Speaking & Media
Conference speaking, commentary and media resources
Andre speaks to insurance, aviation and legal audiences on the subjects he works in daily, and provides measured expert commentary to journalists and broadcasters. He does not comment on accidents under active investigation beyond what the published record supports.
Topics
Suggested presentation topics
Understanding Aviation Risk Beyond Regulatory Compliance
Why a compliant operation can still be a dangerous one, and how to see the difference.
Human Factors in Aviation Accidents
Startle, the fight–flight–freeze response, spatial disorientation and the decisions that follow.
The Future of Aviation Insurance Underwriting
From exposure proxies to behaviour-based risk selection.
Flight Data Monitoring and Risk Intelligence
Turning telemetry into three decisions a month.
Aviation Accident Investigation and Insurance Claims
What investigators, underwriters and claims committees need from each other.
Advanced Aviation Risk Assessment
Why the dynamic interaction between risks matters more than any single measure.
The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Aviation Safety
Where AI helps, where it harms, and why the human remains the authority.
Why Operational Data Must Lead to Action
Closing the gap between risk detection and risk intervention.
Appearances
Industry contributions
Appearances are listed once the event, role and date have been confirmed. Where confirmation is pending, the entry says so.
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Aviation insurance risk conference (keynote)
date to be confirmedKeynote speaker · Aviation insurance risk
Pending confirmation
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World Airnews — feature interview, "When more data doesn't automatically mean better decisions"
2026Interviewee · World Airnews · Human factors, operational data and decision-making
Pending confirmation
Media kit
Speaker biography and resources
Approved short biography, headline credentials and a portrait for programme and press use. Please use the biography as written and attribute the portrait as supplied.
Executive biography (150 words)
Andre Roos is an aviation risk specialist, aviation accident investigator, aviation insurance underwriter and expert witness based in South Africa. He holds an MSc in Safety and Accident Investigation (Air Transport) from Cranfield University, where his thesis analysed 983 general aviation accident reports from the United Kingdom and South Africa.
His career spans approximately thirty years in aviation and more than fifteen in insurance and financial services. Since 2018 he has served as an Aviation Risk Specialist associated with South Africa’s largest life insurer, where he formulated the aviation underwriting philosophy and guidelines applied to pilot life, disability and loss-of-licence cover.
He is the founder of SkyGuard, an aviation insurance and risk-intelligence venture that combines underwriting, flight data monitoring and the advanced aviation risk assessment models he developed. He has provided independent expert reports in High Court litigation concerning aviation insurance, writes regularly on human factors for World Airnews, and is the author of The Death of the Salesman and the Rise of the Trusted Financial Advisor (2018). He is a licensed private pilot.
- Name
- Andre Roos (Andries Marthinus Roos)
- Pronunciation
- AHN-dray ROOS
- Post-nominal
- MSc (Cranfield)
- Based in
- Somerset West, Western Cape, South Africa
- Languages
- English, Afrikaans
- Formats
- Keynote, panel, workshop, webinar, podcast, written commentary
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