Simon Bessant

Board Director, Global Head of Insurance, The Texel Group

^{Simon is a Board Director and the Global Head of Insurance at The Texel Group (“Texel”). Texel, established over 20 years ago, is a privately owned and independent insurance broker specialising in the field of credit and political risk insurance and reinsurance. We are focused purely on arranging, structuring and negotiating CPRI to provide clients with credit and concentration risk mitigation, balance sheet and regulatory capital solutions. Our company represents commercial, investment and multilateral banks as well as development financial institutions, using non-payment insurance to allow them to conservatively grow their lending book.}