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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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.

Nami Oishi joined Gibraltar Life Insurance Co., Ltd. in April 2009, following her mother's retirement after 30 years with the company. She was a care-manager in the nursing care field. Her father also worked for Japan Post Insurance. She focuses on the school market and mentors junior colleagues. She volunteers at experiential classes held at venues for the Para Football Festivals and soccer events for people with disabilities to deepen understanding of people with physical challenges.

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.

Mitsuhiro Okazaki joined Sony Life Insurance Company in 2015. He focused on individual business as a life planner for five years while also being involved in the succession of his father’s business. The experience of learning from his father’s succession planning helped him expand into the business insurance market, serving as a sounding board to thoroughly understand the owner's vision and supporting business continuity. He was previously a systems engineer and a project manager.

Mark D. Olson, CFP, MSFS, specializes in providing customized comprehensive financial and retirement planning for corporate executives, business owners and other professionals. For more than 30 years, Olson has helped his clients find financial peace of mind by serving as their financial coach and advocate. He enjoys working with those who are preparing for retirement or just beginning that chapter of their lives.

Sydney Janett Ornelas, AAMS, is a financial and wealth advisor at Seguros Monterrey New York Life. With four years in the financial industry, she has won several awards and been named a member of her company's Legion Centurion Club.

Mathew Page is the founder of Sprout Financial Services and has worked in the profession for 19 years, specializing in helping professionals and business owners with life, health and income protection planning. He is also passionate about mentoring other advisors and building strong client relationships through clear, practical advice. With a background in business ownership, Page is known for bringing structure, energy and a bit of humor to everything he does.

Papassorn Paisan is a life insurance advisor with Bangkok Life Assurance Public Co. Ltd. She has more than six years of experience in life insurance and financial advisory services. Her expertise focuses on health planning and designing coverage solutions that support clients’ long-term needs. Her professional achievements include recognition for riders performance, earning the highest riders premium award in 2022 and ranking second in riders premium in 2024. She holds a bachelor’s degree and is committed to continuously enhancing professional knowledge and service standards.

Craig Palfrey, CFP, is founder of Penguin Wealth, a firm based on practical strategies and clear communication — from team leadership and branding to generational wealth transfer and AI adoption — which has laid the foundation for their culture, growth and client loyalty. Palfrey has strong expertise on topics such as behavioral finance and trust planning and has built a reputation for blending professional expertise with humor and storytelling that makes complex topics accessible.

Aileen Mari Palmes is a financial advisor at Insular Life, with 12 years of experience in the life insurance profession. Having a background in the hospitality industry, she is known for combining service and authenticity to build lasting client relationships. Her expertise lies in service-led growth strategies, client retention and insurance portfolio cleanups. Through this unique approach, she has doubled her business and continues to mentor fellow advisors in building authentic, scalable practices.

Aileen Mari Palmes is a financial advisor at Insular Life, with 12 years of experience in the life insurance profession. Having a background in the hospitality industry, she is known for combining service and authenticity to build lasting client relationships. Her expertise lies in service-led growth strategies, client retention and insurance portfolio cleanups. Through this unique approach, she has doubled her business and continues to mentor fellow advisors in building authentic, scalable practices.

Katarzyna Pilczuk is a financial advisor, team leader and trainer with more than 15 years of experience in the financial services profession. She specializes in working with premium clients, increasing sales effectiveness and developing strong advisory teams while also mentoring advisors and building leaders. As founder and former president of the Polish Association of Recommended Insurance Advisors, Pilczuk helped increase MDRT membership in Poland more than tenfold in five years.

Jarmila Somolányiová has 18 years of experience in the financial services profession, specializing in financial analysis and planning, cash flow management, insurance, investments, mortgages, and the strategic and creative planning of personal portfolios. Somolányiová was ranked No. 1 VIP consultant at Partners Group for 2023, in the top 10 in personal production for 2024 and has been the first Slovak speaker at various industry events. She is also currently enrolled in MBA studies for digital marketing, with a focus on building a personal brand.

Cynthia Siew Leng Wee has more than 24 years of experience across global financial markets, specializing in international succession planning, cross-border wealth structuring and sophisticated insurance solutions for ultra-high-net-worth families. A regular keynote speaker at international wealth management conferences and exclusive family office forums across Asia, Wee’s dual expertise spans family office advisory services and insurance practice operations in a competitive wealth management landscape.

