Chief Executive Officer
A qualified Chartered Accountant, Harshad Parekh has been a renowned practicing tax consultant for several years to Corporate India. Subsequently, he developed a keen interest in reinsurance broking and took up the challenge of growing his credentials in this sunrise field.
Harshad has traveled extensively and developed & maintained very close business relationships with Insurers and Reinsurers all over the world. Initially, he was a consultant to Scandia Insurance Company – Sweden (in Mumbai) for their underwriting and accounts functions till he founded INTERLINK as Company in 1984 with reinsurance broking operations.
President
Vastly experienced over 40 years in the reinsurance business, Shashidhar Gokarn handled Direct Aviation business and Inward treaty and Facultative portfolio as a respected underwriter during his tenure with GIC Re for 15 years. He has experience in international markets as gained through his work with Assicura Generali Dubai (a Multinational Company) for about 11 years. Shashidhar has been trained by the then Lead brokers C T Bowring at Tower Hill London and Willis Faber at Trinity square London in Aviation Reinsurance. He also has the invaluable experience of Lloyd’s way of underwriting when working with a Lloyds Syndicate writing Aviation Business.
Director
Keyur Parekh is a Commerce graduate and has been working with INTERLINK for the past 16 years overseeing the Marketing, Administration, and Information Technology functions. An avid globe trotter, he has traveled extensively to acquire and maintain overseas clients while developing profound business relationships with global reinsurers with whom INTERLINK does business. Adept in handling mega, transnational complex reinsurance transactions, Keyur occupies a senior management position in INTERLINK. As a thought-leader in reinsurance, he is an active participant in global seminars and conferences, strengthening his relationships with insurers and reinsurers while maintaining contemporary knowledge of the international reinsurance market trends, developments, and operations.
President
Shivappa Poojary is a Postgraduate in commerce with over 37 years of quality and exemplary insurance and reinsurance experience. He is also a “Fellow” from the Federation of Insurance Institutes of India (FIII). Shivappa started his insurance career with New India Assurance Mumbai and later has been with ARAB Insurance Group (ARIG) Bahrain for about 22 years during which he was deeply involved in the underwriting of Treaty and Facultative reinsurance business of major classes from the international reinsurance markets. In addition, he was also responsible for the design negotiation and placement of retrocession programs of the company.
Director | Reinsurance
Director | Reinsurance
Recently taken the responsibility as the Director & Member of the Senior Management at Interlink Broking. Current responsibilities not only include business development for Interlink Broking in their Treaty, Fac, Retro and Facilities division but also structuring the Dept, best in class process setting, global brand building, etc. Previously, for circa 5 years with Gallagher Brokers (India) (formerly Edelweiss) in their RI Dept and had been instrumental in very quickly scaling up the company viz. new business growth, new clients introduction, reinsurers onboarding, team building, best in class process setting, etc.
Specialising in Treaty and Facultative – Retro, Tailor-made Facilities for clients, Treaty Structuring and Pricing, etc.
MBA from National Insurance Academy with dual specialisation in Insurance & Marketing, along with AII and IGIE IG1 – Introduction to Global Risk Management, Insurance & Financial Services administered by AICPCU/IIA.
Post MBA, joined one of the leading reinsurance brokers in India K.M. Dastur working on Aviation Treaties and Global Fac business for 3 years. Subsequent 7 years were with Mahindra Insurance Brokers (part of RI Dept from its initial days) wherein developed Treaty & Fac business and created new relationships in the market. With pure reinsurance experience of circa 15 years, have been highly effective in setting up and scaling Reinsurance Broking Divisions for 2 large corporates from the very beginning.
Director | Reinsurance
Experienced in Reinsurance Broking For 26 Years handling Domestic and Foreign Inward Businesses (Facultative and Treaty Portfolio). Have Travelled to Various Countries (Indian Sub – Continent, Middle East , FAR East and Africa to develop the Reinsurance Portfolio and have maintained contacts with Cedants and Reinsurers. Actively participating in International Reinsurance Conferences such as GAIF, FAIR, SIRC AIO and Baden – Baden which is held globally.
Vice President | Reinsurance Marketing
Industry experience of 17.5 years with reinsurance of 13 years +
Responsibilities undertaken are business development and placement of both treaty and facultative business.
Last stint, 4.5 years with Gallagher Insurance Brokers Private Limited, as Associate Vice President, handling business from India and Gallagher Inward and world-wide business.
Had been part of team in setup the reinsurance department at Gallagher erstwhile Edelweiss Insurance Brokers Private Ltd.
Started career at Willis India for 6 years, further took up role of Placement and Inward business at Aditya Birla Insurance Brokers Private Limited for span 6 years. Had served short term of 8 months at Mahindra Insurance Brokers Private Limited before the Stint with Gallagher.
B.com Graduate from Mumbai University followed by Diploma in Reinsurance from NIA and Associate from Indian Institute of Insurance (AIII).
Assistant Vice President | Reinsurance Marketing
A Reinsurance Professional with over 10 years of experience in the Reinsurance Broking Industry.
Developed good relationships with Indian Insurers, Middle East Insurers and Reinsurers worldwide as well. Handled Facultative Business in India as well as Middle East on the Property side. Experience in handling Treaties from India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, African Markets and Sri Lanka.
Masters in Statistics (M.Sc.) from Mumbai University, Diploma in Reinsurance from NIA and also holding an Associate Diploma from Insurance Institute of India (A.I.I.I.) along with being a Qualified Composite Insurance Broker.
Previously worked with Gallagher Insurance Brokers Private Limited for about 6.5 years. Specialised in Placing of Standalone Terrorism and Political Violence Lines of risks.
Prior to joining Gallagher Insurance Brokers Private Limited, was associated with Afro Asian Insurance and Reinsurance Brokers Private Limited (Lloyd’s Broker) for around 3.5 years.
Senior Manager – Reinsurance Marketing
Neena Sampat holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Management and started her reinsurance career with INTERLINK more 14 years ago. She has the invaluable experience of adroitly handling various intricacies involved in reinsurance marketing and claims. In addition, Neena has hands-on experience in the placement of complex treaty as well as facultative programs with the Indian Subcontinent.
Asst. Manager, Reinsurance Marketing
Nikita Asrani has earned a Graduate in Commerce. She started her reinsurance career with INTERLINK more than a decade ago and now has a collective experience in Public Relations (PR) as well as Reinsurance placements. Nikita takes charge of all the PR activities of INTERLINK.
