Charles Taylor InsureTech is pleased to announce it has opened an office in Dubai to meet the growing demands for technology-related business transformation programmes in the regional insurance market.
The business will be led by Shahid Safdar, who has been appointed as Managing Director, for the Middle East and North Africa regions. He joins from Takaful Emarat where he was Chief Digital Officer, responsible for defining and executing the digital strategy transforming the company into a digital insurer.
Shahid Safdar has long experience in leading business change programmes. He previously worked in senior management consultancy roles for Grant Thornton, KPMG and Satori Consulting.
The move builds upon Charles Taylor InsureTech’s growth and success in European and Latin American markets. Success in the UK has seen Charles Taylor InsureTech appointed to provide a global delegated authorities platform for Lloyd’s which is at the center of its digital transformation program. In Latin America, Charles Taylor InsureTech has rapidly grown to become a dominant player, acquiring leading regional insurance technology business, Inworx.
Jason Sahota, Chief Executive Officer, Charles Taylor InsureTech, said:
“We believe there is a great opportunity for Charles Taylor InsureTech in the Middle East and North Africa.
“I am delighted to welcome Shahid to my management team. His business change and transformation experience means he will be well-positioned to support and drive change for insurance companies and brokers in the region. This is a very exciting time as we continue to take the business forward and help our clients adapt to the challenges they are facing.”
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About Charles Taylor InsureTech (www.ctinsuretech.com):
Charles Taylor InsureTech, part of Charles Taylor plc, was established to help insurance businesses drive change through the delivery of technology-enabled solutions. We provide technology consultancy and software implementation using our market-leading owned software solutions to enable our clients transform their businesses.
Charles Taylor plc (www.ctplc.com) is a global provider of insurance-related technical services and solutions dedicated to enabling the global insurance market to do its business fundamentally better.
We have been providing insurance-related professional services and technological solutions since 1884. Today, we employ around 3,100 staff in around 120 locations spread across 30 countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa.
We are distinctive in our market in that our professional services and technological solutions support every stage of the insurance lifecycle and every aspect of the insurance operating model. For the Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance market, we handle all major commercial lines, along with the more technical areas of personal lines; we do so similarly for the life and health insurance markets.
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