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Professional & Financial Risks Claims

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Alison manages a wide range of Professional & Financial Risks claims.

Personal Profile

Alison has been working in insurance and the law since 2001 with experience in Public Liability, Professional Indemnity (PI) and Directors’ & Officers' Liability (D&O) matters. Alison has also gained international experience working with Liberty in London where she specialised in PI claims.

Prior to joining Liberty Alison handled Public Liability, PI and D&O claims across various jurisdictions in Australia.

Alison holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws and is admitted to practice as a solicitor in NSW.
 

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Claims

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Amalina is based in Malaysia and handles a Third Party Casualty portfolio of claims across the Asia Pacific. 

Personal Profile

Amalina joined Liberty in 2023 and focuses on Third Party Casualty claims. Amalina has a legal background and insurance industry experience, specialising in liability claims. 

Amalina holds a Bachelor of Law (LL.B)(Hons) degree.

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Claims

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Angus oversees the Casualty, Workers Compensation and Crisis Management claims teams across the Asia Pacific Region working closely with underwriters, claims professionals and risk engineers to ensure optimum outcomes.

Personal Profile

Angus has over 30 years of commercial experience including 19 years leading claims management, adjusting and investigation businesses. Prior to joining Liberty in 2015 Angus was General Manager of a large Australian loss adjusting business overseeing all professional claims staff across multi lines. Angus is highly regarded for his drive, attention to detail and client focussed approach.

His qualifications include Bachelor of Business, Executive Certificate in Insurance, ANZIIF (Fellow), CIP, FAIM.

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Claims 

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Denise is based in Hong Kong and handles the Professional & Financial Risks Division’s professional indemnity and D&O claims in North Asia, which includes Hong Kong, China, South Korea and Japan.

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Denise joined Liberty in 2016 with more than 8 years of experience in the insurance and legal industry in both Hong Kong and London.  Denise was employed as a solicitor in leading law firms specialising in financial lines insurance claims, advising insurers on coverage and managing large scale claims.  Denise was also involved in defending claims against professionals such as solicitors, architects, surveyors as well as defending claims brought against directors of multinational companies and litigating shareholder disputes.  In addition, Denise was seconded to the claims department of a Lloyd’s insurer in London. 

Denise holds a degree in Bachelor of Laws and is a qualified Hong Kong solicitor.

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Casualty

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Claims Manager for Singapore Workers Compensation

Personal profile

Emily joined Liberty in 2022 with 22 years' experience in Retail, Property and Casualty claims. At Liberty Emily specialises in dealing with regulators, ensuring Liberty remain compliant to requirements in a timely manner.  She also manages and defends Common Law claims on behalf of clients. 

Department

Claims

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Based in Malaysia, Erliza manages a portfolio of Casualty and Professional Indemnity/D&O claims.

Personal Profile

Joining Liberty in mid 2020, Erliza worked as a Loss Adjuster for almost 3 years, and was primarily responsible for handling property damage, fidelity guarantee and third party liability claims.

Erliza holds a BSc (Honours) degree in Forensic Science.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks Claims

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Based in Sydney, James has technical and portfolio oversight of all Professional and Financial Risk claims throughout the Asia Pacific region. 

Personal Profile

James has over 30 years’ experience in financial lines claims across a variety of professions but with particular focus on complex and high value construction claim.

James holds a degree in Masters of Business Administration and is CIP, Fellow of ANZIIF.  His professional experience includes work on Professional & Financial Risks claims at a number of other insurers in Australia as well as four years working as a claims broker in the London market.

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Claims

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Jon manages and is responsible for all Recovery claims for each line of business for the Asia Pacific region.

Personal Profile

Jon is a qualified lawyer who has practiced in New South Wales and Victoria and has over 25 years of insurance experience.  He has advised on and handled many large and complex claims across numerous lines of business including Financial lines, Property, Casualty, Accident & Health, Crisis and Marine.

He joined Liberty in 2017 to establish a dedicated Recoveries Unit.

Prior to joining Liberty he worked for a number of international and Australian insurers and underwriters as a Claims Recovery specialist, General Counsel and Claims Manager.  He has drafted policy wordings, advised on compliance issues and managed claims in all jurisdictions of Australia, New Zealand, Asia and various other parts of the world.

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Claims

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Kenneth handles Casualty and Crisis Management claims in North Asia.

Personal profile

Kenneth has been working as a loss adjuster for more than 14 years.  In addition to handling both property and casualty claims, he has also participated in catastrophic losses in Taiwan and Guam.  Prior to joining Liberty he worked at an insurance company and brokerage firm for six years, where he focused on employees' compensation claims, products liability claims and an international insurance program.

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Claims

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Laries is based in Malaysia and handles First Party claims across the Asia Pacific with a diverse portfolio of Marine, Energy, Property and Construction.

Personal Profile

Laries joined Liberty in 2023 and previously worked with the underwriting department of a life insurance company. 

Laries holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) Actuarial Science and is currently pursuing the Associateship of The Malaysian Insurance Institute (AMII).

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Claims

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Li Sa is based in Singapore and handles Third Party Liability claims in Asia.

