ‘roundtable’ sessions including:
• Education in Qatar – hosted by Robert Baxter, Qatar Foundation and Education City
14:30 Clinics end
• How to set up at the QFC – hosted by Wayne Jones, Clyde & Co
• ERM and Captives: An attractive option for regional corporate risk managers – hosted by Shaun Brook, SEO, Heritage
Insurance Management [Bahrain] W.L.L. and Cyril Salibi, Managing Director, Aon Global Risk Consulting Middle East
• Reinsurance: Establishing a new balance between international and regional players – hosted by Gail Norstrom, CEO,
Gulf Reinsurance Limited
• Compliance; How to cope with increasing regulatory requirements – hosted by Lisa Kelaart-Courtney, Director, CCL

Business Programme
Monday 16th March
08.30 Registration, Coffee and Networking
09.10 Chairman’s recap
Dr. Kai-Uwe Schanz, Principal Partner, Dr. Schanz, Alms & Company
09.15 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
How to Manage the Insurance Cycle to ensure Long Term Profitability
Robert Van Gieson, Chairman, Arch Insurance [Europe] Limited
09.45 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Boosting the efficiency of the financial services sector: The key role of technology and Qatar Insurance Services as a case in point
Leonard Schrank, Former CEO of SWIFT and Board Member of QIS (Qatar Insurance
10.15 Morning coffee and meet the exhibitors
11.00 The regional risk landscape: Managing growing exposures
Luc Albert, Managing Director and Market Unit Head - Switzerland, Mediterranean, Middle East, Benelux and
Iberia – Swiss Re
11:30 Funding for Growth: The Capital Challenge
Carl Bauer - Schlichtegroll, Co-Head of the European Financial Institutions Group, JP Morgan
Midday
Building a strong regional talent base: A prerequisite to sustainable growth in insurance
Jon Morton, Director, Qatar Finance and Business Academy
12.30pm
12.45pm
Chairman’s summary and closing remarks
Lunch
‘Special thank you for our 2009 Programme Consultants’
Dr. Kai-Uwe Schanz, Principal Partner, Dr. Schanz, Alms & Company
Jane Wicks, Conference Programme Designer

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Sunday 15th March
Day One
08:45 Chairman’s opening remarks
Dr. Kai-Uwe Schanz
Principal Partner, Dr Schanz, Alms & Company
Kai-Uwe Schanz is Chairman and Principal Partner of Dr. Schanz, Alms & Company (www.schanz-alms.com), a
Zurich-based communications and strategy advisory firm focusing on the financial services industry. He advises
companies as well as prestigious institutions such as The Geneva Association, the think-tank of the CEOs of
the world’s largest insurance and reinsurance companies. Kai-Uwe Schanz holds a Ph.D. degree in International
Economics from the University of St. Gallen.
From 2004 to 2007 Dr. Schanz served as Chief Communication & Corporate Development Officer at Converium, a Top 10 reinsurer.
From 1995 to 2004 he worked for Swiss Re, the world’s leading reinsurer, performing various senior management roles such as Chief
Economist Asia-Pacific, based in Hong Kong, and Global Head of Communications Content and Strategic Issues Management.
In 2003 Dr. Schanz was appointed Research Fellow at the China Center for Insurance and Social Security Research at Beijing University.
In 2005 he received the Geneva Association / International Insurance Society Research Award. Dr. Schanz is also a Member of the
Board of Governors of the Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association, Singapore.
His record of publications includes leading newspapers such as the Neue Zürcher Zeitung and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung as well
as the relevant trade press in Europe, Asia, the US and Latin America. Dr. Schanz was also quoted by The Economist and The Financial
Times.
Notes:

Sunday 15th March
Day One
08:50 Keynote Address
HE Yousef Hussain Kamal
Minister of Finance of the State of Qatar
HE Yousef Kamal has been Minister of Finance of the State of Qatar since January 2002. He became Acting
Minister of Economy and Commerce, and Chairman of the Qatar Financial Centre Authority, in March 2006.
He was Minister of Finance, Economy and Commerce from January 1998 until the Ministry of Economy and
Commerce was established in 2002.
He is Chairman of the Doha Securities Market, Chairman of Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas, Deputy Chairman of Qatar Petroleum, a
Director of Qatar Telecommunications, and a Director of Qatar Central Bank. He heads several local, regional and Arab committees. He
was Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Finance, Economy and Commerce from 1993-98, and Director of Financial Affairs in the Ministry
of Finance and Petroleum from 1988-93.
Notes:

Sunday 15th March
Day One
09:10 Keynote Address
The future of the GCC insurance market – Opportunities and Challenges
Dennis L. Mahoney
Chairman Aon Global
Dennis began his career at Price Forbes in 1969. He was appointed to the board of Sedgwick Limited in 1982.
From there, Dennis joined Alexander Howden in 1984 as Chairman and CEO of UK Wholesale Operations before
moving up to be joint Chairman Alexander Howden Group 1986.
As Chairman and CEO of Alexander Howden in 1995 Dennis was given responsibility for Global Captive
Operations.
Notes:

Sunday 15th March
Day One
09:40 Keynote Address
An update from the Qatar Financial Centre Authority
Stuart Pearce
CEO & Director General, Qatar Financial Centre Authority (QFCA)
Stuart Pearce was appointed CEO and Director General of the QFCA in May 2005.
Previously with HSBC for 31 years, his roles included CEO of HSBC Private Banking Europe and the Middle East,
Chief Executive and Country Manager for HSBC Japan, Head of Corporate Banking in the UK and CEO of HSBC
Investment Management.
Notes:

