ALFRED'S MANAGEMENT TEAM
Teamwork makes the dream work! AFIA Insurance Brokerage Services LLC and InsuranceMarket.ae employ a team of over 400 insurance professionals to help you with all your retail and business insurance requirements. Our growth and success since 1995 would not be possible without our Management Team that have been able to successfully execute our customer obsession strategy. We are obsessed with conveniently and cost effectively making your life secure.
Avinash Babur
Chief Executive Officer
- BSc (Hons), ASCII
- With AFIA since 2010
- Founder of InsuranceMarket.ae
Fayaz Kariyambath
General Manager
- Bcom
- 12 years in the UAE
- Insurance Industry With AFIA since 2008
Mahesh Balani
Chief Operating Officer
- BBA, DIP CII
- 15 years in the UAE
- Insurance Industry With AFIA since 2018
Ameet Lakhiani
Chief Financial Officer
- B.Com
- 22 years of Professional experience including 11 years as an Entrepreneur & in Leadership roles.
Hitesh Motwani
Chief Marketing Officer
- MBA, DIP CII
- 7 years in the UAE Insurance Industry
- 2 years in Accounting and Finance With AFIA since 2013
Hussain Fakhruddin
Chief Technology Officer
- BS Computer Engineering, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Professional Scrum Master
- 15 years of professional experience in Asset Management, Customs, E-Commerce, Insurance
- 13 years in the UAE
Paula Melendres
Chief Digital Transformation Officer
- BSFM
- 4 years in the UAE Insurance Industry
- 2 years in the Financial Industry
- With AFIA since 2016
Shalni Babur
Chief Human Resources Officerr
- 7 years in the UAE Insurance Industry
- 3 years in Consulting and HR
- With AFIA since 2013
John Waldron
Head – IM PRIORITY & Personal Property
- BBS, CIP – Ireland
- 14 years in the Insurance including 7 years in the UAE Insurance Industry
Christabelle Gouria
Unit Head – Retail New Business
- MCom A&F, Cert CII
- 7 years in the UAE Insurance Industry
- 2 years in Training, Business Development, Business Accountancy and Management
- With AFIA since 2013
Roozina Ahamed
Unit Head – Retail New Business
- BBA
- 12 years in the UAE Insurance Industry
- With AFIA since 2015
Tarique Mahar
Director – Corporate Insurance Advisory
- MBA
- 2 years in Marketing
- With AFIA since 2015
Jeffrey Cruz
Unit Head – Retail New Business
- BBA
- 10 years in the UAE Insurance Industry
- 4 years in Business Operations Management (BPO)
- With AFIA since 2010
Walaa Alsahin
Unit Head - Compliance, Audit and Operations
- BBA, Business Administration - Risk Management & Insurance
- ISO Internal Auditor Certified
- 10 years in Insurance Industry
- 04 years in Banking Industry
Rachel Al Mughairi
Director – Strategic Projects
- HND Business & Finance, DipCII PRINCE2 Project Practitioner, Workplace Psychologist,
- 32 years in the International & 3 years in UAE Insurance Industry
Suresh Chaturvedi
Head – Life Insurance & Financial Planning
- B.COM, Award (CII)
- 11 years in the UAE Insurance Industry
- With AFIA since 2018
Dara Asenova
Head – Human Resources
- MBA
- 10 years in Recruitment, Executive Search & Accounts Management, more than
- 01 year in Insurance Industry
Zainab Noor
Head – Quality Assurance
- BBA
- 6 years in the UAE Insurance Industry
- 2 years in Customer Service and Sales
- With AFIA since 2014
Veeral Joshi
Unit Head – Training, Development & Quality
- Bcom (Major in FM) More than
- 13 years of experience in BPO (Business process Outsourcing) – Specialized in Training & Development (Sales)
- With AFIA since May 2017
Dexter Quito
Unit Head – Retail Medical
- BSN, RN
- 6 years in the UAE Insurance Industry
- 2 years as a Customer Service Associate (CIGNA)
- With AFIA since 2014
Evan Arano
Unit Head – Retail Travel and EBP
- BSN
- 3 years in the UAE Insurance Industry
- 2 years as an Associate Unit Manager in Sales (Insurance Industry PHL)
- 2 years as a Supervisor in Sales (BPO)
- With AFIA since 2017
Reema Chopra
Head – Internal Audit & Compliance
- BCOM
- 21 years in Finance in the UAE Insurance Industry
- With AFIA since 2019
Eshwar Dass
Unit Head – Accounting & Audit
- ACCA
- 4 years in Accounts
- With AFIA since 2018
Ram Dizon
Financial Controller
- BCS
- 7 years in Branch Banking Operations
- With AFIA since 2014
Jicelle Kameyama
Financial Controller
- BSLM
- 6 years in the UAE Insurance Industry
- With AFIA since 2014
Faizal Basheer
Head – IT
- BTech
- 5 years as an IT support
- With AFIA since 2015
Santhosh Ganesan
Deputy Unit Manager
- Cert. CII Level III Qualified
- 8 years in UAE Life Insurance
- With AFIA since November 2020
Shaima Al Mehairi
Money Laundering Reporting Officer
- Diploma in Computer Studies
- Diploma in Human Resources
- Certificate in Communication Skills
- 1 year and a half as an Insurance Advisor
- 2 years as MLRO (Money Laundry Reporting Officer)
- With AFIA for over 3 years
Charles Pink
Head – Claims
- BMM
- 9 years in the UAE Insurance Industry
- With AFIA since 2015
Gloria Hurboda
Manager – Claims
- BSED
- 2 years in the UAE Insurance Industry
- 8 years as a Claims Account Officer
- With AFIA since 2016
John Waldron
Head – IM PRIORITY & Personal Property
- BBS, CIP – Ireland
- 14 years in the Insurance including 7 years in the UAE Insurance Industry
Oumnia Cherkaoui
Senior Manager
- B.B.A, Degree in Marketing – Canada
- 03 years in the Finance Advisory – Canada
Rahul Rane
Senior Manager
- MBA
- 11 years in Sales, Marketing & Service Delivery
Grishma Apte
Senior Manager
- MCOM, PGDMC
- 13 years of experience in Key Account Management, Consultative Selling & Marketing in Print, Radio & Insurance Industry
Lee Johnston
Senior Manager
- In Business Studies and ICT
- 15 years in Insurance, Real Estate and Marketing Industries
Jari Zavadil
Senior Manager
- BA (Honors) Business
- 7 years of experience in Investment Banking and 7 years in Sales,
- 01 year in the UAE
Marija Kovijanic
Senior Manager
- B.A Hons
- 12 years of experience in the UAE