Speakers

AMICE is proud to welcome the following speakers for this Congress.

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Virginia Antonini

General Manager, Reale Foundation & Head of International Institutional Affairs, Reale Mutua

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Grzegorz Buczkowski

President, AMICE

Opening & Closing of the Congress / Mutual Leaders Roundtable: Future-Ready Mutuals: Reimagining Membership, Leadership and Impact

Grzegorz Buczkowski is CEO of Saltus TUW and Saltus Życie SA, the insurance companies of the Polish credit union system.  He has 30 years of experience in the Polish financial markets and credit unions, 25 of which in insurance.  Prior to joining Saltus, he has served as consultant to EU PHARE and UNDP programmes, World Bank’s CGAP programme and United Nations’ International Labour Organization and worked for institutions of the Polish credit union system. He has served on a number of boards, including companies listed on Warsaw Stock Exchange.

He has published on insurance and mutuality topics for the International Labour Organization, Bloomberg European Law Journal, Revue d’Economie Financiere and Polish Cooperative Research Institute.

He is a member of the Supervisory Committee of the Polish Chamber of Insurance and chair of its Mutuals’ Commission.He has been a member of the Board of Directors of AMICE since its formation in 2008, and its President since 2016.

Mr. Buczkowski holds an MA in English Literature from Gdansk University and an MBA in finance from Gdansk University and Strathclyde University, Glasgow.


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Karen Coleman

Broadcaster, Journalist, Author

Congress Moderator / Fireside Chat with Mary Robinson: Sustainability, Solidarity, Inclusivity, Equality / Fireside Chat with Marc Horovitz: Legislation in Transition: Mutual Insurance Under a Shifting Regulatory Horizon

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Luca Giordano

Head of Corporate Social Responsibility

Panelist: Insuring a Warming World: Mutual Solutions for Climate Resilience

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Sarah Goddard

Secretary General, AMICE

Panel Chair, Mutual Leaders Rountable: Future-Ready Mutuals: Reimagining Membership, Leadership and Impact

Sarah Goddard is Secretary General of AMICE, and has over 25 years' global re/insurance industry experience.

Before joining AMICE, she was CEO of the Dublin International Insurance & Management Association (DIMA) which represented companies writing non-Irish insurance, and life and non-life reinsurance business, including captive management.

Previously, Sarah worked as Editor for Global Reinsurance magazine and as International Bureau Chief for the Business Insurance magazine. She started her career at Lloyd's of London and graduated from the University of Manchester, UK.


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Marc Horovitz

Deputy Head of Insurance and Pensions, European Commission

Fireside Chat: Legislation in Transition: Mutual Insurance Under a Shifting Regulatory Horizon

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Tom Keane

Head of Stakeholder Engagement & CSE, IPB Insurance

Case study: Purpose, Protection, Partnership

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John Kearns

CEO, IPB Insurance

Opening of the Congress / Mutual Leaders Roundtable: Future-Ready Mutuals: Reimagining Membership, Leadership and Impact

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Professor Martha O’Hagan

Associate Professor of Finance, Fellow, Director of Undergraduate Teaching and Learning, Trinity Business School

Opening Keynote: Transforming Business for Good: Shared Purpose, Shared Responsibility

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Professor Martin Mullins

Co-Lead, Emerging Risk Group, Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick

Case study: Protection / Panellist: Trust in a Digital-First Insurance Sector: Scaling AI and Strengthening Cyber Resilience

Martin Mullins is Co-Leader of the Emerging Risk Group, Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, a Professor in Risk and Insurance, a Funded Investigator for Lero and has been a member of the Expert Group on Digital Ethics in Insurance for EIOPA. More recently, he worked with the Central Bank of Ireland as a data ethicist. Professor Mullins teaches financial regulation at Masters level and lectures on the philosophy of science to University doctoral students. He has worked on a number of risk governance related research projects, including five EU Commission funded projects in the area of emerging technologies and risk transfer. Two of these focus on risk metrics, privacy and insurance in the area of assisted driving systems, namely VIDAS and Cloud-LSVA - funded under the MG3.6 and ICT 16 calls respectively. He is currently working on a set of recommendations for the European policy makers on the use of AI driven tools by law enforcement agencies.


