‘The insurance industry needs more women’

Elie Nasnas is the general manager of AXA Middle East, a Beirut-based insurer affiliated with the leading global insurance brand, AXA. He is also the newest member of the invitation-only MENA Insurance CEO Club, a regional club which is a voice of advocacy on behalf of the insurance industry in the Middle East and North Africa. Currently the MENA Insurance CEO Club has a limited membership of fewer than 20 chief executives. What attracted you to join the club? It is an opportunity to share future views with sector professionals from all over the region. It is a good think tank for us to brainstorm and exchange views on how the markets in the region will evolve. This was what attracted me most. How do you assess the MENA insurance sector today in terms of regional integration of insurance activities? It is not easy to integrate as we don’t have