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Rob Schimek
Group Chief Executive Officer
bolttech
Rob leads the bolttech team across our operations globally, overseeing our growth and partnership opportunities. With more than 35 years’ international leadership experience within the insurance industry, Rob’s previous roles include Managing Director and Group Chief Operating Officer for FWD Group, and President & CEO of AIG’s commercial insurance businesses worldwide.
Outside of work, Rob can be found in the gym or competing in some of the world’s toughest endurance competitions such as the Ironman World Championships, and the Antarctic Ice and North Pole Marathons.
Speaking at SFF 2026
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3:30–4:05pmThu 19 NovFounders StageHall 2, Singapore EXPOPremium
Capital Rewiring
When Growth Gets Harder, What Must a Company Simplify to Keep Scaling in 2027?
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Vince IswaraCo-founder & Chief Executive OfficerDANA
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Prajit NanuFounder & Chief Executive OfficerNIUM
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Rob SchimekGroup Chief Executive Officerbolttech
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Suresh ShankarFounder & Chief Executive OfficerCrayon DataModerator
About this session
Bigger teams do not automatically build more valuable companies. In its H1 2024 results, Klarna reported a 73% increase in revenue per employee, citing AI-driven efficiencies alongside business growth. But greater efficiency is not the same as sustainable scale. This session explores what companies must simplify to keep growing in 2027: which workflows to automate, what to standardise across markets, where human domain expertise remains indispensable, and which specialised hires still warrant investment. The conversation tests when restructuring unlocks growth and when it strips out essential capability. What should leaders remove, redesign or protect so the business becomes easier to scale, not merely cheaper to run?
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