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David McWilliams

Economist, Author, Podcaster

Keynote: A European View of Global Volatility

David McWilliams, economist, author, podcaster, his latest book, Money: A Story of Humanity has been made the Financial Times and The Economist’s book of the year for 2024/25. It focuses on the crucial relationship between money and humanity from the Stone Age right up to Bitcoin. David aims to make economics uncomplicated and accessible and his podcast The David McWilliams Podcast, has over 35 million downloads establishing itself as one of the most successful economics podcasts globally. He is also the founder of the world's only economics and stand-up comedy festival, "Kilkenomics" - described by the Financial Times as "simply, the best economics conference in the world."

The David McWilliams Podcast has achieved over 35 million downloads, establishing itself as one of the most successful economics podcasts globally.

David’s 2023 TED Talk, The Power of Unconventional Thinking, has over 1.2 million views worldwide. As one of the few economists ever on the official TED stage, this talk underscores his ability to captivate and inspire a global audience through innovative ideas and fresh perspectives.

David is the author of several bestsellers, his books are celebrated for their insightful analysis and have been translated into multiple languages, reaching readers worldwide.

McWilliams is an adjunct professor of global economics at Trinity College Dublin and the sixth most influential economist in the world, according to Richtopia.

He cofounded the Dalkey Book Festival, Ireland's largest literary and ideas festival. McWilliams has written five bestsellers, including The Pope's Children: Ireland's New Elite, The Good Room, Follow the Money, The Generation Game, Renaissance Nation: How the Pope's Children Rewrote the Rules for Ireland and Money: A Story of Humanity. He also writes a weekly column for The Irish Times.


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Giovanni Rago

Head of Supervisory Convergence Unit, EIOPA

Keynote: Europe’s Insurance Framework: Regulation, Resilience and Relevance

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Mary Robinson

Former President of Ireland, Co-founder, Project Dandelion, Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Adjunct Professor, Climate Justice, Trinity College Dublin

Fireside Chat

Mary Robinson is a co-founder of Project Dandelion, which is a women-led global campaign for climate justice, Adjunct Professor for Climate Justice at Trinity College Dublin, and a member of The Elders. She served as President of Ireland from 1990-1997 and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997-2002. She is a member of the Club of Madrid and the recipient of numerous honours and awards including the Presidential Medal of Freedom from the President of the United States Barack Obama. Between 2013 and 2016, Mary served as the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy in three roles; first for the Great Lakes region of Africa, then on Climate Change leading up to the Paris Agreement and in 2016 as his Special Envoy on El Niño and Climate. Her Foundation, the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice, established in 2010, came to a planned end in April 2019.

A former President of the International Commission of Jurists and former chair of the Council of Women World Leaders she was President and founder of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative from 2002-2010 and served as Honorary President of Oxfam International from 2002-2012. She was Chancellor of the University of Dublin from 1998 to 2019. 
 
Mary Robinson serves as Patron of the International Science Council and Patron of the Board of the Institute of Human Rights and Business, is an Ambassador for The B Team, in addition to being a board member of several organisations including the Mo Ibrahim Foundation and the Aurora Foundation. Recently she became joint Honorary President of the Africa Europe Foundation. Mary’s memoir, ‘Everybody Matters’ was published in September 2012 and her book, ‘Climate Justice - Hope, Resilience and the Fight for a Sustainable Future’ was published in September 2018. She is also co-host of a podcast on the climate crisis, called ‘Mothers of Invention’.


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Alexandra Stråberg

Chief Economist, Länsförsäkringar

Keynote: Mutual Strength in Turbulent Times: Navigating Geopolitical Risk

Experienced Chief Economist with a demonstrated history of working in various areas such as the public-,  lobbying-, construction - and financial sector. Skilled in Business Planning, Analysis, Strategy, Economic Forecasting, Macroeconomics, and International Relations. Stands out with strong communicative - and presentational skills. MSc Economics from Stockholm University.


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Pieter Van Vliet

Product Manager (SAFe) KVC, Achmea

Case study: Purpose

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Belma Yasharova

Head of Policy, AMICE

Mutual Meet-Up Host: Advocacy