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), ACII
- 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
Veeral Joshi
Chief Motor Officer
- 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
Tarique Mahar
Director – Corporate Insurance Advisory
- MBA
- 2 years in Marketing
- With AFIA since 2015
Zainab Noor
Director – Advisory
- BBA
- 6 years in the UAE Insurance Industry
- 2 years in Customer Service and Sales
- With AFIA since 2014
Agatha Alicdan
Unit Head - Retail Medical
- BMC 6 years in the UAE Insurance Industry
- With AFIA since 2016
Santhosh Ganesan
Head - Life Insurance & Financial Planning
- Cert. CII Level III Qualified
- 8 years in UAE Life Insurance
- With AFIA since November 2020
Jake Romasanta
Unit Head - Corporate Motor
- BS in Education
- 8+ years in UAE
- With AFIA since 2015
Rahul Matiwadekar
Chief Product Officer
- B.Com, CII (Award)
- 2+ years in the UAE
- With AFIA since 2020
Akash Ravindranath
Head - Internal Audit
- FCA, Bcom, PGDPA
- 5 Years In UAE Insurance Industry
- With AFIA since 2021
Eshwar Dass
Deputy Manager - Finance & Compliance
- ACCA
- 4 years in Accounts
- With AFIA since 2018
Ram Dizon
Financial Controller
- BCS
- 7 years in Branch Banking Operations
- With AFIA since 2014
Gilbert Simbulan
Unit Manager - Medical Insurance Renewals
- AB-Comm
- 7+ years in UAE
- With AFIA since 2016
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
Ashmy Arackal
Operations Manager
- B-Tech
- 3+ years in the UAE
- With AFIA since 2019
Amjad Umar
Claims Executive
- M.COM
- Accounting & Finance 8 years of Professional experience
- With AFIA since 2018
Gloria Hurboda
Manager – Claims
- BSED
- 2 years in the UAE Insurance Industry
- 8 years as a Claims Account Officer
- With AFIA since 2016
Lloyd Villarias
IT Manager
- BS. Information Technology
- Diploma in Computer and Electronics
- 10 Years working in UAE as IT Support
- With AFIA since 2017
Taimoor Ashiq
Manager – Marketing & Product
- BBA
- 3+ years in the UAE
- With AFIA since 2019
Rachit Jhamb
Unit Manager - AMT
- PGDM
- 8+ years in the UAE Insurance Industry
- With AFIA since 2020
Divya Mandke
Unit Head - General Insurance
- MBA
- Cert CII
- 6 years in the UAE Insurance Industry
- 4 years in Investment Banking Industry as Private Banker Executive
- With AFIA since 2017