Speakers

Dawn Behnke

Executive Vice President, Consumer Markets Division, Pacific Life

Dawn joined Pacific Life as a program manager in 2001. Currently, as the head of the Consumer Markets Division, she is responsible for the growth and profitability of the company’s life insurance and retirement solutions business lines, as well as the continued expansion efforts in core and new markets. 

Dawn is a member of Pacific Life’s Management Committee. In her spare time, Dawn enjoys sailing, playing in a hand bell choir, supporting her favorite charities (City of Hope and Think Together), and spending time with family. 

Adrita Bhattacharya-Craven

Director, Health and Demography, The Geneva Association

Adrita Bhattacharya-Craven is the Research Director for Health and Demography at the Geneva Association (GA), a leading global think tank for the insurance industry. She oversees strategic, long-term research on health and life insurance, working closely with group CEOs and executives from GA member companies, as well as academic and global institutions.

Her research focuses on how evolving health and demographic trends stemming from shifting disease burdens, medical advancements, and climate change—shape life and health protection. With expertise in health policy and the economics of health care, she is particularly interested in how financing can strengthen market organisation and close protection gaps.

With over 20 years of experience, Adrita began her career with the National Health Service (NHS) in England before working with senior leadership across public and private institutions. She has worked with international organisations, including multilateral agencies such as the World Bank and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (formerly DFID) amongst others, as well as professional services firms and private sector providers. Her work has taken her to more than 20 countries, advising on health policy and system reforms.

Conor Donaldson

Head of Implementation and Assessment, International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS)

Conor Donaldson has been working on implementation and internal operations for the IAIS since 2012. During this time, he was instrumental in the development of the IAIS’ comprehensive strategy for implementation, built strategic relationships with implementation partners and members from emerging markets and developing economy jurisdictions and launched a number of initiatives specifically aimed at strengthening understanding and observance of the IAIS’ supervisory material.

From 2021-2023, Conor was based in Singapore where he was the CEO of the Global Asia Insurance Partnership (GAIP), an innovative multistakeholder partnership between Asia’s supervisory community, the global insurance sector and academia, focused on new, emerging and accelerating risks. At GAIP, Conor led the organisation from concept to execution, developing the multi-year strategy, funding model, workplan, budget and leading recruitment of the full team.

Before joining the IAIS, Conor held a range of policy roles in the areas of intergovernmental relations, trade policy and financial sector policy in British Columbia, Canada.

Anthony J. Ferrante

Global Head of Cybersecurity, FTI Consulting

Anthony J. Ferrante is a Senior Managing Director and the Global Head of Cybersecurity at FTI Consulting. Mr. Ferrante is an expert in data security, compliance, privacy, national security, and cybersecurity readiness, prevention, incident response, remediation, recovery, and complex investigation services. He has more than 25 years of top‐level cybersecurity experience, providing incident response and readiness planning to more than 1,000 private sector and government organizations. He advises companies within the most regulated industries in the world, including finance and technology, on their toughest cybersecurity challenges, from regulation and legislation enforcement (including DFARS, HIPAA, ITAR, GDPR, CCPA, NYDFS, and PCI DSS) to expert witness litigation. Mr. Ferrante maintains first‐hand operational knowledge of more than 60 criminal and national security cyber threat sets and has extensive practical experience researching, designing, developing, and hacking technical applications and hardware systems, allowing for unparalleled client advisory and support in complex investigations and litigation.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Ferrante served as Director for Cyber Incident Response at the U.S. National Security Council at the White House where he coordinated U.S. response to unfolding domestic and international cybersecurity crises and issues. Before joining the National Security Council, Mr. Ferrante was Chief of Staff of the FBI’s Cyber Division. He joined the FBI as a special agent in 2005, assigned to the New York Field Office. In 2006, Mr. Ferrante was selected as a member of the FBI’s Cyber Action Team, a fly-team of experts who deploy globally to respond to the most critical cyber incidents on behalf of the U.S. Government.

Anthony Habayeb

CEO and Co-Founder, Monitaur

Anthony Habayeb is CEO and co-founder of Monitaur, a leading AI governance software company. Monitaur enables its customers to deliver responsible AI and critical models that business leaders, regulators and consumers can trust. He is a Director for the IRES Foundation and has frequently contributed to the NAIC on issues related to AI risks and governance. Prior to Monitaur, Habayeb brings a wealth of experience from his strategic consulting days at Accenture and executive roles at Gannett, Monster, and Yahoo. He also advises AI companies globally and in Boston’s thriving ecosystem.

