Naby Mariyam

Naby is an Academic turned entrepreneur ~ graduated with a Masters of Philosophy in Management at the age of 22 in 2005. She has 20 years of experience in a wide range of industries in senior level positions, across Academia (Business Studies, Research Methodology and Design), Management Consulting, Documentary Production, Travel & Destination Marketing and Technology startups.

Naby startered Coverhero to make Insurance human centric, Coverhero was part of the first cohort of the Qantas AVRO accelerator and the Plug and Play insurtech accelerator in Silicon Valley.

Naby has advised the United Nations Development Project on building start-up ecosystems and designed accelerator programs to drive innovation in developing nations.

Naby was an Australian delegate at the G20 Young Entrepreneurs conference in Berlin in 2017. She is a global Key Note speaker,(Insurtech Connect, Insurtech Insights, ANZIIF, AICLA) commentator, thought leader in insurtech and an advocate for diversity of thought in financial services and the technology sector.