Sandhia Nair

Sandhia is a Senior Legal Counsel and Head of Legal South APAC at Swiss Re. She heads the Legal teams in Australia, India and Singapore, supporting Swiss Re’s business and operations in Australia and New Zealand, India and Southeast Asia.

She and her team advises on legal and regulatory aspects relating to business strategy and initiatives, product development and general corporate matters, and she is responsible for corporate governance activities, serving as the company secretary for the Boards in Singapore. She also co-leads the entire APAC Legal team together with the head of Legal for North APAC. 

Prior to joining Swiss Re, Sandhia served as the General Counsel for AIG’s insurance operations in Singapore and as Regional Legal Counsel for AIG’s Consumer Lines business in Asia Pacific.

Sandhia has 27 years of legal experience, having been in private practice in civil litigation for several years before becoming in-house counsel. She holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of London and is an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore as well as a Barrister to Middle Temple, UK.