2025 Sompo Risk Managers Forum

2025 Sompo Risk Managers Forum

Your voice, our vision

Welcome

Thank you for joining us at the inaugural Sompo Risk Managers Forum – a two-day event designed to bring together insurance and risk professionals. Guided by the principle Your Voice, Our Vision, the RMF is built around collaboration, insight, and innovation. It’s a space where your expertise shapes the conversation, and our commitment as your insurer drives meaningful change.

With representation from a broad spectrum of industries, the RMF offers a broad view of the challenges and opportunities facing risk managers today. Through workshops, roundtables, and interactive sessions, we’ll explore key topics such as market dynamics, internal communication during claims, and strategic growth.

This is not just a one-off event, it’s the start of a three-year journey designed to foster a strong peer network and track the evolution of the issues that matter most to you.

 

Inspiration and Insight: Our Guest Speakers

We’re thrilled to welcome two exceptional speakers to Sompo’s Risk Managers Forum, each bringing a unique perspective on resilience, strategy, and leadership in times of uncertainty.

Hagai M. Segal, Lecturer and Professor at NYU London, will guide you through his session Managing in Times of Crisis – Finding Strategic and Economic Patterns in the Chaos. You’ll gain a fresh perspective on how to identify patterns in uncertainty and apply strategic thinking to complex risk environments. Hagai’s insights will help you sharpen your decision-making and better anticipate the ripple effects of global events.

Hagai M. Segal

Lauren Steadman, Paralympian, World Champion, and motivational speaker, will share her powerful personal journey—from overcoming adversity to competing at the highest levels of sport. Her talk will inspire you to embrace challenges with confidence, foster resilience within your teams, and stay focused on your goals. You’ll also receive a  Japanese daruma doll, a gift from Sompo, and symbol of perseverance and purpose, to remind you of the strength and determination that drives success in both sport and business.

Lauren Steadman

Meeting attendees

Attendees

 

Sompo team

Bob Thaker CEO, Sompo UK LinkedIn
Mike Reid Head of Property & Casualty, UK LinkedIn
John Richards Head of Financial Lines, UK LinkedIn
Stephanie Green Head of UK Client Management LinkedIn
Abbie Conneely
Richard Brown Head of Property, UK and International LinkedIn
Laura Llewellyn Gray Head of UK Property LinkedIn
Christian Crozier Christian Crozier Head of Corporate Casualty LinkedIn
Sally Roberts Head of Corporate Casualty LinkedIn
Anthony Tjong Head of Financial Institutions LinkedIn
Matt Hoare SVP Multinational, EMEA LinkedIn
Barry Beard Head of Complex Risk LinkedIn
James Shea Chief Executive Officer LinkedIn
Richard Wilkinson Head of Risk Control, UK LinkedIn

 

Client attendees

Danica Boag,
Risk Manager, RELX
LinkedIn
Emily Bradbury,
Global Risk and Insurance Manager, Cushman & Wakefield
LinkedIn
Scott Fetham,
Group Head of Insurance, Compass Group PLC
LinkedIn
Pam Joshi,
Global Head of Insurance and Risk Management, Takeda
LinkedIn
Chad Anderson,
Wolters Kluwer
Lee Worth,
Head of Group Insurance, Specsavers
LinkedIn
Gary Collins,
Global Director Risk & Insurance, JTI
LinkedIn
Ronan Larkin,
Director of Finance & Regulation, Northern Ireland Water
LinkedIn
Mark Elliot,
Head of Insurance Programmes, Bupa
LinkedIn
Maurizio Micale,
General Manager, STMicroelectronics
LinkedIn
Andrew Nolan,
Head of Technology & Operational Risk, IG Group
LinkedIn
Jenny Coughlan,
Head of Risk Management and Insurance, Ornua
LinkedIn
Iain Hovell,
Head of Global Insurance, IHG Hotels & Resorts
LinkedIn
Brenda Soesman,
Global Insurance Manager, Cofra Holding AG
LinkedIn
Chris Sutton,
Group Insurance Manager, Investec
LinkedIn
Eleanor Ofori-Adomako,
Head of Risk Insurance, FirstRand
LinkedIn
Richard Brown,
Hines
Keith Campbell,
Group Insurance Manager, Mitie
LinkedIn
Amy McElroy,
Senior Risk & Insurance Manager, BAT
LinkedIn
Farhad Jamooji,
Barclays

 

Monday 22nd September

Time Event Title Facilitator Location
12:00 Arrival and lunch All Hallway
12:30 Welcome Introduction

Investments, Expansion and Differentiation

Bob Thaker, CEO, EWIL & UK

Mike Reid, Head of P&C UK
John Richards, Head of FL

Ballroom
13:15 Navigating Market Dynamics TBC Ballroom
14:00 Break
14:15 Breaking down communication silos: what do clients and claims teams REALLY think during a Claim? JH / AC / Dan Stewart Ballroom
15.00 Check in
15:30 Managing In Times of Crisis – Finding Strategic and Economic Patterns in the Chaos Hagai M. Segal, Lecturer & Professor, NYU London  

Ballroom

17:00 Closing comments TBC Ballroom
19:30 Dinner All Orchard

 

Tuesday, 23rd September

Time Event Title Facilitator Location
  Breakfast All Wild Carrot
08:45     Welcome and recap Stef Green Ballroom
09:00 Speaker TBC – Lauren Stedman
09:30 Risk Control tbc TBC –
10:15    Break
10:30 Mamushis’ Den Stef Green / 4 Risk Managers
Pitch 1 – Multinational Client Portal

Pitch 2 – Risk Management

Pitch 3 – The changing role of Claims and what we can do

George Gatehouse? MH

TBC

JH/AC

12:00 Working lunch

Pitch 4  – Facilities

13:00     Closing
14:00     Network and Depart

 

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