Sunday 15th March
Day One
10:00 The QFC’s insurance regime from the QFCRA’s perspective
• Our approach to regulation
• Developments to date
• Thoughts on future development
Mr Michael Webb
Managing Director, Financial Sector Development and Policy, QFC Regulatory Authority
Mr Webb is a graduate in law of Victoria University of Wellington. Prior to joining the QFC Regulatory Authority,
Mr Webb was a leading New Zealand commercial barrister specialising in securities, banking, corporate, insolvency
and public regulatory law, acting in advisory, contentious business and transactional matters.
He has been closely involved in financial markets, corporate and insolvency law development and reform. He
has also acted in lead legal roles in regulatory regimes for the electricity and telecommunications sectors. From
1992 to 2003 he was a member and variously acting Chairman of the New Zealand Securities Commission. Other appointments have
included as a director of significant New Zealand and Australian companies and recently Chair of the Ministerial Task Force on Financial
Intermediaries in New Zealand.
Notes:

Sunday 15th March
Day One
11:00 Regional CEO Debate
Meet the Chair
Patrick Kenny
President and Chief Executive Officer, International Insurance Society
Patrick W. Kenny joined the International Insurance Society, Inc., as President and Chief Executive Officer in
June 2001. Mr. Kenny is responsible for the overall management of the IIS, a non-profit organization of insurance
executives and academics, whose mission is to facilitate the worldwide transfer of ideas and innovations and to
foster the development of personal networks across national and international insurance markets. The IIS, which
was formed in 1964, today has over 900 members from 90 countries representing key insurance companies
around the globe.
Prior to joining the IIS, Mr. Kenny was the Executive Vice President of Frontier Insurance Group, Inc. in Rock Hill, Rock Hill, NY, from
August 1998 to March 2001. From 1995 – 1998 he served as Senior Vice President of SS&C Technologies, a technology corporation
located in Windsor, CT. Mr. Kenny also served as Group Executive, Finance & Administration, and Chief Financial Officer at AETNA Life
and Casualty from January 1988 to December 1994 where he was responsible for corporate finance, services and communications, as
well as technology, investor relations and internal audit.
Before joining AETNA, Mr. Kenny was the Partner in Charge of the Insurance Audit Practice and a member of the International
Insurance Practice Committee at KPMG Peat Marwick from 1981 to 1987. Previously he served as Partner in Charge of the Continental
Insurance Practice at KPMG offices in Paris, France and The Hague, Netherlands.
Notes:

Sunday 15th March
Day One
11:00 Regional CEO Debate
Meet the Panellists
The International Reinsurer
John Tan, CEO, Asia Capital Re Singapore
In 1992, Mr Tan joined Union Re. On Union’s integration into Swiss Re six years later, he transferred to Zurich to
join Swiss Re’s Group Head Office. He relocated to Hong Kong in 1999 before transferring back to Singapore in
2004. He joined HSBC Insurance Brokers as a director in 2005 before establishing Asia Capital Re in 2006.
The Local Insurer
Ian Sangster, CEO, QIC International LLC
Ian is currently the Chief Executive Officer of QIC International LLC a QFC licensed company, which owns and
operates all the QIC Group’s assets outside of Qatar comprising regional branches, subsidiaries and associated
companies throughout the GCC.
The International Insurer
Graham Morrall, Head of Regional Distribution, Zurich International Life
Graham has been the regional head of distribution for Zurich International Life (Zurich) since 2006. He is
responsible for all distribution in the Middle East and Africa – a region which is responsible for generating
approximately one third of Zurich’s new business. Graham operates out of the Dubai International Finance
Centre.
The Captive Provider
Stephen May, CEO, Heritage London & Middle East
Stephen joined Heritage in February 2006. He leads the London and Middle East Teams and is a member of the
Holding Company Board. Stephen has over 28 years experience in the international insurance and reinsurance
arena.
The International Broker
Duncan Buchanan, CEO, Marsh Qatar LLC
Duncan joined Marsh (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd in 2000 and was the Chief Operating Officer. Duncan served on the
board of Marsh (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd and is an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute (UK & RSA) and
holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management Studies. In April 2008 Duncan relocated to the Middle East to set
up Marsh Qatar, a strategic development for Marsh in the region.
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Sunday 15th March
Day One
13:15 Qatar Clinics – interactive ‘roundtable’ sessions
Education in Qatar
Robert Baxter
Advisor, Qatar Foundation
Robert Baxter joined Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development in May 2004 as
Director of Pubic Relations and Marketing, and became Communications Advisor to the Board of Directors in
February 2006.
Before joining Qatar Foundation he was Deputy Director of Communications and Head of Press and Public
Relations at Queen’s University Belfast. This followed a long career as a journalist and manager at BBC World
Service from 1980 until March 2001. In his last position with the organization he led the BBC’s Russian media monitoring team.
Qatar Foundation was established in 1995 as a vehicle for educational and social reform. Its flagship project is Education City,
a 1,000-ha campus on the outskirts of Doha that hosts a range of institutions linked by a commitment to excellence in education.
These include branch campuses of five leading US universities.
This complex coalition has a wide spectrum of stakeholders, all of whom are in a position to influence the Foundation’s primary
mission of transforming Qatar into a 21st century knowledge-based society. They range from prospective students and their parents
to international business leaders. The main challenge for the organisation’s professional communicators is to earn the understanding,
approval and co-operation of all of these parties.
Notes:

Sunday 15th March
Day One
13:15 Qatar Clinics – interactive ‘roundtable’ sessions
How to set up at the QFC
Wayne Jones
Partner, Clyde & Co
Wayne Jones is a partner with Clyde & Co and is a recognised specialist in the GCC region for insurance and
reinsurance work. Wayne also has extensive knowledge of the London and European markets. He has a broad
regional practice advising local and foreign insurance interests on a wide range of matters, including an
increasing amount of GCC regulatory work, including in the DIFC and QFC. Wayne is a frequent speaker at
regional insurance market events and a regular contributor to industry publications. He is described as a “fine
reinsurance lawyer” by Legal 500.
Notes:

