Ir. Pooba Mahalingam is a professional engineer with over 20 years of work experience in construction, insurance and loss adjusting.
He has worked in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and on regional assignments. Pooba specialises mainly in construction, engineering, liability and property claims, and risk management work. He was previously attached to an international claims management company and led its Construction, Power and Engineering (CPE) team.
He was also assigned to Christchurch, New Zealand, as a member of the CAT loss team, handling the 2011 earthquake claims. He has also travelled to Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Indonesia, Brunei and Sri Lanka on work assignments.
Pooba used to manage insurance claims for a large international insurer in Singapore, with special responsibility for technical and reinsurance matters.

Before moving to Singapore, Pooba worked in an international loss adjusting firm in Kuala Lumpur, where he was responsible for mega projects, risk management and claims handling. This included large construction risks, namely KLIA, KLCC, KL Tower, LRT I & II, Sprint Highway, and Smart Tunnel. He is the current President of the Insurance Law Association of Singapore (ILAS), as well as an active training facilitator with the Australasian Institute of Chartered Loss Adjusters (AICLA).

Pooba is also a regular trainer with the Malaysian Institute of Insurance (MII) and the Singapore College of Insurance (SCI). He has also conducted training in various Asean cities over the last few years.

Pooba is a well-known presenter on construction risks / claims handling. He is also ACTAqualified and uses various active learning methods to share some of his complicated technical topics to benefit the participants.