IGI hires Oman Investment Corp CEO, S&P analyst as board members

International General Insurance Holdings (IGI) has appointed David Anthony and Anwar Al-Jabri as new non-executive directors to its board.

Anthony has 30 years of experience working in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa and the US. He is an independent insurance consultant working under the DA Research & Analysis (DARAA) trading name. Before that, Anthony was a director and senior analyst with S&P Global Ratings, where he remained an active lead rating analyst, and a chair of the Insurance Rating Committee.

Al-Jabri currently holds the position of chief executive officer at Oman National Investment Corporation (Jabreen Capital) and has previously worked for Oman Investment Fund (OIF), a Sovereign Wealth Fund of the Sultanate of Oman, Oman Refinery Company and the Central Bank of Oman holding various senior posts in investment and financial fields.

The new additions replace Soumitra Biswas and Abdulaziz Al Blushi on the IGI board.

“Both David and Anwar’s vast accomplishments in finance within the insurance and reinsurance sectors will help with IGI’s ambitions to further strengthen its core operations,” said Wasef Jabsheh, chief executive officer of IGI. “David’s history of providing analytical support and significant ratings experience and Anwar’s business expertise and reputation in the GCC region will be invaluable to IGI in its continuous mission to remain true to its strategy of steady growth and underwriting profitability.

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