May Hleileh

May joined EIC in Jan 2024 as the CUO of International to run the Global portfolio across all lines of business.

She has over 20 years of Global energy underwriting expertise, starting off her underwriting career at a Lloyds syndicate in London before transitioning to the companies market in 2006. She relocated to Singapore with this company in 2009 where she spent several years developing regional strategies in conjunction to underwriting.

In 2013 she relocated to Dubai with a large corporate multinational where she was responsible for the Energy division locally as-well as holding a dual role as Global Head of Upstream Energy.

Currently she represents the Emirates Insurance Association on the Offshore Energy Committee of International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) of which she has been a member since 2021. She regularly runs webinars and training events for Energy Insurance.

She is a Chartered Associate of both the Insurance Institute and Institute of Risk Management. She has a Masters of Science degree in Insurance and Risk Management from City Business School and Bachelors of Science Joint Honors Degree in Mathematical Science with Economics and Finance