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Nadeem Gulzar

Saudi Arabia

Summary

Nadeem is a Partner at Deloitte and is the Middle East Insurance Sector Lead. He has over 25 years of experience operating as a multi-regional global business leader within the Middle East, UK, US, Europe & Asia Pac. He is a highly experienced board level executive and business leader with strong industry knowledge of the Financial Services Sector and deep expertise of the Insurance Industry and the HealthCare Sector. Nadeem's background is in strategy, policy development & implementation, operations consulting and the use of digital technologies to transform organisations. He is a recognised leader in the field of strategic and operational restructuring and is highly experienced in the use of innovative digital, cloud technologies and AI to drive improvement in business performance.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

Partner, Insurance Sector Leader

Deloitte
UK/ UAE/ KSA
01.2018 - Current
  • Member of the Global, ME & EMEA Deloitte Insurance Executive Leadership Teams
  • Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Deloitte UK & Swiss financial services consulting business
  • UK Operations Transformation Consulting Lead
  • EMEA Lean Six Sigma Lead
  • UK Insurance Strategy & Operations Consulting & Advisory Sector Lead
  • European Solvency II Consulting

Nadeem has extensive experience driving high program's as described below.

Leading KSA Health Insurer

  • Led the design of a new digital claims Target Operating Model to improve member experience, improve efficiency and regulatory compliance
  • Created the new supporting organisational design, governance processes and management KPIs
  • Re-engineered the FWA, claims adjudication and member reimbursement processes
  • Design of an integrated on-site healthcare provider / insurer claims adjudication model and process to improve member experience and reduce FWA
  • Gap analysis of the data and technology architecture; identified POCs leveraging Data, Analytics and GenAI to reduce FWA, improve efficiency and customer experience
  • Built a comprehensive TOM implementation roadmap and the business case for technology transformation

QATAR Multi-Line Insurer

  • Led the creation of the cloud migration strategy for the Middle East business
  • Programme managed the creation of POCs to fully automate the claims life cycle to less than 60 seconds leveraging Google Vertex AI

Leading Global Commercial Multi-Line Insurer

  • Led the strategic restructure and transformation of the global operations
  • Designed and deployed a new global Target Operating Model, reducing operational cost base by $220m
  • Reduced core operational sites from 38 to 7, implementing exit strategy for 10k+ FTEs

internationally

  • Reconfigured global technology platforms & core process, redefining policies & procedures across all product lines

Implementation of Solvency II Policy Directive Deloitte programme lead for implementing the Solvency II Regulatory Policy Directive

  • Led teams liaising with UK and European regulatory authorities to interpret regulations and their applications to UK and multi domiciled Insurers
  • Managed the creation of Pillar 1 capital adequacy models to support Deloitte Clients
  • Led the creation of Pillar II qualitative requirements models to support Deloitte Clients,

including governance, risk management and the Own Risk and Solvency Assessment (ORSA).

  • Programme director for operational implementation of Solvency II directive for key UK and European domiciled Insurers

European Health Insurer

  • Led the design, build and implementation of the new strategic and technology operating model to improve patient experience and improve vertical integration with key health providers

UK Retail Multi-Line Insurer

  • Secondment to the client as Executive Director of Strategic Change to the COO office to lead the operational separation and creation of a new $3.5Bn Insurance Company from the parent Financial Services Group
  • Creation of three differentiated market brands with common service delivery platforms
  • Reconfigured technology & core process, redefining policies & procedures

Integrated European Financial Services Group

  • Led the post-merger integration of two major financial services providers and drove synergy savings of $100m+
  • Drove the delivery of $1.1bn strategic change portfolio and $160m enterprise cost reduction exercise North American & Global Health Insurer
  • Led the digital transformation of the finance function
  • Created a regional Shared Services Delivery Centre including billing and payments, offshore processing and real time integration into major healthcare provider networks

UK Insurance broker and aggregator

  • Led the design of the digital platform strategy and customer service operating model
  • Directed the definition of the portfolio of service offerings, creation of customer journeys and implementation from POC to go live

Senior Vice President, UK Executive Board, Insurance Business Leader

NTT Data
London
10.2020 - 09.2021

• Executive Leader of the UK Insurance digital & technology business

Senior Vice President, Insurance Leader, UK, EMEA & ASIA PAC

GENPACT
New York
07.2014 - 12.2017

• Led the insurance SBU for the UK, EMEA, and Asia Pacific, including all managed services

• Sales leadership across wealth management, digital, analytics & consulting lines of business

