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Senior Management

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Brian Reilly
Non-executive Director

Brian has worked for over 40 years in the insurance industry with major multinational insurers General Accident, AIG, and Zurich. During that time, he worked in 36 countries in Asia Pacific, Middle East, Central, and Eastern Europe, India, and UK.

He has held senior management roles such as Regional SVP, EVP, COO and CEO roles based in UK, Hong Kong, Dubai, and India. He also held the position of main board Director with AIG UK from 2005-2008 and was an ‘approved person’ by the FSA during that period. He has led start-ups, mergers, and acquisitions, business turnarounds as well as running and driving existing businesses to greater profitability.

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Asif John
Partner

Asif is a fellow and qualified Actuary, Analytics & Data Scientist with almost 20 years of experience within primarily insurance and reinsurance sectors, with several years in C-level leadership roles.

He is the Co-Founder and Partner of ARGenesis, with one sole mission to enhance the markets using data science, machine learning and AI. Non-Executive for NewCo (for Mental Health Services).

In addition, Asif is proud to be the current Chairman of the IFoA Data Science Community with over 120 members. This role also includes being part of the IFoA Board members for their Data Science Steering Committee. Furthermore, he is also one of the Partners for the global Institute of Analytics.

Asif is also working with Heriot-Watt University and previously with LSE (London School of Economics) where he provides educational services as their Industry Leader for Data Science Case Studies.

Asif describes himself as a loyal, trustworthy, spontaneous, energetic and a positive person, who believes in the faith of his creator.

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Yudhishthir Vashista
Partner & CTO.

Yudhishthir is a technology leader with a career spanning over 16 years. He has consistently applied technology to drive business value. In recent years has enabled global enterprises in their quest for digital acceleration and operating model transformation. He specialises in implementing strategy through operations using data science, machine learning, predictive analytics, and Artificial Intelligence. 

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Ali Bayramov
Regional Director of Russia + CIS

Ali is both a purveyor of excellence and a beacon for local and global developments via an open based communication approach and the ability to build unparalleled rapport with all persons he encounters.

Boasting a diverse portfolio in relationship to both personal and business acumen; Ali’s ability to converse with several nations stems from his multi-lingual abilities which harnesses opportunities to strategically plan and then meticulously execute within any given market.

With direct experience in Azerbaijan, European and Asian insurance markets, Lloyds, SME, white label product development, agriculture insurance and marketing it is inherently agreeable that Ali adds immense value.

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Apollos Dan
Actuarial Director

Apollos has 20 years experience, specialises in Reserving and Capital Management. He has worked for major consultancies such as Milliman, PwC and KPMG in the UK and also in the industry for Zurich Insurance as a senior corporate actuary.  Apollos has expertise in reserving as he has done hands-on reserving and reserve reviews for many UK and international companies in the retail and commercial insurance sectors. Apollos has extensive expertise in Solvency 2 internal model and standard formula. In particular, he has very strong expertise in model validation and ORSA reporting.

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Chris Daniels
Regional Director of UK & Ireland

Chris displays a mixture of right and left-brain skills. With his meticulous eye, he is able to analyse the data while being sensitive to the emotional triggers behind our clients needs.

His experience of insight enables him to build what we call a technical data stack, which informs our management team how to build the bespoke models for our clients

Chris showcases an in-depth understanding of how marketing, operations, and digital communications need to work together. Ultimately, Chris works with vision while being a true representative for the ARGenesis brand.

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Richard Shaw
Consultant

Richard spent seven years working as a senior level within the insurance industry with over 25 years of business experience across United Kingdom. He has held senior positions, including SVP roles. He is very experienced actuary that provides both capital (this includes Internal Validation, internal model documentation, SII) and reserving. 

Richard has worked for various companies from Insurtech and Fintech these are company such as: Amlin, Lloyds Banking Group (LBG), Admiral Group, Aviva Group and others. He is well respected within the actuarial domain and also involved within IFoA Data Science MIG.

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Faizan Syed
Head of IT

As a seasoned technology executive with a proven track record of driving digital transformation, I bring over 5 years of leadership experience to my role as Head of IT. Based in the United Kingdom, I am dedicated to spearheading innovative IT strategies that align with business objectives and foster sustainable growth.

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Kay Aslam
EA & Business Executive

Kay is a versatile professional adept at combining the responsibilities of an Executive Assistant with strategic business leadership. With a knack for organisational efficiency and a keen eye for business opportunities, she excel in supporting executives while driving growth initiatives.