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Zhanar TukeyevaZT

Zhanar Tukeyeva

ERM, BCP, Compliance, Research

$1,500/day
Dubai City, AE
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Zhanar

  • Kazakh

    Native or bilingual

  • Turkish

    Basic

  • English

    Fluent

  • Russian

    Native or bilingual

  • Arabic

    Basic

Can work on-site
Dubai City (up to 50km)

Experience

  • DAMAN NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY,
    AVP, Product Compliance P&C
    October 2025 - Today (8 months)
    • • Regulatory registration and product approval activities for Commercial P&C insurance products with the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE), ensuring alignment with applicable regulatory and
    prudential requirements.
    • • Designed and established the Commercial P&C Risk Appetite Framework, including risk limits, capital thresholds, and governance triggers to support disciplined growth and risk-taking.
    • • Developed and implemented stress testing and scenario analysis frameworks for the Commercial P&C portfolio to assess resilience under adverse underwriting, market, operational, and catastrophe conditions.
    • • Oversaw cross-border regulatory registration initiatives to enable the company to conduct inward reinsurance business in selected jurisdictions, coordinating with internal stakeholders and external advisors.
    • • Built the governance architecture for a newly established P&C division, including policies, manuals, guidelines, and procedures across risk management, compliance/AML, and
    underwriting governance, risk appetite framework, pricing governance, and related control standards
    • • Partnered with business, compliance, actuarial, finance, and operations teams to embed
    governance, regulatory compliance, and risk oversight into new product and business
    development initiatives.
  • (Freelancer).
    Risk Management Consultant
    November 2023 - October 2025 (1 year and 11 months)
    • • Coaching: Provide personalized coaching to professionals and leaders, leveraging 19+ years of
    expertise to enhance their skills in risk management, decision-making, and leadership.
    • • Risk Management Consulting: Offer tailored consulting services on Enterprise Risk
    Management (ERM), digital risk, and emerging risk trends, with a focus on building robust frameworks and fostering risk-aware cultures.
    • • Training Programs: Design and deliver interactive training on key risk management topics, including digital risk, scenario analysis, stress testing, foresight, and horizon scanning.
    • • Business Continuity Planning (BCP): Develop and implement comprehensive BCP
    frameworks, conduct impact analyses, and facilitate testing and training to enhance
    organizational resilience.
    • • Advisory Services: Advise organizations on regulatory compliance, ESG integration, and
    aligning risk strategies with business goals.
    • • Industry Thought Leadership: Share insights and best practices on digital and emerging risks as a member of professional associations.
    • • Scenario Analysis and Stress Testing: Assist businesses in designing and executing scenario
    planning and stress tests to quantify risks and enhance decision-making.
    • • Cyber Risk and Digital Transformation: Provide expertise on managing cybersecurity risks and integrating risk management into digital transformation initiatives.
    • • Governance and Strategy Support: Guide organizations in defining risk appetites, capital thresholds, and governance structures to ensure sustainable growth. Studying professional coaching and providing coaching practice.
  • SUKOON INSURANCE COMPANY (OIC)
    Head of Risk
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    March 2019 - May 2023 (4 years and 2 months)
    Dubai City, United Arab Emirates
    • • Supported the syndicate-in-a-box (SIAB) initiative, which operates on the Lloyd's platform under the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC): defining risk appetite, development of ESG policies, ORSA, stress scenarios, and stress tests.
    • • Established ERM framework, risk appetite and elevated the risk management maturity and culture.
    • • Embedded the risk management framework across departments and ensuring collaborative work with the Business on efficient management of risks
    • • Established credit risk, operational risk and insurance risk and other ERM processes and procedures within the departments and other business divisions (conduct risk and product development review)
    • • Managing reinsurance credit risk, reinsurance security list, development and establishment of reinsurance credit risk limits, due diligence and monitoring of reinsurers.
    • • Development and monitoring of exceptional approval process and limits for facultative reinsurance
    • • Due diligence and risk review of large and unusual transactions, business strategy and major accounts. Risk review of business counterparties before initiation of projects or business partnerships.
    • • Development and implementing different stress scenarios and stress tests
    • • Defining and establishment of thresholds for Capital levels/Solvency
    • • Managing emerging risks, development and implementation of RCSA (Risk and control self
    assessment) process
    • • Support annual review for rating agencies' review
    • • Chair of the Executive Risk Committee
    • • Member of management committee for syndicate-in-a-box (SIAB)
    • • Leading the Board Risk Committee: successful establishment and management of governance
    • • Conducting internal ERM trainings for employees
    • • Deep dives and risk reviews for different functions, processes and insurance lines of business
    • • of the Cyber Risk Special Interest Group Institute of Risk management

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Education

  • Certificate 'Foundations of Foresight and Emerging technologies'
    Dubai Future Foundation
    2024
    Certificate 'Foundations of Foresight and Emerging technologies'
  • Certificate in Geopolitical Analysis
    Florida Atlantic University and RANE North Point Academy
    2012
    Certificate in Geopolitical Analysis

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