EVP – Supply Chain — Insurance Distribution Network

The mandate

The chair and executive committee are aligned that the immediate priority is exposure to concentrated suppliers and unstable lead times within a listed diversified financial-services platform. The immediate arena is the insurance distribution network during a channel migration. For mandate 029, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The EVP – Supply Chain operating perimeter covers approximately AED 3,850 million in assets under oversight, with activity spanning several insurance distribution network customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The EVP – Supply Chain Financial Services remit carries direct influence over roughly 500 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors want a EVP – Supply Chain who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the insurance distribution network. The EVP – Supply Chain Financial Services seat must resolve a channel migration, while preserving the underlying strengths of the insurance distribution network. For mandate 029, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The EVP – Supply Chain’s first year on the insurance distribution network is expected to end with supply assurance, inventory productivity and dual-source readiness. In mandate 029, authority covers resources and leadership appointments; material trade-offs go directly to the board sponsor.

Why this seat is open

This is a newly created EVP – Supply Chain — Insurance Distribution Network seat approved as part of the next operating model; it is not an incumbent replacement. The board is running a planned 4–6 month search so the appointee can join ahead of the next capital and talent cycle. Current leaders retain their existing accountabilities until the insurance distribution network remit is formally activated. Confidentiality protects organisation design choices while the board compares external and adjacent-sector talent.

What you will own

• Set the EVP – Supply Chain value-creation thesis for the insurance distribution network, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately AED 3,850 million in assets under oversight, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the EVP – Supply Chain Financial Services organisation of about 500 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the insurance distribution network economics and execution constraints created by a channel migration, with EVP – Supply Chain-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one EVP – Supply Chain operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the insurance distribution network; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Demonstrate enterprise authority across functions and markets, with outcomes visible in cash, customers or controlled risk in mandate 029.
• Build the EVP – Supply Chain’s three-year succession and capability plan for the insurance distribution network, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Financial Services organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the insurance distribution network baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to exposure to concentrated suppliers and unstable lead times, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal EVP – Supply Chain portfolio and organisation choices for the insurance distribution network, install the new operating cadence, fill critical leadership gaps and deliver the first measurable release of cash, capacity or customer value.
• Months 10–12: Demonstrate a repeatable insurance distribution network trend against supply assurance, inventory productivity and dual-source readiness, lock the following year’s capital and talent plan, evidence control sustainability and present a credible three-year value case with downside actions.

What the board will measure

• Delivery of the EVP – Supply Chain’s agreed first-year insurance distribution network value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A EVP – Supply Chain forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the insurance distribution network’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the EVP – Supply Chain mandate’s highest-priority insurance distribution network risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical insurance distribution network talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the EVP – Supply Chain’s direct reports.
• A quantified EVP – Supply Chain-owned improvement in the insurance distribution network operating constraint behind a channel migration, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 029: no unresolved high-severity escalation older than 30 days and no material surprise withheld from its agreed governance forum.

The person

You are currently a EVP Supply Chain, Chief Procurement Officer or Operations Leader in a listed Financial Services or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the insurance distribution network, your EVP – Supply Chain track record includes a transition where the original plan was no longer sufficient; you can explain your choices, evidence and numerical impact. Candidates from banking, insurance, payments, wealth or regulated fintech will be considered where the operating model, customer stakes and governance intensity match this EVP – Supply Chain brief.

As a EVP – Supply Chain candidate, you bring 18–22 years of progressive Financial Services or adjacent-sector experience, consistent with the 18-22 experience band. At minimum, you have carried a P&L, book, budget or accountable portfolio of AED 2,250 million and led an organisation of at least 500 people.

For mandate 029, the board wants two transitions: a difficult insurance distribution network portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a channel migration. As the prospective EVP – Supply Chain for this insurance distribution network, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 029 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The EVP – Supply Chain must be based in Dubai; international relocation is supported, but this Financial Services role is not designed as a remote appointment.

Non-negotiables

• Current or recent accountability at the level of EVP Supply Chain, Chief Procurement Officer or Operations Leader, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Financial Services governance forum.
• Proven EVP – Supply Chain ownership of at least AED 2,250 million and leadership of no fewer than 500 employees in a comparable insurance distribution network context.
• One completed Financial Services or adjacent-sector example of exposure to concentrated suppliers and unstable lead times with outcomes sustained for at least two reporting periods after the initial intervention.
• Sector credibility from banking, insurance, payments, wealth or regulated fintech; experience that is purely functional and lacks EVP – Supply Chain-level insurance distribution network consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Dubai location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 029.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated EVP – Supply Chain package is AED 1.3–1.8 million fixed + annual incentive, calibrated to the final insurance distribution network scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 029 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The EVP – Supply Chain appointment in Dubai, centred on the insurance distribution network, offers regular exposure to the chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors. A notice period of up to 6 months can be accommodated for the selected executive in mandate 029.

Confidentiality

The client name, precise footprint and transaction history are outside this brief for mandate 029. They will be shared with qualified candidates under a mutual undertaking, and the composite facts here must not be reverse-engineered or circulated for mandate 029.