A seasoned risk and insurance practitioner with 3 decades of insurance, reinsurance, risk and governance experience in conventional and captive sectors across Europe and the Middle East, James has been involved in financial services, initially in banking, since 1986 and joining insurance in 1990.
James is a a Chartered Insurance Risk Manager, a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute and a Fellow of the UK Institute of Risk Management and also holds an MSc in Risk Management from Glasgow Caledonian University.
He started his insurance career with Middlesea Insurance plc (now part of the Grupo Mapfre conglomerate) in Malta later worked in London, Central Europe , the Middle East (Bahrain, UAE and Qatar) and East Africa with a career spanning commercial and industrial insurance underwriting, distribution, outward reinsurance, broking, risk management, captive management, consulting and training.
A strong believer in adding value, James has been involved in delivering training and empowering people in insurance since 1990.
After the Middle East stint, James returned to Malta in 2015 and has since been engaged as a Chairman and independent non-executive director on a portfolio of insurance companies in Malta operating across Europe by virtue of the EU Freedom of Services Directive. He also maintains one senior executive (technical) capacity, lectures insurance on a visiting basis at the University of Malta and is the President of the Malta Insurance Institute.
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