Tom is the Insurance Prosperity Specialist at the UK’s Department for International Trade (DIT). He works at the overlap between the UK's international development, and trade agendas. His specific areas of focus include financial services technology, disaster risk financing, and climate resilience. Tom co-leads Tech for Growth, a cross-government programme aimed at enhancing the role of technology in deepening access to financial services across emerging economies.

Janina led the A2ii’s work on actuarial capacity building for supervisors and as well as the Initiative’s Capacity Building Strategy until 2024. Before joining the A2ii in 2015, Janina worked as Financial Systems Development Advisor at GIZ for five years with a focus on developing and monitoring technical assistant projects in the field of insurance. Janina is a political scientist and economist by training.