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Alok Kumar

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Managing Director, RMS Analytical Services at Moody's
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Alok Kumar is a senior leader with over 20 years of global experience in the insurance and technology sectors. As Managing Director at Moodys, he leads the RMS Analytical Services team, focusing on risk modeling and analytics. His career includes extensive leadership roles at Swiss Re. He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School.

Driven by the values of "Respect" and "Continuous Learning, " Alok is a passionate global professional with a track record of leading multi-cultural teams. He has a history of building analytics centers of excellence and developing talent, having doubled the size of a global capability center to nearly 1000 employees in a previous role.

He began his career "accidentally" in the multi-disciplinary and fascinating world of Catastrophe Modelling in the late 90s.

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Experience
25 Years
Current Role
Managing Director, RMS Analytical Services
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Personality Overview

How Alok shows up

Curious But Skeptical
Friendly But Slow
Requires Proof

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Priorities

Topics Alok cares about

Catastrophe Modeling
He is a pioneer in the catastrophe risk industry and frequently discusses the increasing frequency and severity of natural perils in his public commentary and interviews.
Climate and ESG
He is actively hiring professionals to help global corporations better understand and manage their climate and ESG risks, indicating a key strategic focus.
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Career

Work history

11-2020
Managing Director, RMS Analytical Services
Moody's
11-2017 - 10-2020
Head Group Risks & Analytics, Managing Director, Swiss Re Group
Swiss Re
10-2012 - 11-2017
Head Global Business Solutions Bangalore, Managing Director, Swiss Re Bangalore
Swiss Re
3-2011 - 9-2012
Head Risk Management Bangalore, Senior Vice President, Swiss Re Bangalore
Swiss Re
5-2007 - 2-2011
Head Cat Perils India Hub, Vice President, Swiss Re Bangalore
Swiss Re
In the press

Media appearances

Asia Insurance Review talks to Alok Kumar from Moody's. Featured in YouTube
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Moody's RMS: Cyber insurance a growing, necessary coverage .... Featured in Repairer Driven News
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Education
2016 - 2016
Advanced Management Program (AMP 191)
Harvard Business School
1999 - 2001
MS
Texas Tech University
1993 - 1997
B. Tech
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
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DISC profile (public)

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