Title : CTO and Operations Officer

Company : Swiss Re

Title : Co-founder Company : upcover

Pravina Ladva joined Swiss Re in 2017 and has been largely responsible for guiding the insurance giant through its digital transformation phase over the past five years .

With an impressive resume that includes an eight-year long role at Retail Solutions Barclaycard as the company ’ s CIO , Ladva has extensive experience in the fintech and insurtech industries and also spent 16 years at Abbey , developing wealth management expertise . She describes herself as a “ leader who creates the right culture for colleagues to succeed and commercial benefits to be achieved at pace .”

Skye Theodorou prides herself on creating simple , easy , and affordable business insurance solutions for any loyal brand .

A qualified lawyer and formerly a high-level executive at Zurich Insurance and NSW Govt , she leads the Upcover team - a customer-focused insurtech that builds tailored , simple and pay-asyou-go insurance protection and benefits products for gig economy workers . She is passionate about helping small businesses manage their own risk having worked in her family ' s businesses from a young age . Theodorou has worked with hundreds of SMEs at Zurich , across multiple functions . She has also worked to help SMEs in policy and regulatory reform across NSW .