Ayumu Okabe is an executive life plan consultant at Gibraltar Life Insurance Company. He has 15 years of experience in the business and specializes in inheritance/estate planning and business continuity consulting. Before joining the business, he held a sales position at an advertising agency. Okabe won 13 company awards and graduated from Rikkyo University, Department of Economics and Faculty of Economics.

Akio Iida is an executive life planner at Sony Life Insurance Company. Approximately 96% of his business comes from the corporate market. He is recognized as approachable yet professional and has expertise in the field. Before joining the business, he developed security systems at a major security company and served as a security consultant for a government-affiliated financial institution. He had no sales background and started from scratch in the insurance industry.

Luis Arturo Juárez Morales is managing partner at Arpro Seguros. Throughout his 15-year successful career as an insurance agent, he has specialized in estate planning. Previously, he held key management roles at Zurich Financial Services and Grupo Financiero Interacciones, among others. Over the past 12 years, Juárez Morales has established himself as New York Life Mexico's top agent.

Gail Singh, FCCA, FSCP, is a financial strategist and chief executive officer of GMS Associates International Ltd. (incorporated with Guardian Life of the Caribbean Ltd). With more than 30 years of experience in auditing, accounting and finance, Singh is a certified chartered accountant, a certified quality manager, project management professional and a chartered insurance agency manager. She has received awards for Leadership in Quality Excellence and Outstanding Financial Strategy. Passionate about financial empowerment, Singh is dedicated to helping individuals and organizations pivot with purpose, plan strategically and achieve lasting success.

Magali Bernal holds a master's degree in financial services from The American College of Financial Services. In 2007, she established Trasciende Hoy, a company focused on developing and executing wealth management strategies. Bernal helps her clients transcend more effectively and across generations through asset protection.

Jae Sung Park is the director of the headquarters at Incar Financial Service. Park is an expert in protected asset planning, retirement planning and financial consulting, holding qualifications as a Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC), Fund Investment Advisor and Securities Investment Advisor. Park has 16 years of experience in the financial services profession, won the Platinum Annual Award as a director consultant at PCA Life and worked as a professional consultant at Mirae Asset Life.

Dayra Irene Chávez served as Country Chair for MDRT’s MCC Zone 11, Panama, from 2016 to 2018. She has a remarkable 17-year career as an insurance agent and is the founder and CEO of D.C. Asesores de Seguros S.A., a brokerage specializing in personal and general insurance as well as surety bonds. Chávez served as president of the National Association of Insurance Producers of Panama from 2021 to 2023 and is currently a member of the advisory board of the National Association of Insurance Professionals of Panama. She is also the host of her successful podcast @dayraasegura.

Tzu Hao Kuo served as the president of Taishin Life's 26th MDRT Promotion Association in 2024 and was a speaker at the 2023 MDRT Annual Meeting. He graduated from Ming Chuan University with a degree in accounting and is currently business director of the Primer Elite Team at Taishin Life Insurance, bringing 21 years of insurance experience with specialized expertise in financial, tax and risk management.

Brendan Clune Walsh, president and managing partner of Catalyst Solutions Group, leverages his extensive experience in insurance and financial services to develop client strategies that maximize and protect wealth. A graduate of DePaul University, Walsh’s journey led him to success at Northwestern Mutual Insurance before joining his father and eventually completing their succession plan.

S. Indresh Kumar Jain is an experienced financial professional recognized for his commitment to collaborative growth and development within the financial services profession. He is known for his expertise in creating and leading successful study groups, where he emphasizes the importance of goal-sharing, mutual guidance and the exchange of practice management ideas. Kumar Jain advocates for the use of structured systems to foster higher performance.

Derek Wong Tuck Kong beganhis career in financial services 17 years ago at Prudential Assurance MalaysiaBerhad. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in computing, manages a team of10 and holds the record for the highest number of insurance cases closed in2023.

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Alejandro Márquez Espinosa, LCIC, has 31 years of experience in the financial services profession and proudly leads AME Consulting, a successful wealth management firm that administers an insurance portfolio of more than 9,000 policies.

Ming-Fong Huan, CFP, is an active MDRT member, currently reprising her roles both as MDRT Chinese Taiwan Local Chair and Chair of the Top of the Table Market Engagement Committee, Chinese Taiwan. She received the 2021 Business Weekly Top 100 CEO/Top 100 Consultant Award and published “The Remote Sales Queen's Guide to Winning in 2022.” She has released annual online courses from 2023-2025 and holds a master's degree from National Central University, Institute of Industrial Economics.