Dr. Helen Papagiannis is a globally recognized thought leader in immersive technologies, specializing in AI, spatial computing, frontier technologies and their transformative impact. Her work connects advanced technologies with the needs of diverse industries, providing compelling insights into the future of AI, extended reality (XR) and brain-computer interfaces. She is the bestselling author of “Augmented Human: How Technology is Shaping the New Reality” and founder of XR GOES POP, a consulting firm focused on experiential retail, luxury lifestyle and pop culture.

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.

Phasit Pasukulpun is a comprehensive financial planning specialist with more than eight years of experience. He currently serves as a life insurance advisor with AIA Thailand and an investment advisor with Finnomena. His expertise includes designing life insurance solutions and mutual fund investment strategies. Previously, he worked as an investment advisor at Robowealth, providing advisory services across diversified portfolios. He holds a bachelor’s degree in banking and finance from the Faculty of Commerce and Accountancy, Chulalongkorn University, and is committed to continuously advancing professional standards in financial advisory services.

Surawut Pattanabandit currently serves as a district director at AIA Thailand, with more than 29 years of experience in the financial services profession. He specializes in planning and advising high-net-worth clients. He has received the Thailand Agent of the Year award for more than 10 consecutive years, reflecting his experience, expertise, credibility and strong commitment to professional excellence.

Robert Paylor was experiencing the pinnacle of athletic achievement, competing for the Collegiate Rugby National Championship, when he suffered a severe spinal cord injury, leaving him unable to move or feel anything below his neck. Through an unbreakable vision and years of relentless determination, Paylor stood to receive his diploma from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and can now walk 500 yards. His message stirs organizations and individuals to identify and conquer that which paralyzes them by cultivating purpose in their work and fully accessing the resilience of their team while maintaining positivity and gratitude through even the most daunting challenges.

Avraam Pekris, BSc, MBA, is the CEO and founder of Huminance Insurance Agents and Consultants. He has more than 20 years of experience in the financial services profession and specializes in leadership development, recruitment and building exceptional agency cultures. An actuary by training, Pekris holds first-class honors from the London School of Economics and Political Science and an MBA from the Cyprus International Institute of Management.

Katarzyna Pilczuk is a financial advisor, team leader and trainer with more than 15 years of experience in the financial services profession. She specializes in working with premium clients, increasing sales effectiveness and developing strong advisory teams while also mentoring advisors and building leaders. As founder and former president of the Polish Association of Recommended Insurance Advisors, Pilczuk helped increase MDRT membership in Poland more than tenfold in five years.

Alejandro German Pisano is the founder and CEO of Startup Group Consultores en Seguros, a brokerage firm specializing in personal and group insurance. He started his career in the insurance industry more than 3 decades ago as an independent insurance advisor. Throughout his prominent career, he has received numerous awards from leading insurance companies. In addition to his role as an agent, Pisano is a lecturer and mentor to insurance agents, sharing his extensive knowledge and experience. He currently serves as MDRT Company Chair for Life Seguros.

Svetlana Plitin-Tamaviciene has been a financial advisor atAllianz since 2014, specializing in retirement planning and insurance solutionsfor business owners. She has a bachelor’s degree in maritime engineering and amaster’s degree in maritime law, which shaped her strategic and disciplinedapproach to financial planning.

Mark Pollock inspires leaders and their teams to build resilience, optimize performance and collaborate effectively to achieve more than they thought possible. Unbroken by blindness in 1998, Pollock became an adventure athlete, competing in ultra-endurance races, and the first blind person to race to the South Pole. Since 2010, left paralyzed by a fall, he has catalyzed collaborations worth over USD 100 million to help cure paralysis. He is a Wings for Life ambassador, was on the board of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation and is the subject of the documentaries “Blind Man Walking” and “Unbreakable — The Mark Pollock Story.”

Thomas Pourlidas has been an insurance agent with NN Hellas since 2005, specializing in financial and insurance planning advisory services. He holds financial planning certifications SQF levels 3 and 4 from EFICERT, as well as a diploma in sales management from the University of Piraeus and the Hellenic Insurance Institute EIAS. He is a long-standing member of the Circle of Successful Life Insurance Agents and Hellenic Financial Planners Association and received the “G. Skalingos” award for ethics in 2014, the highest distinction given to professionals who demonstrate exceptional integrity, professionalism, collegial spirit and outstanding performance.