Faruq has over 25 years’ experience in the London insurance market. After graduating as a Civil Engineer and completing his masters in Insurance and Risk Management, his career started as a broker with Marsh, followed by Aon and Willis. He then moved to underwriting by joining AIG Global Energy. Generating profitable results across multiple Energy and Industrial Property portfolio lines.

After many successful years he joined Zurich attaining the positions of Global Head of Mining and Head of Natural Resources, as well as periods of heading the Power and Oil & Gas portfolios in London. Having successfully led these propositions profitably for over a decade, he is regarded as a global leader in his field amongst his peers.