Country Manager, United Arab Emirates

Lloyd’s is the world’s leading insurance and reinsurance marketplace. We share the collective intelligence and risk sharing expertise of the market’s brightest minds, working together for a braver world.

Our role is to inspire courage, so tomorrow’s progress isn’t limited by today’s risks.

Our shared values: we are brave; we are stronger together; we do the right thing; guide what we do and how we act. If you share our values and our passion to build a future that’s more sustainable, resilient and inclusive, you’ll find a home at Lloyd’s – build a braver future with us.

Unique opportunity to lead the market engagement and development for Lloyd’s Dubai which is part of Lloyd’s Asia Pacific Middle East & Africa (APMEA), comprised of some of the largest and fastest growing global economies. Located in the Dubai International Finance Centre, Lloyd’s Dubai is a rapidly growing and highly profitable part of the APMEA business As the platform from which 90+ syndicates operate around the world, the Lloyd’s Global Network is viewed by the owners of these businesses as a critical element of the Lloyd’s value proposition.

The role of Country Manager, will be to support the APMEA Region by:

• Promoting Lloyd’s in Dubai (and the wider Middle East region) and provide strategic direction in conjunction with the Regional Director, APMEA.
• Create and demonstrate value to managing agents in helping them to develop their business in the country.
• Act as the eyes and ears of the managing agents in the region, understanding and reporting back information on the local insurance market, key business producers and providing “soft” market information which would be of benefit to managing agents.
• Delivering the annual plan for Dubai
• Supporting the contribution of Lloyd’s Dubai to the APMEA strategic objectives.
  
  
  

You will need to understand and promote Lloyd’s Commercial Strategy.

• By increasing awareness of the regional potential for profitable growth to Lloyd’s underwriters and encourage them to establish presence in the DIFC
• By encouraging regional capital to become part of the Lloyd’s ecosystem whether in London, Dubai or elsewhere
  
  
  

You will ensure that Lloyd’s Dubai is recognized as an industry leader in the region and is consistently “in the rooms that matter” through enhancing relationships with existing and potential market participants (e.g. local service companies & Coverholders, market associations, industry trade associations, key brokers). Through your understanding of Lloyd’s across the Middle East markets and the APMEA region, you will find the most effective and efficient channels to ensure retail and wholesale brokers understand and feel comfortable accessing the Lloyd’s market. You will provide market intelligence to internal and external Lloyd’s stakeholders, collaborating and receiving support from colleagues throughout the Region and London to develop and implement effective marketing campaigns including events, conferences (e.g. DWIC), and thought leadership materials, in the process raising awareness of Lloyd’s and its offerings.

If you have a well-developed network of relationships within Dubai (particularly the DIFC community) and the wider region, a commercial mindset (ideally with some prior experience of insurance trading underwriting or broking) and share our values – we are brave; we are stronger together; we do the right thing – Then come join the team in this leadership role and #MakeOurMarketThrive!

Diversity and inclusion are a focus for us – Lloyd’s aim is to build a diverse, inclusive environment that reflects the global markets we work in. One where everyone is treated with dignity and respect to achieve their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making workplace adjustments, we offer regular health and wellbeing programmes, diversity and inclusion training, employee networks, mentoring and volunteering opportunities as well as investment into your professional development. You can read more about diversity and inclusion on our website.

By choosing Lloyd's, you'll be part of a team that brings together the best minds in the industry, and together with our underwriters and brokers, we create innovative, responsive solutions allowing us to share risk and solve complex problems.

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