Sunday 15th March
Day One
13:15 Qatar Clinics – interactive ‘roundtable’ sessions
ERM and Captives: An attractive option for
regional corporate risk managers
Shaun Brook, BSc (Hons) FCII, ACIB
Senior Executive Officer, Heritage Insurance Management (Bahrain) W.L.L.
Shaun moved into captive management when he moved to Guernsey in 1995 and joined Willis in 2000, before
joining the Heritage Group in 2006. With over 20 years of insurance experience having previously worked as a
Professional Indemnity underwriter and a broker in the UK, Shaun has overseen the management of several Blue
Chip client companies with structured, global corporate programmes.
Shaun is one of the founding management team members who are expanding the Heritage operations into the Middle East. Previously
Shaun was their Director responsible for Business Development across Europe and Bermuda.
Cyril Salibi
Managing Director, Aon Global Risk Consulting Middle East
Cyril has 20 years of risk consulting experience with Financial Institutions, Heavy Industries, Construction/ Capital
Projects, Power and Energy and Petrochemical Industries.
His current responsibilities are building ERM/Operational Risk capabilities within Aon, including the design and
application of leading-edge risk techniques and practices, development of capabilities across EMEA (more specifically the MENA
region), risk training and knowledge management.
Notes:

Sunday 15th March
Day One
13:15 Qatar Clinics – interactive ‘roundtable’ sessions
Reinsurance: Establishing a new balance between
international and regional players
Gail Norstrom
CEO, Gulf Reinsurance Limited
Gail Norstrom has over 36 years of experience in management, underwriting, ceded reinsurance, marketing, risk
control and broking in the property insurance industry. He was most recently a Managing Director of Aon Risk
Services Property Practice Group. Gail was recruited by Aon in 2001 as a Managing Director in their National
Property Broking Group in the United States.
Prior to joining Aon, Mr. Norstrom spent 30 plus years in the property insurance business all with Industrial Risk Insurers (IRI). He
retired from IRI in June of 2001 after eight years as President and CEO.
Gail holds a Masters in Sciences in Physics from the University of Illinois and a MBA from North Western University’s Kellogg School of
Management.
Notes:

Sunday 15th March
Day One
13:15 Qatar Clinics – interactive ‘roundtable’ sessions
Complaince; How to cope with increasing
regulatory requirements
Lisa Kelaart-Courtney
Director, CCL
Lisa is a dedicated insurance professional with a practitioner and regulatory background. Prior to joining CCL, Lisa
held the post of Associate Director in Supervision with the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), regulating
banks and insurance institutions, managers and intermediaries and participated in the creation and drafting of the
rules and regulations. Further, Lisa was the DFSA representative to the International Association of
Insurance Supervisors (IAIS), holding membership positions on the Technical Committee, Insurance Fraud,
Financial Conglomerates and Reinsurance Subcommittees and was an active contributing author in drafting IAIS guidance papers on
anti-money laundering, abuse of insurers, regulation of captive insurance, Compliance and the like.
Notes:

Reed Insurance
has arrived in Doha
Reed has been servicing the Banking and Finance marketplace
for the past twelve months via the Qatar Financial Centre.
Reed Qatar was awarded this prestigious license to operate under
the QFC in early 2008. We are now pleased to launch the Insurance
division here in Qatar.
About Reed Insurance
Reed Insurance is part of Reed Specialist Recruitment; a leading international and independent provider
of temporary, contract and permanent recruitment solutions, HR and IT consulting. As a family owned
company with a strong heritage, Reed Specialist Recruitment has been assisting Jobseekers and
Employers since 1960 and has grown organically to employ more than 4,000 people in 400 offices.
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Monday 16th March
Day Two
09:15 Keynote Address
How to Manage the Insurance Cycle to ensure Long Term Profitability
Bob Van Gieson
Chairman, Arch Insurance Company (Europe)
Bob Van Gieson is a seasoned property and casualty executive with extensive international credentials;
establishing strategic alliances, expanding products and markets, and negotiating complex agendas. Bob has
significant experience integrating acquisitions, divesting non-strategic businesses and creating high performing
teams.
Bob joined Arch Insurance in 2003 to establish the European operation, and in just four years has led the
company to produce profitable revenue of $500m in 2007. Bob began his insurance career with Chubb Corporation, culminating in his
appointment as Chairman and Chief Executive of Chubb Europe. Prior to joining Arch, Bob was CEO Global Operations for CNA.
Notes:

Monday 16th March
Day Two
09:45
Keynote Address
Boosting the efficiency of the financial services sector: The key role of technology and Qatar
Insurance Services as a case in point
Leonard H. Schrank
Former CEO Swift and Board Member of the QIS (Qatar Insurance Service)
Leonard H. Schrank is an international executive, entrepreneur and business leader with 35 year’s experience
in information services based in Boston, London and Brussels. He is currently Chairman and co-founder of Act3
Technologies, LLC, a new company for transforming Internet marketing.
From 1992 – 2007, Mr. Schrank was CEO, SWIFT, the industry-owned co-operative supplying secure, standardised financial
messaging services and interface software to 8,000 financial institutions in 200 countries. In 2007, annual revenues achieved $ 1 Billion
with 2,000 employees world-wide. In 2001, in a full page profile, The Wall Street Journal called SWIFT “one of the dominant franchises
of our network age”.
Mr. Schrank was also President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Belgium from 1998 – 2007. Achievements during his tenure
included lowering of corporate tax rates, renegotiation of the US/Belgian Tax Treaty, and establishment of notional interest deduction
effectively reducing the cost of capital.
Mr. Schrank’s previous career included eight years in London in charge of International for Chase Manhattan Bank’s Interactive Data
Corporation, a global information services company. He joined Chase/IDC in 1977, when it acquired the software company he
co-founded in 1970 with four MIT partners.
Mr. Schrank was a keynote speaker at Sibos and a regular participant at the Davos World Economic Forum and Microsoft’s CEO
Summit. An American, he is an MIT graduate.
Notes:

