Ajmal Bhatty

CEO Takaful, Chief Operating Officer, Tokio Marine Middle East

When it comes to takaful, one man who really knows what he is talking about is Ajmal Bhatty. He describes himself as ‘an actuary by profession’ and has been in the takaful industry for the last 15 years. Whilst his insurance career started in the UK with his actuarial apprenticeship in the 1970s, he started out doing research at Arab Insurance Group in the 1990s before moving on to manage a takaful company in Bahrain. After this, Bhatty became the global head of takaful at HSBC Amanah, and he recently moved on and now holds the same role at the eighth largest insurance company in the world, Tokio Marine Europe, located in Dubai.