• Grew annual sales revenues from $45m to $150m+, building a new $20m cross-regional digital

consulting business

• Drove all major negotiation and contract activities, structuring and closing large-scale & strategic deals

Partner, Insurance Strategy & Operations Consulting

PwC
Chicago
11.2010 - 07.2014
  • Worked with a portfolio of Insurance clients to support them in defining business strategy, restructuring, transformation and integration within their global & North American businesses
  • Lead Talent Partner for NA

Director, Insurance Strategy & Operations Consulting

Deloitte
London
09.2005 - 11.2010

Director, Insurance Strategy & Operations Consulting

Executive Board Director of Strategy and Change

American Express
Zurich
04.2004 - 08.2005

Responsible for all aspects of executive business leadership, spearheading business transformation

Transitioned from Accenture into client-side role over the course of five years:

• Focused on systems development, business analysis, project delivery & support management activity

• Provided thought leadership & strategic direction for business as key member of executive board

team

• Executive accountability for leading strategic business restructuring & IT transformation

programmes

• Led in-house team of 25 & 130 offshore system development / maintenance specialists in South Africa

• Grew net income by 15%+, introducing new customer acquisition channels and strategic

partnerships

• Reduced core operating cost base business by 20% though implementation of new payment platform

• Reinvigorated processing and customer servicing platform, restructuring the core business

procedures

Management Consultant, Financial Services

Accenture
London
04.1999 - 04.2004

Responsible for programme leadership, delivering effective technical solutions, platforms & support

• Leader within a strategy and technology practice, working predominantly with financial services

clients

• Specialised within business transformation space acting primarily as a Business Architect & advisor

• Guided senior executives on effectively deploying change programs to deliver tangible outcomes

• Devised & developed robust systems to aid in the delivery of complex / high impact business change

• Championed & implemented the organisation’s innovative European Lean Six Sigma market

offering

Six Sigma Master Black Belt (MBB)

GE Capital
Leeds
01.1997 - 01.1999

• Change Manager focused on driving transformation in organisational culture and improvement of GE’s business processes using the Lean & Six Sigma

methodology and approach

Education

MSt HealthCare Technology & Innovation (part time - In progress) -

University of Cambridge

Oxford Digital Technology Program -

Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

Officer Training -

Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth

ERASMUS Scholarship in Banking -

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan

BA Hons Economics -

University of Wales

Skills

  • Executive Leadership
  • Board Level
  • Strategy
  • Digital Transformation
  • Operational Restructuring
  • AI, Data

Experience

  • Deloitte, 2018 to Present, Partner, Insurance Sector Leader, Deloitte Middle East, UAE
  • NTT Data, Oct 2020 - Sep 2021, Senior Vice President, UK Executive Board, Insurance Business Leader, London
  • GENPACT, Jul 2014 - Dec 2017, Senior Vice President, Insurance Leader, UK, EMEA & ASIA PAC, New York
  • PwC, Nov 2010 - Jul 2014, Partner, Insurance Strategy & Operations Consulting, Chicago
  • Deloitte, Sep 2005 - Nov 2010, Director, Insurance Strategy & Operations Consulting, London
  • American Express, Apr 2004 - Aug 2005, Executive Board Director of Strategy and Change, Zurich
  • Accenture, Apr 1999 - Apr 2004, Management Consultant, Financial Services, London
  • GE Capital, 1997 - 1999, Six Sigma Master Black Belt (MBB), Leeds

Military Service

  • Royal Navy - Regular Commissioned Officer HM Royal Navy
  • British Army - The Honourable Artillery Company (HAC)

Personal Information

Nationality: United Kingdom

Timeline

Senior Vice President, UK Executive Board, Insurance Business Leader

NTT Data
10.2020 - 09.2021

Partner, Insurance Sector Leader

Deloitte
01.2018 - Current

Senior Vice President, Insurance Leader, UK, EMEA & ASIA PAC

GENPACT
07.2014 - 12.2017

Partner, Insurance Strategy & Operations Consulting

PwC
11.2010 - 07.2014

Director, Insurance Strategy & Operations Consulting

Deloitte
09.2005 - 11.2010

Executive Board Director of Strategy and Change

American Express
04.2004 - 08.2005

Management Consultant, Financial Services

Accenture
04.1999 - 04.2004

Six Sigma Master Black Belt (MBB)

GE Capital
01.1997 - 01.1999

MSt HealthCare Technology & Innovation (part time - In progress) -

University of Cambridge

Oxford Digital Technology Program -

Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

Officer Training -

Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth

ERASMUS Scholarship in Banking -

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan

BA Hons Economics -

University of Wales
Nadeem Gulzar