Nicolette Botha

Background & professional expertise

Nicolette has been working in the insurance industry as a Technical Property and Natural Hazards Risk Engineer since 2008 and joined Zurich UK in 2013. In 2020 Nicolette joined the Climate Resilience Team and in April 2024 moved to Australia where she heads up the APAC Climate Resilience and Sustainability Team.

In her resilience role, Nicolette have had extensive involvement with assisting customers both nationally and globally to understand the physical impact of climate change and associated extreme weather events on their businesses and provide guidance on climate adaptation and resilience measures required to protect business, people, processes and infrastructure.

Languages

English (native), Afrikaans (native)

Selected Publications

Zurich Climate Resilience and Maersk: 2023

https://www.zurich.com/en/commercial-insurance/services/climate-resilience

Wall Street Journal 2023:

https://www.livemint.com/weekend/how-an-insurer-helps-a-shipper-stay-above-water-11685709334472.html

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

A greater awareness of the impact climate change has on organisations.
Improvements in investment in climate adaptations to ensure sustainable resilient organisations.