John Hele

Chair, Resolution Re and Vice Chair, BILTIR

Mr. Hele is Executive Chairman of Portage AI Inc.   He is also Chairman of Resolution Re based in Bermuda.  He served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Resolution Life Group Holdings from February 2019 to June 2023.   Mr. Hele has held various senior positions in the insurance industry, including as EVP and Chief Financial Officer(“CFO”) for MetLife, Inc. in New York, Member of the Executive Board and CFO at ING Groep NV in the Netherlands, and CFO, Treasurer & Executive VP for Arch Capital Group Ltd in Bermuda. Mr. Hele spent over a decade working at Merrill Lynch & Co. in Investment Banking, Financial Institutions Group and in the Private Client Group.

Mr. Hele is currently Vice Chair of the Bermuda International Long-Term Insurers and Reinsurers (“BILTIR”) industry association and is a board member of the Association of Bermuda International Companies (“ABIC”).   Mr. Hele is a board member and Chair of the Risk Committee for SOFI Technologies Inc, a public traded financial services and technology company based in San Francisco, CA.  

 Mr. Hele is a Member of The American Academy of Actuaries, and a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries and holds a Bachelor of Math degree from The University of Waterloo. 

Petra Hielkema

Chairperson, EIOPA

Petra is the Chairperson of EIOPA and has been leading the Authority since September 2021, following her appointment by the European Council on 27 May 2021 after confirmation by the European Parliament on 18 May 2021.

In 2025 Petra is chairing the Joint Committee (the role rotates between the ESA Chairs). In that capacity she is also deputy Vice Chair of the ESRB Steering Committee and the ESRB General Board in 2025. Petra was appointed as Vice Chair of the IAIS Executive Committee in December 2024. Besides that, she is the Champion of the IAIS Fintech Forum.

Prior to this role Petra was Division Director of Insurance Supervision at De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB, the Dutch Central Bank) as well as Alternate Member of the EIOPA Board and Chair of the EIOPA Policy Committee. Petra joined DNB in February 2007 as a policy advisor, contributing to the development of Solvency II. In 2013 she became Head Insurance Policy and in 2015 she was appointed as Head of the DNB Expert Centre for Fit & Proper assessments. In February 2017 Petra started as Director of Payments and Market. Prior to joining the Dutch Central Bank fulfilled several roles working in Central Asia.

Petra has a European Masters in Law & Economics and a Masters in Russian Studies. She is married and proud mother of three children.

Ekhosuehi Iyahen

Secretary General, Insurance Development Forum

Ekhosuehi Iyahen is the Secretary General of the Insurance Development Forum (IDF), a Public-Private Partnership led by the insurance industry and supported by the World Bank, the United Nations, and other international organisations, aiming to enhance the use of insurance to build greater resilience against disasters and help achieve the UNSDGs and Global 2030 Agenda. She was directly involved in establishing various pioneering initiatives, including the Tripartite Agreement (IDF/UNDP/BMZ); the GRMA and the joint establishment of the GRII.

Ekhosuehi is a graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science and Harvard University. She was a 2018 Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Centre Resident Practitioner Fellow. In 2020, she was identified by Leader’s magazine as one of 100 global resilience thought leaders. In 2021, she was appointed as a Non-Resident Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center. She is also a member of the Climate Impacts Advisory Committee of the Wellcome Trust.

Dr. Daniel Kaniewski

Managing Director, Public Sector, Marsh McLennan

Dr. Daniel Kaniewski is Managing Director, Public Sector at global professional services firm Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), where he advances the firm’s priorities with all levels of government, develops innovative solutions to public sector challenges, and engages 90,000 experts in risk, strategy, and people. 

From 2017 to 2020, Dr. Kaniewski was the second-ranking official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). As the agency’s first Deputy Administrator for Resilience, he launched and led the disaster resilience programs that are now a cornerstone of FEMA’s mission.

Jeff Manson

Senior Vice President, Underwriting, Head of Global Public Sector Partnership, RenaissanceRe

Jeff Manson is a senior underwriting executive with over 18 years’ experience in the reinsurance industry. He was instrumental in growing RenaissanceRe’s US and global primary catastrophe reinsurance portfolios and is responsible for RenaissanceRe’s external engagement partnership activities for the group. Jeff has led the company’s collaborative efforts across several public and private sector initiatives to help promote and enhance resiliency in vulnerable communities around the world and lessen the impacts of natural catastrophe events. 