Monday 16th March
Day Two
11:00 The regional risk landscape: Managing growing exposures
Luc Albert
Market Executive Switzerland, Middle East & Turkey, Mediterranean, Benelux and Iberia
Member of the Executive Team of Europe Division Swiss Re
On 1 October 2008, Luc Albert was nominated Market Executive Switzerland, Middle East & Turkey, and
Mediterranean, Benelux and Iberia and member of the Executive Team of Europe Division. Luc Albert, originally
from the Netherlands, graduated as a Mechanical Engineer at the Technical University of Delft in 1990. He served
as a Research Engineer at Charmilles.
Luc held positions at Technologies SA from 1989 to 1992 and AGIE before joining Swiss Re in Zurich in 1994 as an Engineering
Underwriter. After four and a half years at the Swiss Re office in Mexico City in various functions, he joined Swiss Re in Armonk in 2000
as Head Executive Office and Communications and was nominated Head of Latin America and member of the Executive Team of the
Americas Division in 2002. Luc played a key role as project manager in Armonk, responsible for the integration of GE Insurance
Solutions in 2006 and was nominated head of Frankona Entities Europe on 1 July 2006, based in Munich.
Between 2006 and 2008, Luc served as a Board Member of both Swiss Re Frankona and Swiss Re Germany.
Notes:

Monday 16th March
Day Two
11:30 Funding for Growth: The Capital Challenge
Carl Bauer-Schlichtegroll
Managing Director, Co-Head of the European Financial Institutions Group, J.P.Morgan
Carl Bauer-Schlichtegroll is managing director and head of J.P.Morgan’s European Insurance Investment Banking
Group. Prior to joining J.P.Morgan, he has been with Goldman Sachs in New York and London, where he was a
managing director in the Financial Institutions Group.
Mr. Bauer-Schlichtegroll has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, defence situations and capital markets. He has
completed his undergraduate studies in business administration at the University of Geneva, Switzerland and his graduate studies at
the Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Notes:

Monday 16th March
Day Two
12:00 Building a strong regional talent base: A prerequisite to sustainable growth in insurance
Jon Morton
Director, Qatar Finance and Business Academy
Jon Morton is a senior executive in the learning industry, working in both Corporate and Business School
leadership and management roles. As a Leader, Jon Morton has been responsible for the successful restructure,
strategic innovation and growth of both international Business Schools and a corporate education business. He
has delivered in the start-up, growth and rescue/turnaround environments. These roles have involved strategic
design, organisational restructure and development, change leadership, strategic and operational business
development and management to consolidation/growth.
As the Director working with Boards and senior teams of international corporates and in top international business schools, Jon Morton
has managed and led multi functional, multinational teams in the design and delivery of innovative organisational and personal
development learning processes. These have involved the translation of specific corporate strategic objectives into leadership
development processes and the subsequent impact of learning back to the individual and organisation.
He is currently Director of the Qatar Finance and Business Academy (QFBA) – this is a new financial learning institute being developed
in partnership between Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) and the Qatar Foundation (QF). QFBA is in development phase and will formally
launch its portfolio 3rd quarter of 2009.
Notes:

Leisure Programme
Sunday 15th March
The Museum of Islamic Art and Dhow Cruise
Time Place Dress Code
14:45 - 18:00 Hotel Conference Foyer Casual – modest dress is recommended
Your journey to the Museum of Islamic Art will be by Dhow Boat…
The pearl fishers went to sea in Arabian “dhows”, the oldest sailing ship still in use. The dhow is an integral part of the region’s culture,
and history on both the Arabian Gulf and the Indian Ocean. It was in these magnificent vessels that precious stones, gold, ivory, oil and
spices were traded with remote lands and went as far as China.
Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect I.M. Pei, the 376,740-square-foot Museum of Islamic Art rises from the sea, in Doha Bay.
The Museum of Islamic Art is the flagship project of the Qatar Museums Authority, which under the leadership of its Chairperson, H.E.
Sheikha Al Mayassa, is transforming the State of Qatar into a cultural capital of the Middle East.
International Rugby
Time Place Dress Code
18:00 Cigar Lounge, Sharq Casual
Village and Spa
An earlier return departure time of 5.30pm has been arranged for delegates who would like
to watch the international rugby at the Cigar Lounge, Sharq Village and Spa.
Join us for the evening
Time Place Dress Code
19:00 Drinks Reception - Casual
Poolside at the Sharq
Village and Spa
20:00 Dinner and Entertainment Casual
- Poolside at the Sharq
Village and Spa

Leisure Programme
Monday 16th March
Doha Golf Club
Time Place Dress Code
13.45 Hotel Conference Foyer Collared shirt, tailored shorts or golf trousers
and no sportswear or denim
We have arranged for you to play the 9-hole Championship Course with Tee Times booked and 14:40. Please visit our hospitality desk
to check your allocated time. Spectators and Caddies are very welcome. Please be aware that if you have not pre-booked your place or
arranged club rental or shoe hire we may not be able to make arrangements with the Doha Golf Club but will try our best. Please see
us at the Hospitality Desk.
The Doha Cultural Tour
Time Place Dress Code
15:00 – 17:30 Hotel Conference Foyer Smart casual – modest dress is recommended
You will be met by our English speaking Tour Guide at the Sharq Village and Spa reception. Our luxury air conditioned coach will be
ready to depart at 13.30 and our cultural tour will take in the Equestrian Club, Sea front Corniche, Dhow Harbour and Old Souk. There’ll
be plenty of opportunities to stop for photographs and to capture the ever evolving Doha City Skyline on film. If you have not prebooked
your place on the Cultural. Please see us at the hospitality desk. Spaces will be subject to availablity.
Treatments for You and Your Family…
Individual treatments are offered with a 20% discount for MultaQa 2009 delegates and their family. During the conference period,
delegates and family members (18 years old and above) can enjoy full use of the spa facilities.
How to Book
It is highly advisable to book in advance to ensure an appointment for your desired time. Please make reservations directly with Six
Senses Spa in person, by email: gso-sharq-spa@sixsenses.com or by telephone on +974 425 6999

