Advisory panel

Official Event Advisory Panel

Quest Events would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank the official event advisory panel who contributed their valuable time and expertise to ensure the agenda for this event is timely and relevant for all stakeholders working in the Insurance & Financial sector.

Ava Aso
Relationship Manager
Westpac

I graduated with Honours from Macquarie University in 2012 with a degree in Business Management. I started my career in Private banking with Swedbank, Scandinavia’s largest bank in Sweden, until an opportunity to move back to Sydney arose and I joined Westpac Private in February 2016.I am an experienced Private Banker and am passionate about building strong relationships to support my clients.

On a personal note, I grew up in Sweden with my parents and 3 siblings and moved to Australia 8 years ago and still love Sydney. I am passionate about staying fit and yoga. I am also a passionate reader, interested in psychological studies and biographies. I look forward to working with you.

Lynda Coker

Director

Scale Investors Limited

Lynda is a chartered accountant with c.20 years of working in Financial Services and advising both financial institutions and private equity. She has experience of working with Government and regulators during the financial crisis in the UK and was involved in authoring the 2014 Financial System Inquiry report to Commonwealth Treasury, Australia.

Currently a FinTech mentor and sits on several Advisory Boards of FinTech startups, Lynda is also an angel investor and a NED for Scale Investors, which funds female entrepreneurs and a NED for The Studio (incubator for Mediatech startups). She has two bachelor degrees in Information Technology and Business and has completed studies in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Stanford University.

Naby Mariyam
Founder & CEO
Coverhero

Naby Mariyam is Founder and CEO of Insuretech Startup Coverhero. Coverhero is a platform that helps consumers understand, manage all their insurance policies in one place using machine learning. Coverhero is part of the Qantas Avro Accelerator program. Naby Has 20 years of experience in research, education, management consulting and ventured into start-ups in the last 5 years. She is passionate about AR/VR, machine learning and technology. She Represented Australian and the G20 Young Entrepreneurs Summit in Berlin 2017. She is an advocate for diversity of thought in technology and women in leadership.

Josephine Simeone
Director of People & Culture
Aon

Anna Spink
Corporate Manager, Property
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance

Through her 27 years in insurance, spanning markets in both the UK and Australia, Anna has built up an extensive knowledge of corporate property insurance as well as a tireless focus on ensuring that the customer is always front of mind. Having spent time at Chubb, Affiliated FM and QBE, Anna now works as Corporate Manager for Property at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance where her focus is building solutions for corporate customers. “Getting to know customers and being able to really understand what they need is a passion of mine”. On a personal level, Anna has been living on the Northern Beaches in Sydney for the last 4 years after moving from the UK. She loves to play golf and go bush walking in her spare time.

Megan Hyde
Senior Consultant
PwC