Speaker Information

Mr Albaharna’s illustrious carrier in reinsurance spans over 38 years, starting with Arab Insurance Group (ARIG) in 1987, and then becoming its CEO in 2006 until his departure in 2018. He then joined Trust Re as Vice Chairman in 2019 and became its Group CEO & Executive Director in 2021.

Yassir is Past President and Board member of the Federation of Afro-Asian Insurers and Reinsurers (FAIR) in Cairo, Past President and Board member of the Association of Insurers and Reinsurers of Developing Countries (AIRDC) in Manila, Board member of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) in London, member of the Executive Council of the International Insurance Society (IIS) in New York, Chairman of the FAIR Non-Life Reinsurance Pool in Cairo and Board member at Bahrain Institute of Banking & Finance.

Mr Albaharna was voted ‘top 40 most influential people’ in 2008 by Global Reinsurance magazine and in 2019 received a Laureate Award from the FAIR and was inducted into the FAIR Hall of Fame. He is a regular speaker in many regional and international reinsurance forums.

Mr Albaharna graduated with a Bachelor’s in Engineering (Mechanical) from McGill University in Montreal and then obtained a dual Master’s in Engineering (Manufacturing) and an MBA (High Honours) from Boston University. He was elected as Fellow and Chartered Insurer of the Chartered Insurance Institute in 1993.