Delegate List
No Company Na me Job Title Forename Surname
1 4 Pump Court Queens Counsel Aidan Christie
2 4 Pump Court Queens Counsel John Rowland
3 AIG Manager Magesh Dwarakanathan
4 AIG - Arabian Region Speaker in 2008 Osama Abdeen
5 Al Fajer Retakaful Insurance Company K.S.C.C Chief Executive Officer Jan Davis
6 Al Fanaar Gail MacRae
7 Al Fanaar Paula Grayson
8 Al Khaleej Insurance Co. Chairman Abdullah Bin Mohd Bin Jabor Al Thani
9 Al Koot Manager - Risk & Loss Prevention Kiran Rahman
10 Al Koot Reinsurance Manager Osman Hassan Hag Musa Al Basheer
11 Alkhaleej Insurance and Reinsurance Asst. Technical Manager Emad Abu Rezeq
12 Alkhaleej Insurance and Reinsurance Asst. Manager - reinsurance Vadakke Anavangot Gopinath
13 Alkhaleej Insurance and Reinsurance Asst. General Manager Karam Ahmed Mahmoud
14 Al-Koot Managing Director Ahmed Mohammad Rafee Al-Emadi
15 Allianz Insurance plc International Business Coordinator Mona Said
16 American Appraisal UK Ltd Director Asset & Risk Appraisal Tony J Prior
17 AON Consulting Head of AON Consulting Cyril Salibi
18 Aon Global Chairman Dennis Mahoney
19 AON Qatar LLC General manager Abdulla Sharif AlRayes
20 Arab Insurance Group(B.S.C) - Arig Treaty Underwriter Fadhel Al Sabea
21 Arch Insurance Chairman Robert Van Gieson
22 Asia Capital Re CEO John Tan
23 Asia Insurance Review General Manager Sheela Suppiah-Raj
24 Autoline Insurance Group Managing Director Michael Blaney
25 AXA Insurance [Gulf] Chief Corporate Offering Officer Dominique Herbrich
26 AXA Insurance [Gulf] CEO Gulf & Middle East Region Jean-Louis Laurent Josi
27 AXA Insurance [Gulf] Country Manager Kamal Halabi
28 AXA Insurance [Gulf] COO Sales & Distribution Paul Adamson
29 Bazil McNulty Attorney Calvin McNulty
30 C C R ( Caisse Centrale de Réassurance) Senior Vice President for the MENA Region Bishara Haddad
31 CCL Limited Director Lisa Kelaart-Courtney
32 Charles Russell Partner - Head of Insurance & Reinsurance Stephen Carter
33 Citigate Dewe Rogerson Director Sebastian Hoyle
34 Clifford Chance US LLP Partner Earl Zimmerman
35 Club Class Insurance Services Ltd Business Development Manager Phillip Sharp
36 Clyde and Co. LLP Associate Michael Earley
37 Clyde and Co. LLP Partner Wayne Jones
38 Cognitix360 C/O Tony Prior James Coles
39 COREO OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER Khalifa Al-Misnad
40 Crescent Global Group Director - Corporate Risks Abdul Majeed Ahsan
41 Crescent Global Group Managing Director Jamil Bahou
42 Crescent Global Group Director - Operations Oswald Vaz
43 Crescent Global Group Director Rana Bahou
44 Crescent Global Insurance Services Director - Corporate Risks Abdul Majid Ahsan Sayyed
45 Crispin Speers & Partners Director David Stirling
46 Cunningham Lindsey International Operations Director Hugh Kennaway
47 Denton Wilde Sapte & Co Partner George Sandars
48 DIFC Captives Director Tim Tovell
49 Doha Insurance Company Asst. General Manager - Technical Mahmoud Al Nasir
50 Dr. Schanz, Alms & Company Principal Partner Kai-Uwe Schanz
51 Economic Studies House President, Economic Studies House Abdulaziz I Daghistani
52 Ernst & Young Partner Patrick J Henehan
52 Ernst & Young Director Simon Burtwell
53 Gen Re Director - Marine Antoine Combarel
54 Global Reinsurance Deputy Editor David Banks
55 Global Reinsurance Editor David Sandham
56 Global Reinsurance Head of Events Debbie Kidman
57 Global Reinsurance Conference Producer Jane Wicks
58 Global Reinsurance Publisher Will Sanders
59 Gulf Reinsurance Limited CEO Gail Nostrum
60 Gulf Reinsurance Ltd Head of Treaty Abdelfattah Chami
61 Gulf Reinsurance Ltd Senior Underwriter Houcine Zouaoui
62 Gulf Reinsurance Ltd Underwriter Kumar Rajan