Jeff serves on a variety of local and international boards: Chair of the Climate and Sustainability Committee, Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers, Co-chair of the Risk Modelling Steering Group, Insurance Development Forum, Chair of the Managing Committee, ClimateWise, member of the Advisory Board, Bermuda Institute for Ocean Sciences, and member of the Sustainable Markets Initiative, Insurance Task Force, Executive Action Committee.

Prior to his career in reinsurance, Jeff was Partner and Managing Director of an environmental consulting firm focused on resource use and climate change issues. Jeff holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Biology from the University of Guelph in Canada.  

Donna Megregian

Vice President and Actuary, RGA Reinsurance Company

Donna Megregian is vice president and actuary in RGA’s US individual life pricing area. Her main responsibilities include helping clients with product development, competitive intelligence and raising awareness to regulatory proposals and changes. She actively volunteers with various organizations including the American Academy of Actuaries, the Society of Actuaries, and the American Council of Life Insurers that leverage her over 25 years of life insurance and annuity product development experience. She is a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries and a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries.

Dawn Miller

Commercial Director, CEO of the Americas, Lloyd's of London

Dawn M. Miller joined Lloyds of London as Commercial Director in May 2022 from CHUBB, where she was Regional Executive Officer for CHUBB Central Region (Switzerland, MENA, Turkey) from April 2021 and Country President for CHUBB Switzerland, based in Zurich, since March 2020. Prior to this, she was responsible for Middle Market, Small Commercial, Industry Practise and Distribution businesses of CHUBB Continental Europe. 

Prior to joining CHUBB, she was President and CEO of AXA Insurance Company, in New York and held a variety of market-facing leadership roles at AIG in Europe, the Gulf region, and the United States, and spent several years in the Central/Eastern European energy sector as an Entrepreneur.

She Chairs the Board of Trustees for Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation UK, sits on the Steering Committee for Maths4Girls as well as the Executive Council of International Insurance Society (IIS). Dawn is a member of Chatham House, Institute of Directors, Worshipful Company of Insurers. She is a passionate supporter of diversity in business leadership, enabling small business success and community sustainability. 

Dawn holds B.A in International Relations with minor in French from The American University, Washington DC, where she is now Vice Chair of the School of International Service Board of Advisors. 

Eric Partlan

Chief Investment Officer, MassMutual Life Insurance Company

Eric W. Partlan is the Chief Investment Officer of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual), headquartered in Springfield, Massachusetts. Eric is responsible for MassMutual’s overall investment strategy and has oversight of the company’s General Investment Account (GIA).

Before assuming the role of Chief Investment Officer in March 2023, Eric served as Head of Portfolio Management for MassMutual for over a decade, where he led a team responsible for the company’s global asset allocation, asset liability management, overall portfolio hedging, and quantitative research and development. In addition, Eric was Chief Investment Officer for MassMutual International and is Chief Investment Officer for MassMutual Ascend. In 2010, Eric was named Head of Investment Risk at MassMutual, where he was instrumental in developing the company’s approach to assessing and mitigating risk within its GIA. Eric joined Babson Capital Management, a former MassMutual subsidiary that is now part of Barings, in 2004, where he was a Managing Director of the Structured Credit Products Group. Prior to joining MassMutual, Eric held several engineering roles at companies including The Boeing Company and B/E Aerospace.

Eric, a certified Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), is a graduate of Michigan State University with bachelor’s degrees in accounting and mechanical engineering. He earned his master’s degrees in business administration and mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology as well as a master’s degree in industrial engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.

Gareth Truran

Executive Director, Insurance Supervision, Prudential Regulation Authority

Gareth Truran took up the role of Executive Director for Insurance Supervision in May 2024. In this role, he is responsible for the PRA's supervision of over 500 UK insurance companies and branches of international insurers operating in the UK. He is also the UK’s member on the Executive Committee of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS).

From March 2020 to April 2024, Gareth was a Director in the PRA's Prudential Policy Directorate, where he was responsible for leading the PRA's policy work on insurance (including the Solvency 2 Review) and the PRA’s cross-sectoral policy on governance, operational resilience, accounting, reporting and disclosure issues. He also helped lead the development and implementation of the PRA's updated approach to policymaking under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023.