Amit Kalra Head GBS Global Business Solutions
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As Managing Director at Swiss Re group, Amit Kalra has more than 20 years of global leadership and financial expertise. He leads Swiss Re's Global Business Solutions division, which offers groupwide capabilities of Digital Services for employees and clients, Partner Enablement, and global capability hubs in India (Bangalore and Hyderabad) and Slovakia. He has diverse experience in executive and strategic leadership, business and cultural transformation, innovation and thought leadership.
He also heads the global capability hub in India- a setup of over 2,500 professionals across the re/insurance value chain. In this role, he works with his counterparts to enhance Swiss Re's competitiveness in the market by delivering excellence in core business and technology capabilities and enabling transformation.
Amit joined Swiss Re in 2007 and has held various roles since then- setting up and leading Economic Research and Consulting India; incubating and leading analytics and non-life actuarial teams; as Head Strategy India, designing and executing strategic development initiatives, enabling growth and ecosystem connect; and as Head of India setup, he drove the growth, capability development and holistic transformation of India hub.
He also founded and led the global Swiss Re startup initiative- InsurTech Accelerator, which sourced innovative ideas/solutions in the re/insurance sector. He has written several global studies published under Swiss Re's sigma publications on trends in emerging markets, covering topics like food security, micro insurance, and urbanization.
Amit is an executive member of NASSCOM national and Karnataka GCC Councils and has previously served as Chair NASSCOM Karnataka GCC council and President South- Swiss India Chambers of Commerce (SICC). He is also an Independent Board member at Institute of Insurance and Risk Management (IIRM), Hyderabad.
Amit is a Harvard Business School alumnus (AMP 2023), and holds a Master’s degree in Business Economics from University of Delhi. He is a qualified Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) and Associate in Reinsurance from The Institutes, United States.