The Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Insurance Facility (SEADRIF) has appointed Xinmei Zheng as Chief Operating Officer (COO), the company announced on LinkedIn.
Zheng joins SEADRIF with nearly two decades of experience in the non-life insurance and reinsurance sector, having worked across underwriting, structured risk solutions, portfolio management and business development.
She most recently served as a senior client manager at Munich Re, where she was capital partners lead for Southeast Asia and held non-life market responsibility for Vietnam. Earlier, she spent more than 14 years at Swiss Re in a series of regional roles across Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and the UK.
“Xinmei brings both deep regional perspective and international experience to the team. As COO, Xinmei’s operational leadership and commercial expertise will strengthen SEADRIF’s institutional capabilities for its next phase of growth,” SEADRIF said.
The appointment is the latest in a series of senior hires in 2026. In May, the company appointed Richard Poulter to lead the development of its Sovereign Asset and Fiscal Empowerment Facility, while Ayumi Kato was hired to support donor engagement. Actuary Lisa Yu joined as head of product in January and earlier that month Gillian Caparas was named operations specialist, and Mei Fern Johnson and Dr. Leow Yung Khee to its board of directors.
