Lisa Kelaart-Courtney

Before joining CCL Lisa held the post of Associate Director in Supervision with the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), the independent regulator of financial services for the Dubai International Financial Centre.

Lisa’s primary role was to provide effective supervision to the regulated community of the DIFC and had the specific responsibility for the supervision of banking entities and insurance firms, intermediaries and managers and participated in the creation, drafting and revision of a number of rules and regulations. Further, she was the DFSA representative to the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS), holding membership positions on the Technical Committee, Insurance Fraud, Financial Conglomerates and Reinsurance Subcommittees and was a contributing author drafting IAIS guidance papers on money laundering, abuse of insurers, regulation of captive insurance and the like.

Lisa participates as an Advisor with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a variety of financial services missions and holds a number of academic and professional qualifications including  a MBA with Insurance and Finance specialisations.