Stewart Duncan

Stewart Duncan has extensive experience in the insurance and insurtech industries, specializing in data and technology. Stewart is currently working as the SVP (Data & Technology) at Oka, The Carbon Insurance Company, where they are involved in establishing and growing the business in the net-zero insurance market. Prior to this role, Stewart served as the SVP (Data and Technology) at Embedded Insurance, Inc.

Stewart has held significant leadership positions in insurtech startups. As the Chief Data Officer at Superscript, they played a key role in creating a data science capability to expand the customer base. At Wrisk, another insurtech startup, Stewart served as the Chief Data Officer, focusing on implementing a profitable operating model and performing various roles such as operating strategy, pricing, analytics, and business development.

Before entering the insurtech industry, Stewart worked at Simply Business as the Chief Analytics Officer, where they led the machine learning, data science, and data engineering functions. During their tenure, they contributed to growing the company valuation fourfold in four years. Prior to Simply Business, Stewart worked at Expedia Group as a Senior Manager, Business Intelligence, and at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe as a Senior Manager - Business Intelligence, where they built and managed global teams focused on analytics and business intelligence.

Stewart began their career at consulting firms Deloitte Consulting and Accenture, where they held managerial positions.

Overall, Stewart Duncan's work experience showcases their expertise in leveraging data and technology to drive business growth and success in the insurance and insurtech industries.

Stewart Duncan holds a Master of Arts (MA) degree in International Studies from Stellenbosch University, which they obtained from 2001 to 2002. Prior to that, they completed their Bachelor of Commerce (BComm) degree in Economics and Computer Science at Stellenbosch University from 1998 to 2000. Apart from their degrees, Stewart has also obtained various certifications, including "Advanced Python" from LinkedIn in May 2020, "Design Thinking: Data Intelligence" from LinkedIn in April 2020, "Python: Working with Predictive Analytics" from LinkedIn in April 2020, and "Strategic Agility" from LinkedIn in April 2020.