Delegate List
No Company Name Job Title Forename Surname
63 Gulf Reinsurance Ltd Chief Operating Officer Maroun Mourad
64 Gulf Reinsurance Ltd Chief Underwriting Officer Michael Gertsch
65 Gulf Reinsurance Ltd Senior Underwriter Roland Zaatar
66 Heritage Group Senior New Business Manager Jolyon Lord
67 Heritage Insurance Management(Bahrain) W.L.L. SEO Shaun Brook
68 Heritage London & Middle East CEO Stephen May
69 Howden Insurance Brokers LLC Executive Director Richard Wynn
70 HSBC Main Branch Assistant Manager Nour Salim Moetassem
71 ictQatar Tariff Manager Giuliana Del Bel
72 Independent - Formerly AON Retired Director of AON Garry Cullen
73 Insurance Commission of Jordan Director General Bassel Hindawi
74 Insurance Commission of Jordan Director, Office of the Director General Bassem Halassa
75 International General Insurance Co. (Dubai) Ltd Senior Executive Officer Rod Smith
76 International Insurance Society CEO Patrick Kenny
77 Janus Capital Group Managing Director - International Marketing Neal Jenkins
78 JP Morgan Managing Director, Co-Head of the
European Financial Institutions Group Carl Bauer
79 KPMG Partner Ahmed Hussain
80 KPMG Manager Mohammed Shameel
81 KPMG Assistant Manager Mono George
82 Lancashire Marketing Services
(Middle East) Ltd Guests of Mark Randall Giles Hussey
83 Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe Ltd Vice President Middle East Elie Bouchaaya
84 Londongate Group Director Edward Garrett
85 Londongate Qatar LLC Risk and Technical Manager John Lloyd
86 Londongate Qatar LLC General Manager Mahrous Shakir Al-Ejlah
87 Lonsdale & Associates General Manager Dino Jomaa
88 Lonsdale & Associates Insurance Brokers Country Manager Antoine Daher
89 Marsh Qatar LLC CEO Duncan Buchanan
90 Marsh Qatar L.L.C. Client Executive Philip Wood
91 Munich Re Underwriter Facultative Energy and Property Florian Rieß
92 Munich Re Client Manager Qatar Rudi Straass
93 Nasco Karaoglan Qatar LLC Manager Karim EL Zyr
94 Neohapsis EMEA Ltd Managing Director Lindsay Cox
95 Neuron LLC CEO Peter Hogg
96 Ministry of Finance Insurance Assessor Patrice Yvonne McDonald
97 PriceWaterhouseCoopers Senior Manager James Hewitt
98 PriceWaterhouseCoopers Business Development Manager Sancheze Flanders
99 Protection Insurance Services WLL Managing Director Osama Abdulaal
100 Qatar Airways Manager Sales Qatar Simone Arnheiter
101 Qatar Finance and Business Academy Director Jon Morton
102 Qatar Financial Centre Authority Client Relationship Officer Ayesha Al Mudehki
103 Qatar Financial Centre Authority MD, Business Development
Insurance and Reinsurance Fetooh Al Zayani
104 Qatar Financial Centre Authority Head of Finance & Tax Ian Anderson
105 Qatar Financial Centre Authority Director, Business Development James Sutherland
106 Qatar Financial Centre Authority Senior Client Relationship Officer Layla Abbas
107 Qatar Financial Centre Authority Marketing Executive Nahlah Shinnawie
108 Qatar Financial Centre Authority Head Of Corporate Communication
& Marketing Steve Martin
109 Qatar Financial Centre Authority Chief Executive Officer and Director General Stuart Pearce
110 Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority Abdulrahman Fakhro
111 Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority Case Officer Babita Balan
112 Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority Marketing Executive Daliah Abushk
113 Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority Associate Director Fayez Alsayegh
114 Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority Director, Authorisation Garry Monksfield
115 Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority Senior Manager, Insurance Supervision Glen McKay
116 Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority PA to Fetooh Al Zayani Liza Egido
117 Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority Case Officer Maha Al Saadi
118 Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority Managing Director, Financial Sector
Development and Policy Michael Webb

Delegate List
No Company Name Job Title Forename Surname
119 Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority Senior Manager Mohammad Jaffar Iqbal
120 Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority Senior Manager Phillip Leung
121 Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority Chairman and CEO Phillip Thorpe
122 Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority Associate Director Razaak Busari
123 Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority MD - Authorisation Richard Collins
124 Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority Director Strategy Shashank Srivastava
125 Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority Associate Director Vanessa Wood
126 Qatar Foundation Robert Baxter
127 Qatar Foundation Risk Management and Insurance Scott Saunders
128 Qatar Insurance Company CEO Dermot P Dick
129 Qatar Petroleum Corporate3 Manger Porject Fiannce Abdulrahman Ahmad Al-Shaibi
130 QFC Regulatory Authority Director Shankar Garigiparthy
131 QIC Group Group Chief Technical Officer Ewen McRobbie
132 QIC International LLC CEO Ian Sangster
133 QIS - former CEO SWIFT Chairman and Co-founder
(Formerly CEO, SWIFT 1992-2007) Leonard H. Schrank
134 QIS LLC Joanne Dick
135 QIS LLC CFO Richard Turner
136 QIS LLC Roy Gilmour
137 Raj Kapoor Underwriting Agencies Limted Chief Executive Officer Raj Kapoor
138 RBC Reinsurance (Ireland) Ltd. Managing Director Eddy Van Cutsem
139 Reed Qatar LLC Country Manager Steve Williams
140 Reed Specialist Recruitment Executive Consultant Anthony Hines
141 Reed Specialist Recruitment Senior Recruitment Executive Stuart Smith
142 Regulatory Finance Solutions CEO John Turner
143 Regulatory Finance Solutions Contracts Director Ray White
144 Regulatory Finance Solutions Roger Phillips
145 RFIB Guests of Mark Randall David Owen
146 RFIB Middle East Director Mark Randall
147 Scott Wilson Consultancy - Qatar Port Speaker in 2008 Jim Bell
148 Seatrade General Manager Trevor Pereira
149 Steptoe & Johnson Partner Gavin Coull
150 Summit Communications Project Director Nathalie Martin-Bea
151 Swiss Life Private Placement Limited General Manager Dubai Peter Traber
152 Swiss Re Director Client Markets
(Middle East/Turkey/Pakistan) Heinz Arnold
153 Swiss Re MD - Market Unit Head Switzerland,
Mediterranean, Middle East, Benelux and Iberia Luc Albert
154 Swiss Re Stephen Wirz
155 Talent&Pro CEO International Cint Kortmann
156 Tazur Company b.s.c Regional Manager Engineering & Tarig Abdelwahab
Construction Insurance/De Facto GM Mohamed Ahmed Elhag
157 The California State University Chief Risk Officer Charlene Minnick
158 The Lyle Group Director William Coles
159 The McIntyre Group Director of Middle East Insurance Grant Goldsmith
160 TriSystems Limited Manager Mark Duff
161 United Development Company Insurance & Risk Manager Dana Haidar
162 XL Insurance Senior Underwriter Construction Christian Mueller
163 Zurich Head of Construction Michael Spencer
164 Zurich International Life Branch Manager Adam Rix
165 Zurich International Life Head of Marketing Anisa Byrne
166 Zurich International Life Regional Head of Distribution Graham Morrell
167 Zurich International Life Marketing Karen Randhawa
168 Minister of Finance Youssef Kamal

