AI12 Limited, a specialist insurance and reinsurance brokerage based in the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC), has appointed Jamie Eaton as head of financial operations.
The appointment follows the company’s recent incorporation at DIFC and authorization from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA). It is part of AI12’s long-term goal to expand its professional platform and strengthen its international positioning.
Eaton will lead the financial lines specialty business, responsible for shaping and expanding the company’s financial and network lines products.
Additionally, he will facilitate AI12’s engagement with insurers and clients, supporting the continued strengthening of its specialized business in the UAE and selected international markets. He will report to senior leadership as part of the ongoing development of the company’s professional platform.
AI12 has established market positions in aviation and complex risk allocation. As the DIFC business is established, the firm is advancing the expansion of its broader professional capabilities, including appointing senior professionals, enhancing technical expertise and further developing international market relationships to help clients navigate increasingly complex regulatory, economic and technology-driven risks.
Eaton has nearly two decades of experience in the insurance industry in the London market and the Middle East. Prior to joining AI12, he held senior roles at Howden Insurance Brokers and JLT Group, supporting the growth and oversight of the Financial Lines portfolio in the region.
Before moving to the UAE, he spent ten years working in the London and Lloyd’s markets, most recently as head of AXA Group’s Bluefin Financial Practice in London. In this role, he provides advice on management responsibilities and professional line placements. After moving to the UAE, he was appointed Head of Financial Product Lines and Portfolio Management, JLT Group TMEA, where he was responsible for regional facilities, portfolio strategy and client engagement across various financial product lines.
At AI12, Eaton’s responsibilities include establishing a dedicated finance line function focused on delivering structured, client-specific solutions supported by senior oversight and technical expertise.
Anvar Mullabekov, founder and CEO of AI12 Limited, said: “Jamie’s appointment is a clear continuation of our strategy following the establishment of the DIFC and the authorization of the DFSA. We are building AI12 into a professional brokerage platform across multiple business lines, where technical excellence, agility and global market access are non-negotiable.
“Finance is a key pillar of our specialist growth strategy and Jamie brings the credibility, leadership and expertise to expand this capability in a commercially ambitious and technically rigorous way.”
Eaton commented: “AI12 is deliberately creating a differentiated offering in the market, a specialist, expert-led practice designed to be flexible, technologically robust and close to its clients. Financial product lines are increasingly affected by economic conditions, regulation and technology-driven risks.”
“This dynamic requires a brokerage approach that goes beyond placement and focuses on future risk protection, understanding how clients’ risk profiles are changing, and building solutions that stand up to scrutiny. The Dubai and wider UAE market is growing rapidly and the time is right to build a truly differentiated boutique financial product line, particularly in the cyber space, which is now one of the most strategic entry points for board-level risk conversations.”
Richard Prenter, COO of AI12 Limited, added: “Jamie’s appointment is another important step as we continue to build AI12’s specialist practice at the DIFC and expand our capabilities across complex risk categories. Financial lines and networks are increasingly a board-level priority, affected by rapidly evolving regulation, technology exposure and economic fluctuations.
“Jamie brings a strategic,
We focus on results that are close to our customers. “