Alastair Campbell is a British author, broadcaster, podcaster and strategist who came to prominence as press secretary and director of communications to former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair. He continues to advise governments and progressive politicians in different parts of the world. He also presents the UKâs Number 1 podcast, The Rest Is Politics, alongside former Conservative cabinet minister Rory Stewart.
Principal Officer and Chief Executive
HDI
Alex Tarantino is an experienced insurance executive and business leader with nearly 25 years in the industry, spanning the UK (including Lloyds of London), Canada, Australia, and Singapore. Currently, he is the Principal Officer and Chief Executive for HDI Global SE, Singapore, responsible for South East and South Asia. With a strong focus on market expansion, Alex combines strategic vision with hands-on leadership in renewable energy, construction, and international programmes. Outside of work, he enjoys cycling, great food, and connecting with people. His career reflects a commitment to learning, development, and delivering sustainable results.
Head of Engineering
Sulzer
Andrianto is a seasoned engineering leader at Sulzer, where he began his career in 2009 as a Mechanical Engineer and has since risen to head the engineering function for one of Sulzerâs global turbomachinery centre of excellence, in Indonesia. Over the past decade and a half, he has successfully engineered more than 60 high impact projects, including solution engineering for a 600 MW steam turbine generator unit, re-rate of steam turbine to drive energy efficiency and output gains, and the restoration of heavily corroded rotors etc.
Senior Partner
Fenchurch Law
David founded Fenchurch Law in 2010, and is the current Senior Partner, having previously been the firmâs Managing Partner from 2010 to 2024. David also leads Fenchurch Lawâs International Risks group. His work involves representing policyholders in relation to claims under Construction All Risks, Design & Build Professional Indemnity, Latent Defects and Third Party Liability policies. He regularly deals with disputes involving âdamage vs defectâ issues, âdesign vs workmanshipâ issues, and the proper interpretation of âDEâ and âLEGâ defects exclusions.
President Director
PT Paiton Energy
Fazil Erwin Alfitri holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, USA (1988) and received a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, USA (1990). In May 2024, he was appointed President Director of PT Paiton Energy. He also serves as a Director in several companies within the MEDCO Group.
Subsea Power Cables Expert
Hawkins
Dr Hugh Martindale is a Forensic Mechanical Engineer and expert in subsea power cables. Past experience includes engineering consultancy, performing flexible pipe and marine hose failure root cause analysis. As well as oil well BOP (Blowout Preventer) and LMRP (Lower Marine Riser Package) disassembly witnessing, oil and gas subsea equipment manufacturing inspections, recovery of failed subsea flexible pipe samples from the North Sea and support for flexible pipe and subsea power cable failure analyses and integrity assessments.
Vice President
JS Held
Jeremy Erndt is a seasoned power development, engineering, and operations professional, with experience in power generation, infrastructure, and technology. He has led utility-scale power, transmission and water projects from early development and conceptual design through NTP and eventual operation. He is an international expert and supports a variety of capital project development programs. Jeremy is a subject matter expert in project due diligence, engineering, and constructability for large-scale projects. He has over twenty years of experience in the development, engineering, construction, and operations of energy and infrastructure projects, spanning over 30 Gigawatts within energy projects and over $100B within infrastructure.
CEO
Arthur J Gallagher (Singapore)
Ng Leng Leng is the CEO of Gallagher Singapore. With over 20 years of industry experience, she has held senior leadership roles across brokers and insurers. She holds a strong passion in building client centric solutions across multiple industries, including Oil & Gas as well as Power and Utilities. She also serves as a Founding Committee Member for Women in Insurance, advocating for female leadership development across the industry since 2023.
ACWA
Mehdi El Asfar is the Commercial Director at Noor Energy 1, ACWA Power’s largest project company. He leads commercial operations on major IPP projects, with a focus on complex negotiations, contracts management, and insurance recovery. Mehdi has played a key role in developing over 1.2 GW of renewable energy across Middle East and Africa, mobilizing more than $6 billion in CAPEX. He recently led the successful settlement of a major insurance claim following severe flooding in Dubai. He holds a Master’s in Mechanical Engineering and brings over a decade of experience in the power and infrastructure sector.
Head of Marsh Specialty, Asia
Marsh
Mohit brings 20 yearsâ experience working in various roles as underwriter, client executive, broker and leadership positions. Starting his career in 2002 with AIG India, Mohit joined Marsh India in 2006 in Risk Management Practice. Joined Energy Team in 2008. In 2011, Mohit was transferred to Marsh Singapore Energy to head Upstream. Mohit led Marsh Singapore Energy hub in 2015, and the role of Energy Leader for Asia in 2016. Mohitâs role expanded to cover Energy and Power Specialty for Asia in 2018.
President of Asia-Pacific Commercial Lines
Sompo International
Paul OâNeill is the Asia Pacific President, Commercial Lines, at Sompo International and over a career spanning 30 years has previously held a senior role in a multinational broker and spent more than 20 years as a lead energy underwriter and business leader in major global corporate composite insurer. Paul is a widely respected commercially minded energy expert with a strong background in risk transfer and portfolio management strongly aligned to clientsâ requirements and the challenges they face in their energy transition to a more sustainable and resilient footprint.
Director
AON Cyber Solutions
Sara is a cyber risk specialist working on Aonâs largest cyber accounts in Asia across a range of industries, including specialised firms within the power sector and diverse conglomerates with highly complex risks. She is a passionate client advocate, ensuring ensures clients get the most out of the cyber insurance market and has a comprehensive understanding of coverage available. She partners with clients across all aspects of cyber resilience and connects them with the best of Aon globally, including the wider cyber risk management services offered by the Aon Cyber Solutions Group.
Construction and Operational Underwriter
Nuclear Risk Insurers
A nuclear engineer with over 40 years of experience in the nuclear, power, petrochemical and financial industries. Initially working in the UK nuclear sector before moving to power and petrochemical development in Europe. Simon later joined Nuclear Risk Insurers in 2019 writing nuclear construction risks as well as operational and nuclear third party liability risks handling new and large accounts. Prior to that Simon led the Swiss Re engineering insurance team and was at Talbot Syndicate in Lloydâs from where he expand Talbotâs technical competence and presence in the International Construction and Engineering market.
Senior Cyber Underwriter
Munich Re
Tom Rego began his career at Everen Specialty Ltd in 2014 after graduating from Loyola University Maryland with a B.A. in International Business. Initially working in the Liability underwriting department, he moved to the Property department a year later focusing on the energy industry. In 2017 Tom was seconded to Standard Syndicate at Lloydâs before permanently starting at Munich Re Syndicate where he is a Senior Cyber Underwriter. Tom holds a Certified Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation.
Head of Energy Transition Solutions
Howden
Before joining Howden, Vipul worked at the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), a government agency under the Ministry of Trade and Industry. In this role, he focused on strategies to enhance Singaporeâs global standing in business, innovation, and talent. He facilitated investment opportunities and negotiations for major Energy and Renewables companies. He was also engaged in Energy Transition Strategy Development which involved exploring areas such as Carbon Capture Utilisation & Storage, Hydrogen, Low-Carbon Power Generation and Carbon Credits.