Meet Our Sponsors
We set up our first Middle East offices more than twenty years ago with the aim of providing both individual and corporate
customers with real financial solutions to their international protection, investment, retirement and general saving needs.
• Bahrain - 1986
• Dubai – 1988
• Qatar - 2007
When our Qatar branch opened in 2007, we became the first offshore company to do so in this country.
Our use of dual hub processing (Dubai and Isle of Man), with work sharing between locations means we now offer a six day a week service and extended
working hours. This also enables us to work on public holidays in the different regions and provide quicker processing times.
With our largest customer base being non-resident Indians, we are also reaching out to other expatriates in the market who are attracted to the increasing
level of sophistication when it comes to our financial products.
All our product offerings are unit-linked life policies with investment returns based on the performance of the funds/assets being chosen. Regular or single
premiums are used to buy the chosen funds with the returns depending on the fund values accumulated in the policies.
All the unit-linked funds we offer are either managed by ourselves or by well-known global investment managers. Our comprehensive fund range covers
different asset classes, risk levels, geographic locations and industries.
Additional benefits are also available to complement some policy types. Various benefits such as life cover, critical illness, waiver of premium,
hospitalisation, permanent total disability, dismemberment and spouse’s income benefit are popular in the market and available through our products.
Our products are distributed through Independent Financial Advisors rather than sold via a direct sales force.
Zurich International Life (ZIL) is a business name of Zurich International Life Limited which is headquartered in the Isle of Man and is part of the Zurich
Financial Services Group. ZIL provides both individual and corporate customers with real financial solutions to their international protection, life insurance
and investment needs.
Zurich Financial Services Group is an insurance-based financial services provider with a global network of subsidiaries and offices in North America and
Europe as well as in Asia Pacific, Middle East, Latin America and other markets. Founded in 1872, the Group is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. It
employs approximately 60,000 employees serving customers in 170 countries.
About AXA Group worldwide
AXA Group is a worldwide leader in Financial Protection. AXA’s operations are diverse geographically, with major operations in Europe, North America and
the Asia/Pacific area. Full year 2007 IFRS revenues amounted to Euro 94 billion and adjusted earnings to Euro 6,138 million. The AXA ordinary share is listed
on compartment A of Euronext Paris under the ticker symbol CS (ISIN FR0000120628 – Bloomberg: CS FP – Reuters: AXAF.PA). The American Depository
Share is also listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol AXA.
About AXA in the Gulf
AXA in the GCC, with a workforce of over 580 employees, 12 offices region-wide, a substantial customer base and a gross written premium of over
US$ 350 million, is a major international insurer in the Middle East offering a wide range of insurance products and services for corporate and individual
customers.
AXA Gulf has grown into one of the largest and best known insurers in the Middle East with a winning combination of international expertise and local
knowledge.
With 12 branches across Bahrain, Oman, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, AXA offers support and expert advice to help you; your company and your family
choose the best insurance solution. With our new tagline ‘Redefining Insurance’ AXA is committed to breaking the insurance stereotype and building trust
through actions and proof instead of promises.
You can visit our website www.axa-gulf.com for more details about our products.

Meet Our Sponsors
Heritage is a leading independent provider of insurance and specialist financial services. For over 30 years, it has provided insurance management services
(captives and other self insurance structures) and has expanded into allied services, including fiduciary and fund administration.
Heritage is currently represented in Bahrain, Bermuda, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey, London and Malta and has received its in-principle license from the
Dubai Financial Services Authority to establish Heritage Insurance Management (Dubai) in early 2009.
INSURANCE MANAGEMENT
Heritage provides efficient and economic insurance structures to medium and large enterprises. Using all available data and relevant modelling techniques,
we analyse their exposures and financial circumstances, and balance their risk appetite with the conventional re/insurance markets and the wider financial
sector.
Heritage works to customer direction to provide an optimal product, utilising all available value. This includes preserving and enhancing current products
and relationships, and introducing new initiatives. Heritage works with risk managers, brokers, insurers, reinsurers and financial institutions to ensure these
aims are achieved.
MIDDLE EAST OPERATIONS
The emergence of a more proactive approach to risk management in the Middle East has developed out of a period of extraordinary economic growth,
enhanced corporate governance, greater international interaction and a more stringent regulatory environment.
In such an environment, risk financing structures such as Captive Insurance Companies and other special purpose vehicles can provide a range of benefits
to enhance risk strategies, strengthen insurance coverage and improve overall cost efficiency. At Heritage, we see a clear opportunity for an independent
firm to provide specialist insurance and financial services, including Sharia compliant structures, to corporations in the Middle East keen to take advantage
of these products.
Bahrain, Dubai and Qatar have all put in place firm captive insurance foundations with the implementation of state-of-the-art captive legislation and the
development of a sturdy yet market-friendly regulatory framework. The commitment of the regulators to making captive insurance an integral part of the
insurance industry has created an environment conducive to the advancement of the captive industry.
Our aim is to build long-term sustainable relationships with organisations in the region, founded upon partnership, trust and understanding.
Our partnership-based approach also extends to our work with the local insurance market.
By fostering close working relationships with brokers and insurers in the Middle East, we can help enhance the strength of the local market, placing it on a
firmer footing in negotiations with the international insurance and reinsurance industry.
Our team combines experienced captive practitioners working alongside professionals from the region who have been given extensive training in the
formation and management of captives. By bringing on board this local expertise, we hope to create a self-sustaining industry in the region.
At Heritage, we firmly believe that the captive will prove a key component in supporting and empowering organisations in the Middle East in their efforts to
achieve greater control over their overall risk strategies.
A special thank you to the QICI [QIC International LLC] for providing the MultaQa Qatar 2009 USB Sticks

