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InsiderProgress: Reshaping Company Culture post-COVID
- How has the Covid-19 pandemic changed the way in which the industry thinks about people and culture? How can the industry capitalise on this ‘new norm’ as a way of creating a better working culture What lessons can be learnt?
- Does the digitisation of the industry due to Covid create an opportunity for businesses to attract new talent from outside of the industry? Will it prove a catalyst for attracting staff from different types of background?
- Will it hinder the ability of those in the market to forge meaningful relationships with their colleagues and counterparts in the future?
- Does it afford staff the ability to achieve a better work-life balance?
- The gender pay gap – progress is slowly being made but what further steps need to be taken to ensure the industry is truly reflective of society?
- What steps must be taken to improve black representation within the industry?
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Vishal is Acting Head of Division (Chief Actuary), General Insurance Risk Specialists, at the Bank of England. He has over 18 years financial services industry experience across banking and insurance from consulting, in-house and regulatory perspectives both in the UK and internationally. Vishal has worked at UBS Investment Bank, PwC, Hiscox, FSA, APRA and the Bank of England, as well as partnering on projects with the United Nations (UN), World Bank, International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS), Access to Insurance Initiative (A2ii) and International Actuarial Association (IAA). He is a past member of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) General Insurance Board and President of the Casualty Actuaries of Europe (CAE). A passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion, Vishal also sits on the Insurance Insider Progress Advisory Board and the Board of Trustees of Switchboard, the UK's largest helpline based charity supporting the LGBT+ community. Vishal was named in the 2019 Yahoo Finance and OUTstanding “Top 50 LGBT+ Future Leaders” role model list.
Paul joined CGI in 2017 working across CGI’s regional global insurance business to develop overarching strategy capability development and working closely with a number of key accounts. Most recently Paul has been building awareness of CGI’s industry leading delivery track record as a systems integrator with innovative services, within the London Market.
Previously he was Group Digital Director LV= where he spent ten years as part of the core leadership who turned LV= into an engaging, digital brand; during this time helping drive revenue up from £630m to £2.4bn.
Prior to LV= he was involved with Sir Peter Wood’s start up business esure Insurance, as Online Channels Director. He was also part of the dot com start-up Insurecom who became a UK fast-track 100 business within its first 3 years.