Gaëtan Lefèvre
Chairperson FERMA
Belgium
Gaëtan Lefèvre
Chairperson FERMA
JOB TITLE:
Head of Professional Ethics Risk and Insurance Management
BIO:
Gaetan is an engineer by background having qualified as a civil mining engineer at the University of Liege. He studied management and administration at the Catholic University of Louvain and risk and insurance management at the University of Mons.
Before joining Group John Cockerill, Gaetan worked in engineering and production for Group Lhoist. He then joined AG Insurance Company and held various roles linked to corporate risks before moving to Group InBev as risk and insurance manager for BeNeLux and France. He joined Group CMI, now known as John Cockerill in 2007.
Gaetan is also President of Belrim, the Belgian Risk Management Association and Board member and Treasurer of FERMA.
Rocco Bozzelli
MSC Cruises Global Head of Insurance
SIRM
Switzerland
Rocco Bozzelli
MSC Cruises Global Head of Insurance
JOB TITLE:
Head of Global Insurance
BIO:
Since 2021, Rocco is the Head of Global Insurance at MSC Cruises. In this position, he provides control, coordination and advisory assistance for any insurance covers placed within MSC Cruises Group on global basis.
Rocco started an international career (in Switzerland, France, Italy, Belgium and Monaco) with significant expertise in shipping brokerage, marine insurance and P&I underwriting, broking, consulting and risk & insurance management for shipping companies. Rocco used to be a member of Inland Hull, Fishing Vessels and Yachts (IFY) Committee at IUMI (International Union of Marine Insurance).
Rocco is board member of NorthStandard P&I since May 2022 and he is also member of SIRM and ANRA (Swiss and Italian Risk & Insurance Managers Associations).
Rocco has Master’s degree in Maritime and Transport Economics from the University of Genoa, Italy and he is a chartered shipping broker in Italy.
Rocco often participates as speaker and lecturer at shipping and insurance conferences and seminars.
Alessandra Carpi
ERM Director
Dsm-Firmenich
Spain
Alessandra Carpi
ERM Director
JOB TITLE:
Director, Enterprise Risk Management
BIO:
Alessandra is a risk and insurance professional with more than 10 years of experience in the field. Throughout her career, and in her current role, she has worked for various international manufacturing companies in the chemical, perfumery, flavor, and pharmaceutical industries. She has successfully headed corporate insurance functions and projects relating to Enterprise Risk Management, providing the strategic direction, and optimizing global international insurance programs.
Alessandra is an engineer by background, and she holds an MBA as well as a Risk Management Certification.
Heiko Ditzel
Senior Director Risk Finance & Transfer
Adidas AG
Germany
Heiko Ditzel
Senior Director Risk Finance & Transfer
Job Title:
Senior Director Risk Finance and Transfer
Bio:
Heiko Ditzel was appointed a non-executive director of adidas International Re dac (adidas Captive) domiciled in Ireland and Managing Director of adidas Insurance & Risk Consultants GmbH (adidas in-house broker) mid 2018.
Heiko joined adidas in 2010, working at the headquarters in Herzogenaurach, Germany, and assumed various position within the Insurance Department and became Senior Director of Risk Finance & Transfer in 2021 leading the non-life and life insurance business worldwide.
​Prior to joining adidas, Heiko was an insurance consultant at Funk between 2008 and 2010 and started his journey in the insurance industry in 2001 as apprentice at Allianz.
Helle Friberg
Senior Insurance Manager
Nuuday A/S
Denmark
Helle Friberg
Senior Insurance Manager
Job Title:
Senior Insurance Management
Bio:
Helle Friberg is the Senior Insurance Manager of Nuuday A/S, a company within the TDC Group. Nuuday delivers marked-leading connectivity products and digital services to the majority of Danish homes and businesses.
Helle is responsible for all Nuuday’s insurance-related matters, eg. insurance strategy, placing of insurances, insurance and broker tenders, contract review, claims handling, board reporting. As the insurance department is newly established, she is responsible for setting up the day-to-day routines and procedures and to integrate insurance knowledge and communicate insurance matters in the organization.
Helle has many years of experience within insurance and risk management from TDC Net, Hempel and ISS. Apart from managing global insurance programs, she has developed and implemented enterprise risk management along with security and personal protection management. She has collectively 18 years of board work experience through board positions in FERMA, the Danish Risk Management Association DARIM and as employee representative in the Hempel Foundation.
Cristina Martinez
Chief Risk Officer at SACYR
IGREA
Spain
Cristina Martinez
Chief Risk Officer at SACYR
JOB TITLE:
Chief Risk Officer at SACYR
BIO:
Cristina MartÃnez is a board member and Chief Risk Officer who helps large private organizations increase recurring revenue & liquidity and quickly align teams around priorities and values, by embedding risk-informed decision making. She specializes in developing tailormade and innovative corporate risk & insurance solutions for competitive advantage, growth, and turnaround. She has 20+ years of business leadership experience in complex multinational companies dealing with M&A, transformational challenges, revenue and organic growth, geographic expansion, IPO readiness, risk reduction and changing regulatory environments.
Cristina currently serves as Chief Risk Officer for SACYR, the 7th largest infrastructure concession operator in the world. She built the risk function from scratch and reshaped the risk governance and management strategy, leading it to become an award-wining resiliency case study in 2021. Previously, she built, led and leveled up the insurance and risk functions at large multidisciplinary teams across continents in a variety of industries including aviation (IBERIA AIRLINES) and consumer products (CAMPOFRIO FOOD GROUP) having successfully navigated highly visible regulations, crisis management, investors, and media.
As a Qualified Risk Director®, she is an internationally recognized risk and insurance advisor who helps companies navigate the intersection of innovation, governance and risk-taking.
Mario Ramirez
Global Risk & Audit Lead
Exolum
Spain
Mario Ramirez
Global Risk & Audit Lead
JOB TITLE:
Risk & Assets Manager at Exolum and Vice President of AGERS (Asociación Española de Gerentes de Riesgo y Seguros).
BIO:
Mario holds a degree in Law from the Universidad San Pablo CEU (Madrid) and a Master’s Degree in Risk Management and Insurance from the Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca. RamÃrez also earned a MBAE from ESIC, a PMD from IESE and he is Expert in Risk Management from the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.
Until 2008 he worked in different insurance companies. In that year, he moved to the CLH Group (now Exolum) as Head of Risk & Insurance and, since 2016, he has been not only responsable for Exolum´s insurance programs and claims management, but also responsible for the group assets, properties and easements management.
Karl-Johan Rodert
Director Captive & Insurance
Autoliv
Sweden
Karl-Johan Rodert
Director Captive & Insurance
JOB TITLE:
Director Captive & Insurance
BIO:
Karl-Johan Rodert, Director Captive & Insurance at Autoliv, the worlds largest producer of safety products for the automotive industry.
Karl-Johan heads the insurance department at Autoliv’s Group Risk Management, including managing the group Captive domiciled in the US, as President and Managing Director. Karl-Johan is also in charge of the group loss prevention program and all groupwide insurances.
In addition Karl-Johan is President for SWERMA (Swedish Risk Management Association), with over 400 members.
Karl-Johan is the 2023 winner of the European Risk Management Awards prize of Innovative Insurance Programme.
Karl-Johan previously worked as Senior Insurance Manager at Skanska and Risk Manager at Svevia.
Lea Lelijveld van Cingelshouck
NARIM
Netherlands
Lea Lelijveld van Cingelshouck
NARIM
JOB TITLE:
Insurance Manager
BIO:
As an expert with over 30 years of experience in the insurance industry, Lea Lelijveld van Cingelshouck is the Insurance Manager of NN Group N.V., a Dutch-based international financial services company operating in Europe and Japan, including Nationale-Nederlanden, one of the largest insurance companies in the Netherlands.
She is responsible for the global corporate insurance programs and provides support to local operations across the globe, while managing day-to-day operations and maintaining strong relationships with insurers, brokers, and stakeholders. Lea was Board Member of the European Captive Insurance and Reinsurance Owners’ Association (ECIROA), is Board Member of the Dutch Association for Risk and Insurance Managers (NARIM), and is an Advanced RIMAP Certified professional.
Prior to her current role she was the Captive and Insurance Manager for a large brewery company and the Risk & Insurance Manager for a real estate investor.
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