John Stefanowski, Senior Bancassurance Development Manager

John Stefanowski

Senior Bancassurance Development Manager

RAK Insurance Company

Location
United Kingdom - London
Education
Bachelor's degree, German & Italian
Experience
29 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :29 years, 6 Months

Senior Bancassurance Development Manager at RAK Insurance Company
  • United Arab Emirates - Ras Al Khaimah
  • November 2015 to July 2017

Reporting to the Chief Distribution Officer, manage and scale up assigned bank / affinity relationships for corporate lines of business; manage bancassurance sales; launch specialised corporate bancassurance products; manage costs and provide operational support and infrastructure for a rapidly growing business; maintain a balanced and profitable portfolio; maintain focus on bancassurance modelling / underwriting for profit.

Chief Executive Officer at Oman Qatar Insurance Company SAOC
  • Oman - Muscat
  • March 2012 to February 2015

Reporting to a Board of Directors and to the CEO Qatar Insurance Company International LLC, accountable for managing the local subsidiary of Qatar Insurance Company in Oman (2014 GWP USD 50M+). Responsible for top line growth and bottom line result. Seeking to achieve controlled, profitable growth through active management of the sales, technical, financial and operational performance of the company. Providing leadership to circa 55 staff across 5 locations.

Deputy CEO at Marsh Qatar LLC
  • Qatar - Doha
  • April 2010 to November 2011

Leading the sales and operational functions within QFCRA licensed international risk consultant. This included the integration of the 'acquired' HSBC Insurance business and team (see below).

Chief Executive Officer at HSBC Insurance Brokers Ltd
  • Qatar - Doha
  • January 2007 to March 2010

Country Head of insurance broking operation regulated by Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority. Initially, I project managed the start-up operation along with members of senior regional team. HSBC Group eventually sold HSBC Insurance Brokers Ltd to Marsh Insurance Group in early 2010.

Regional HR Manager, Middle East at Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • October 2004 to October 2006

Based at Asia & Middle East Regional Support Office
reporting to the Regional HR Director, I was responsible for driving the delivery of the global Corporate HR agenda across the Middle East Region.

Organisational Development Manager at Royal & Sun Alliance
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • October 2000 to September 2004

Based at Middle East Regional Office Dubai responsible for the management of the Abu Dhabi Operation, HR and regional training and development across Middle East.

Assistant Branch Manager / Manager Special Projects at Al Alamiya Insurance Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • October 1995 to September 2000

This was the Associate Company of Sun Alliance Insurance, UK. Based at Jeddah Branch, I was responsible for the day to day running of the office functions including Branch Underwriting and Claims Departments. I was also also responsible for running the regional Y2K (Business Continuity) Project in 1999 in close cooperation with the Sun Alliance HQ in UK.

Account Broker at SBJ Stephenson Insurance Brokers Ltd
  • United Kingdom - London
  • March 1992 to September 1995

Responsible for managing the insurance programmes of a portfolio of corporate clients for this Lloyds’ Broker.

Graduate Trainee / Assistant Development Underwriter at Royal Insurance Company
  • United Kingdom - London
  • September 1986 to October 1991

Based at Central London Branch responsible for underwriting direct business and broker development.

Education

Bachelor's degree, German & Italian
  • at Lancaster University
  • July 1986

2:1 Honours Degree

Specialties & Skills

Customer Service
Team Building
Process Management
Project Management
Teamwork
Commercial Awareness
Analysing
Listening
Communicating
Salesforce Software

Languages

German
Intermediate
Italian
Intermediate
French
Intermediate

Memberships

Chartered Insurance Institute, London
  • Associate Member
  • October 1986

Training and Certifications

Guest speaker at Annual Insurance Distribution & Bancassurance Conference Munich (Training)
Training Institute:
Corporate Parity
Date Attended:
May 2016

Hobbies

  • Sport
  • Reading
  • Archeology
  • Travelling