Ruwan Perera

Group Chief Information & Technology Officer @ IGI - International General Insurance Co. Ltd.

About

With an established leadership role at IGI, I am at the forefront of driving large-scale global IT and business transformation. My tenure in the industry has honed a deep-seated expertise in areas such as commercial speciality lines insurance, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Machine learning, Enterprise software implementations, Data Modernisation, out of the box technical designs ensuring that innovative solutions align with strategic business goals. The successful deployment of complex systems like SEND, HX, Workday, Microsoft technology stacks, CyberArk, Sailpoint, Guidewire XFI, Genius, IRIS, Elgar, Brokersure and Duck Creek stands as a testament to our team's capability to revolutionize insurance and financial services. Pioneering thought leadership and technological advancements, with a focus on delivering exceptional client engagement through robotics process automation and big data implementations. The cross-functional skills acquired from hands-on consulting and CIO /CTO roles empower me to lead transformations that are not only technologically sound but also commercially astute, fostering sustainable growth and stakeholder satisfaction.

Country

United Kingdom

City

Royal Tunbridge Wells

Industry

Insurance

Skill

Automation Engineering, Financial Services, Cloud Infrastructure, Software Architecture, Root Cause, IT Services, IT Service Management, IT Operations, Financial Background, Portfolio Planning, Strategy Consulting, Emotional Intelligence, Technical Understanding, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), TensorFlow, LangChain, PyTorch, Computer Science, Reinforcement Learning, Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Experience

Group Chief Information & Technology Officer

IGI - International General Insurance Co. Ltd.

2020-1 - Present · 6 yrs 9 mos

Chief Technology Officer

International General Insurance (IGI)

2020 - Present · 6 yrs

Developed and delivered innovative digital strategy/roadmap across underwriting, claims, reinsurance, finance, actuarial and HR Data engineering, data science, machine learning, agentic AI from concept Embedded RPA/AI/ML across key operations PE to public company transformation including M&A and alignment of 9 entities Infra, security, governance and reg compliance Root and branch technical and operational transformation of the business including business change from failing operation to achieving 20% year-on-year growth

CIO/COO

SRP GROUP

2019-8 - Present · 7 yrs 2 mos

Chief Information Officer

SRP Group

2015 - Present · 11 yrs

Technical and Operational transformation and strategy development and execution M&A integrations Post-deal transformation

Managing Director

SRP Consulting -

2015-1 - Present · 11 yrs 9 mos

Client Engagement roles: Interim CIO Programme Director/ Programme Manager Transformation and Implementation Director Business change Insurance and banking specialist Big data technical transformations and implementations Policy, Claims and Billing specialist Robotics and robotics process automation specialist Local and Central Government Transformation and Technical implementation head Duck Creek Specialist Genius Specialist

Associate Chief Technology and Operations/Senior Delivery Director

Alchemy Technology Services

2020-1 - 2022-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Global

Associate Technology and Operations Director

RSA

2019-7 - 2020-1 · 7 mos

Chief Technology Officer

Royal Sun Alliance Insurance Group

2019 - 2020 · 1 yr

Modernized legacy platforms Implemented enterprise-wide security frameworks

Interim Chief Technology Officer and Insurance Head

Hitachi Solutions UK

2018-3 - 2019-7 · 1 yr 5 mos

Europe

Insurance Industry Director

Hitachi Solutions UK

2017-11 - 2019-7 · 1 yr 9 mos

London, United Kingdom

Developing and driving the Insurance industry division within Hitachi Solutions offering business and technology consultancy and delivery capabilities. Specialists in implementing Microsoft technologies specifically Dynamics 365 CRM solutions.