Meet Our Sponsors
Reed Insurance has arrived in Doha
Reed has been servicing the Banking and Finance market place for the past 12 months via the Qatar Financial Centre. Reed Qatar was awarded this
prestigious license to operate under the QFC in early 2008.
Reed are pleased to launch the Insurance division here in Qatar
Some history about Reed
Reed Insurance is part of Reed Specialist Recruitment; a leading international and independent provider of temporary, contract and permanent recruitment
solutions, HR and IT consulting. As a family owned company with a strong heritage, Reed Specialist Recruitment has been assisting Jobseekers and
Employers since 1960 and has grown organically to employ more than 4,000 people in 400 offices.
World class solutions
We provide a range of services to support your recruitment campaign, no matter how big or small your requirement. The wider you search, the better your
chances of finding the ideal candidate. Reed Specialist Recruitment holds the UK’s largest candidate database and the country’s leading jobsite.
Database searches
Reed Insurance’s nationwide Intranet database is a vast pool that we can utilise on your behalf. Candidates approach us all the time, seeking the right job
for their skills and experience. We extend the same level of service and care to each of them as we do to you.
Integrated retained advertising campaigns
We purchase, place and create recruitment advertising all the time. When you need it, we can provide it – cost effectively. Our partnership with McCann
Erickson, the world’s leading advertising agency, enables us to help you formulate a powerful advertising strategy, putting your vacancies in front of the
best audience, whilst building your employer brand.
Consulting Services
We can help you examine the areas of your business upon which HR people or processes impact, auditing systems to ensure maximum return on human
capital throughout The Working LifecycleTM.
Recruitment Process Outsourcing
Many vital components of the HR function can be readily outsourced, increasing HR efficiencies and making significant savings.
Strategic Research
Reed Consulting’s Strategic Research Practice provides a range of resourcing and HR related information that allows clients to make critical business
decisions from an informed perspective
Screening
With regulatory compliance high on the boardroom agenda, reassurance that the executive talent you bring on board is risk free is crucial. As the UK’s
largest provider of employment screening, we can offer you a range of solutions, from basic checks to full and exacting security and financial screening.
Talent Management
Reed Consulting’s Assessment, Development & Talent Practice can work with you to optimise individual and organisational performance and potential and
to ensure that your leaders are developing the skills and awareness necessary for your organisation to compete effectively.
Outplacement
When senior or executive talent has to be let go, the experience can be smoothed with an empathetic transition consulting service. Reed Consulting’s
Transitions Practice can provide practical help for departing executives and support for those remaining with the organisation. Through reedglobal.com
and reed.co.uk, the UK’s biggest jobsite, we receive over 1.3 million job applications per month giving us access to an unparalleled number of quality
candidates.

Reach Out To Asia
Reach Out To Asia (ROTA) is an initiative launched in December 2005 in Doha, Qatar, by Her Excellency
Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, daughter of the Emir of Qatar. Operating under the
auspices of the Qatar Foundation, ROTA is a non-governmental organization committed to providing quality
education, encouraging relationships among communities, creating safe learning environments and restoring
education in areas with serious social difficulties.
VISION
ROTA envisions a world in which all young people have access to the education they need in order to realize
their full potential and shape the development of their communities.
MISSION
Together with partners, volunteers, and local communities, ROTA works to ensure that people affected by
crisis across Asia and around the world have continuous access to relevant and high-quality primary and
secondary education.
FOCAL COUNTRIES
In our efforts to promote education in Asia, we implement educational projects in countries where
immediate action is needed. Ten countries have been identified as ROTA’s priorities for 2006-2008:
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Iraq, Lebanon, Nepal, Pakistan, Palestine and Yemen.
Funds are allocated, and the projects implemented include:
• Building and/or adopting schools
• Founding training centers
• Equipping libraries and community centers
• Donating textbooks and teaching material
• Supporting literacy programs
• Connecting the educational entities through a shared Knowledge Network
• Creating job opportunities for the youth
ACHIEVEMENTS
• Built 62 schools
• Trained over 1,000 teachers
• Created over 500 job opportunities
• Provided access to education to over 13,000 students each year
• Developed a volunteer base of 800 individuals in Qatar
• Established 19 Partnerships
• Connected 8 schools to the Knowledge Network
• Organized 4 volunteer trips and 7 public events

Reach Out To Asia
Qatar-Titian Scholarship Fund
ROTA has been engaged in education projects in Bayat, Indonesia since 2006 when its emergency program
intervened to rebuild the schools in Bayat, Indonesia that were destroyed during the earthquake of 2005
in Java. The earthquake ripped through the island of Java killing 6,500 people and destroying homes and
buildings of over one million. The village of Bayat in Jogjakarta was one casualty of this disaster. With the
beginning of the school term at its heels, ROTA, together with its partner, Titian Foundation, moved quickly
to rebuild the kindergarten, primary and secondary school while also providing make-shift structures for the
interim. The completed schools, built to earthquake resistant specifications, benefits over 1,000 students
and also includes a hall for recreation activities, a sports ground, and a library/community learning center
which won first prize as best library in the Klaten region. Nearly 150 student volunteers from Qatar came to
Bayat in April 2007 to help in the construction of the school and beautification of the school grounds.
The Scholarship Fund
As part of ROTA’s commitment to provide further capacity building in Bayat, ROTA continues to work with
local communities to improve the quality of education in the region. The Qatar-Titian Scholarship Fund, which
facilitates financial aid for Bayat School students entering higher secondary school by covering all tuition
costs for three years, is one of the ways that ROTA has been involved. The reason behind providing tuition
for the full three years is to ensure that the scholarship recipient is able to complete his/her studies and
reduce the chance of dropping-out, a common occurrence in Bayat due to insecure financial resources of the
family as income is often dependent on ad-hoc seasonal employment.
Most students in Bayat come from poor families whose parents
are unable to read or write, and therefore, are unable to give their
children appropriate academic guidance or encouragement. Some
parents even consider it a burden to send their children. For this
reason, the program also provides ongoing mentoring to students
and families through professionals who monitor the performance
of scholarship recipients, liaise with parents and the school,
and offer the students counseling support to help them take full
advantage of the opportunities provided through education.
Selection for the Qatar-Titian scholarships is based on a meritorious and needs assessment criteria.
The specific criteria can also be provided by the donor organization. A Memoranda of Understanding
(MOU) signed between Titian Foundation and the parents of scholarship recipients stipulates the roles
and responsibilities of all parties to ensure that the management and commitments of the grant are fully
understood.