Travis D. Manning, CFP, CLU, is the president of The Evers Financial Group Inc. and has more than 25 years of financial planning experience in retirement income and estate planning. He studied anthropology, language, software engineering and computer science in post-secondary schools.

Young Joo Jeon is a professional with 19 years in the insurance business. Jeon specializes in consulting for inheritance, gifting, whole life and protection insurance, as well as handling claims disputes and basic insurance education. Jeon has achieved 785 consecutive weeks of three wins and co-authored the book, "The Language of Masters." She previously worked in performance planning and holds a bachelor's degree.

Minoru Kanai is an executive life planner at Prudential Life Insurance Company. With a 20-year career in the life insurance business, he specializes in estate/inheritance planning, business succession and employee benefits, particularly for business owners. Before joining the business, he worked for a medical device manufacturer, specializing in the cardiovascular field. The experience he cultivated in the medical field helped him transition to his life planning role, supporting his clients personally and their business continuity. He is a recipient of the Prudential Life Insurance Company's Kiyo Sakaguchi Golden Heart Memorial Award and his company-wide Core Value Award. He is a graduate of Sapporo Gakuin University, Faculty of Law.

Ted Rusinoff is managing partner at Wealth Design Partners. With more than 30 years in the profession, Rusinoff has discovered creative ways to better manage insurance and investment assets for a significant community of individuals and businesses nationwide. He’s mastered how to build the systems and structures necessary to effectively manage an office, meet clients’ needs and educate the public on financial matters. He has spoken at industry leading events including MDRT EDGE and on Main Platform at the MDRT Annual Meeting. He served as the 2019 MDRT Foundation President and is an Excalibur Knight of the MDRT Foundation.

Vincent Gan, ChFC, CLU, is an executive senior director with Great Eastern Financial Advisers Singapore and has been in the financial services profession for 20 years. He specializes in agency leadership, training and development, with a passion for helping financial consultants grow purposefully and sustainably. A graduate of the National University of Singapore, Gan has served on industry councils, spoken at international forums and received numerous company and industry accolades.

H. Adam Holt, ChFC, CFP, is the managing partner at RubinGoldman and Associates and founder of Asset-Map, a platform used by thousands of advisors to engage more than 2.5 million households worldwide. With 26 years of experience, Holt has built a firm surpassing USD 1 billion AUM and millions in annual premium. A recognized thought leader and podcast host, he speaks globally on advisor intelligence, behavioral finance and the future of client engagement in financial advice.

Danny O’Connell, MBA, is CEOof Next Level Insurance Agency, where he focuses on company-sponsored employeebenefits. He has built two insurance practices, started his own agency in 2016and has received numerous industry awards. With more than a decade ofexperience volunteering for Top of the Table, O’Connell has served as Top ofthe Table Global Council Member and Advisory Board Chair in 2024 and DivisionalVice President of the Top of the Table Annual Meeting in 2023.

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Paresh B. Shah, CFP, is themanaging principal for PareShah Partners and CEO of Merkkuri Wealth Advisors.As a wealth strategist for the past 30 years, Shah helps individuals andbusinesses create innovative financial strategies that protect today and buildfor tomorrow. He specializes in pension and profit-sharing, asset protection,estate planning and business succession planning, and co-hosted the talk show“Money & Prosperity.” His professionalism and active service in thecommunity, including his support of many charitable organizations, make him atrusted advisor within the financial services profession.

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Anthony Matthews Jones, BSc (Hons), QFA, is a sought-after speaker who has presented at MDRT events as well as other major conferences all over the world. He is an active MDRT member and is passionate about sharing his expertise and strategies with his fellow financial advisors.

Plabita Priyadarshi is chief advisor at Kotak Life Insurance Company Ltd. and has been in the financial services profession for 21 years, specializing in annuities and mutual funds. Priyadarshi is an active MDRT member and has received numerous awards for her accomplishments, such as being named Topmost Advisor at her company since 2005 and as one of the top 100 women in finance by the Association of International Wealth Management of India.

Hyun Suk Oh is an expert with 21 years of experience in the financial services profession and currently serves as a representative FSR at MetLife. Oh's main area of specialty is financial planning for individual and corporate clients. She earned a Master of Business Administration from Sungkyunkwan University Graduate School.

Michael Morrow, CFP, is a well-known legacy strategist, international speaker and author of four bestselling books. He and his team have been helping families and business owners meet their critical financial responsibilities and leave meaningful legacies since 1989 by using innovative applications of time-tested and proven financial structures to help rearrange their assets to get the results they want while minimizing the tax they pay. Morrow is a two-time president of The Financial Advisors Association of Canada, an MDRT Foundation supporter and was inducted into The Financial Hall of Fame in 2025 for his contributions to the financial services profession.