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Amitabha Ray, Chief Executive Officer, Swiss Re India Branch

Amitabha Ray is the Chief Executive Officer for Swiss Reinsurance India Branch since 2024. Based in Mumbai, he is responsible for driving Swiss Re's non-life reinsurance business together with a team of Client Managers in India.

Prior to this, he was designated Chief Underwriting Officer for Swiss Re India Branch. He has worked as the Head of Property Treaty Underwriting for Southeast Asia, India, South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan, where he managed the property treaty portfolio with a team of underwriting professionals and developed alternative risk transfer solutions with a team of structurers, after his stint in Singapore he joined Indian Business in 2018. He was also involved in the design of parametric and index covers in the public private-partnership space.

A 27-year veteran Of Swiss Re, he has worked mainly in the property reinsurance business in his career. During his career, he has held various roles in Zurich, Singapore, Hong Kong, Mumbai and Johannesburg in areas including facultative, alternative risk transfer and business development within Swiss Re.

Amitabha holds an MBA from Melbourne Business School in Australia, a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master's degree from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade.