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John Burton
Chairman
Independent Director


John Burton serves as independent Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Prior to joining HAIM, John was as a Senior Engineering Underwriter & Consultant in Canopius, U.K. and held senior positions in Trenwick, Wurttembergische Versicherung and Eaglestar Re.
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Barbara Merry
Director
Representing Hardy Underwriting Group
B.A.( Hons), London School of Economics; ACA; Associate Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales
Barbara Merry is the Chief Executive Officer of Hardy Underwriting Group, U.K. She is an Executive Director of Hardy Underwriting Bermuda and all other Hardy Group companies. She is also a Non-Executive Director (equivalent) of the Council of Lloyds, London.
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Yassir Albaharna
Director
Representing Arig
MBA (High Honours) & M.Eng. (Manufacturing), Boston University, Boston; B. Eng. (Mechanical),
McGill University, Montreal; Fellow & Chartered Insurer & Member of Society of Fellows, Chartered Insurance Institute, London
Yassir Albaharna graduated in 1984 with a Bachelor degree in Engineering (Mechanical) from McGill University in Montreal and then in 1986 obtained dual Masters in Engineering (Manufacturing) and an M.B.A (High Honors) from Boston University. He subsequently joined the Arab Insurance Group (Arig) in 1987 and was elected as “Fellow” and “Chartered Insurer” of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) in 1993.

Yassir worked within the reinsurance division of Arig during his entire working career and assumed various underwriting and managerial positions. Throughout, he has traveled extensively and represented Arig in numerous regional and international forums.

Yassir is currently the CEO of Arig, Chairman of Arig Capital Limited (London), Chairman of Arima Insurance Software (Bahrain), Chairman of Gulf Warranties (Bahrain), Chairman of FAIR Oil & Energy Insurance Syndicate (Bahrain), Board member of Takaful Re (Dubai International Financial Center), Board member of Hardy Arig Insurance Management (Bahrain) and Board member of the Arab Jordanian Insurance Group (Amman). He is also Board member of the International Insurance Society (New York), Board member of the Federation of Afro-Asian Insurers & Reinsurers (Cairo), Board member of Bahrain’s Specific Council for Vocational Training (Banking Sector) as well as Board of Trustees of Bahrain’s Human Resources Development Fund (Banking & Financial Sector).
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Timothy Paul Griffin
Director
Representing Hardy Underwriting Group
Bachelor of Laws (Honours); Qualified as an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute in 1999

Tim Griffin is Director and Head of Business Development of Hardy (Underwriting Agencies) Limited, having been responsible for compliance and risk from 2001 until 2009. He is also an Executive Director of a number of other Hardy Group companies. Prior to joining Hardy, Tim was a compliance manager at Talbot Underwriting during the period from 1997 – 2001.
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Andreas Weidlich
Director and CEO
Representing Arig
Graduate in Economics; Free University of Berlin
Andreas Weidlich is the General Manager - Reinsurance of Arig. Prior to joining Arig, Andreas served in senior managerial positions at Allianz Risk Transfer, Allianz SE and at Munich Re.
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Patrick Gage
Director
Representing hardy Underwriting Group

Patrick Gage is a Director of Hardy Underwriting Agencies, U.K. and active underwriter of syndicate 3820. He is an Executive Director in other Hardy Group companies. Prior to Hardy, he was active underwriter of Broadgate syndicate 1301 and held senior positions in Groupama Insurances and Secretan Underwriting Agencies.
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Nagarajan Kannan
Director
Representing Arig
Fellow Member Of The Chartered Insurance Institute, U.K. (FCII) & Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, U.K. (FCMA);
Associate Member of The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ACS) & the Cost & Works Accountants of India (AICWA)

Nagarajan Kannan is the Deputy General Manager - Finance & Administration of Arig. He currently serves as a Board member in Arig Insurance Co., U.K., and Board Member in ARIMA Insurance Software and Gulf Warranties W.L.L., Bahrain
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