Mr Ashok Kumar Roy has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of GIC Re till July 31, 2015. Mr Roy was officiating as CMD of GIC Re from January 2, 2012. He was earlier holding the position of General Manager, GIC Re
Mr. Ashok Kumar Roy is an Engineer with B. Tech (Hons.) in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He is also a Fellow of the Insurance Institute of India.
Mr. Roy joined the General Insurance Industry as a direct recruit Officer in 1979. He was with the Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. for 29 years in various capacities before moving to GIC Re in June 2008 as General Manager. In December 2011 Mr. Roy was selected for posting as Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Agriculture Insurance Company of India Limited. Subsequently Mr. Roy has been posted as officiating Chairman-cum-Managing Director of GIC Re on 2nd of January 2012.
Mr. Roy has been a member of Technical Sub Committee (Engineering) of TAC and was closely associated in Development of Core Insurance Solution (INLIAS). He also headed the core group for development of Fire & Engineering Module. He has attended several training programmes on Change Management, Negotiation skills, and Corporate Governance.