Personal Profile

With over a decade of experience in the insurance industry, Li Sa has a strong background in liability claims.  Prior to joining Liberty, Li Sa specialised in personal injury claims, litigation management and dispute resolution.

Li Sa holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Diploma in General Insurance.

Department

Claims

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Nabihah is based in Malaysia and works closely together with the Claim Recovery team, managing all recoveries claims for each line of business in Asia Pacific region.

Personal Profile

Nabihah joined Liberty in 2023.  Prior to this Nabihah practiced as a lawyer in the field of white-collar crimes and criminal litigation.

She holds a degree in Bachelor of Laws (Honours).

Department

Claims

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Nathan leads the First Party Claims team for Asia Pacific, encompassing Liberty's Agriculture, Marine, Energy, Property, Construction and Terrorism products. He is responsible for ensuring a proactive, technically sound, and commercially pragmatic Claims service across these product lines. 

Personal profile

Nathan joined Liberty in 2008. He has managed Liberty's Asia Pacific Workers Compensation claims portfolio, the Australian Claims team across all products and the Asia Pacific First Party Claims team.

Nathan also served as Chief Legal Counsel for Asia Pacific and previously qualified as an accredited mediator.

Prior to joining Liberty, Nathan worked in both private practice and in-house legal roles. He has extensive experience in litigation, alternative dispute resolution, product development, wording reviews and managing highly complex claims across all of Liberty's product lines. 

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Claims

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Nelfi is based in Malaysia and provides support to the First Party claims team in Asia Pacific.

Personal Profile

Nelfi joined Liberty in 2022 with legal and insurance industry experience, managing claims.  Nelfi focuses on First Party Energy, Property, Construction and Marine claims.

Nelfi holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) (Honours) degree.

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Claims

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Penny is Claims Manager for the Marine group, specializing in Cargo, Project Cargo, Carriers, Commercial Hull and Marine Liabilities claims.

Personal Profile

Penny joined Liberty Specialty Markets in early 2019 having worked in Marine claims since 2010, predominantly with Marine Cargo claims.  Prior to joining the insurance industry Penny was a cargo surveyor of 5 years' standing.

Penny is currently pursuing an Advanced Diploma in General Insurance and Risk Management with the Singapore College of Insurance.

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Claims

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Phil is based in the Singapore office and manages Energy Property and Construction claims across Asia Pacific.

Personal Profile

Phil joined Liberty at the beginning of 2021 from a global insurer in Singapore and has a background in large and complex First Party claims with particular focus on Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals, Power, Property, and Construction.  Originally from the UK, he worked in the London insurance market before relocating to Singapore in 2013.

Phil has nearly twenty years’ experience in handling claims in the London and Singapore insurance markets.

Department

Claims

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As the Head of Claims, Rob leads a team of over 40 people across Asia Pacific.

Personal Profile

Rob has been involved in the insurance industry for over 20 years in Australia and the UK. He has also acted as an solicitor for both insurers and insureds in Australia.  Having joined Liberty in 2015, Rob was appointed Senior Vice President – Head of Claims Asia Pacific in August 2021.
 

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Claims

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Thuy is Assistant Vice President & Claims Manager, Asia Pacific and leads the Retail and Outsourcing Claims team which is responsible for the oversight and management of our retail claims and outsourcing arrangements across multiple product lines.

Personal profile

Thuy joined Liberty in September 2016 working on claims management and outsourcing across the accident and health portfolios. With over 15 years of valuable insurance experience including general insurance products in both domestic and international insurance, she specialises in claims outsourcing, retail claims, and claims operations.

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Claims

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Yvonne is based in the Malaysia office and provides claim support for the First Party claims team in Asia Pacific.

Personal Profile

Yvonne joined Liberty in 2019 and has been in the insurance industry since 2014 including her time working with an insurance broker.

She holds a Bachelor of Business & Commerce and is currently working towards an Associateship of the Malaysian Insurance Institute (AMII).

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Energy, Property & Construction

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Celine is a Senior Underwriter based in Singapore and responsible for underwriting Construction and Power risks across Asia.

Personal Profile

Celine joined Liberty Singapore's Energy, Property & Construction team in 2010 as an Underwriter.  Prior to joining Liberty, Celine worked for an international broker firm for more than 5 years, as a wholesale regional broker handling risks across Asia.

Celine's primary experience resides in the underwriting and broking for the Construction and Power industry spanning a wide range of risks including renewable and conventional power stations, LNG trains, airports, desalination plants, hotels, casinos and manufacturing.

Celine has a Bachelor of Science in Business from the University of London.

Department

Energy, Property & Construction

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Eric is a Senior Underwriter in the Energy, Property & Construction team based in Singapore, responsible for underwriting power and construction direct and reinsurance risks across Asia.  Eric works closely with our Risk Engineers to develop bespoke risk transfer solutions for brokers and their clients.

Personal profile

Eric has worked in the insurance industry for 14 years.  Prior to joining Liberty in 2014, Eric was Regional Property Underwriting Manager at AXA Corporate Solutions, managing the Property and Power Portfolio.  Eric also has seven years of experience as a wholesale regional broker.

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Energy, Property & Construction

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Yeong Sheng joined Liberty in 2003 and heads up the Risk Engineering Division responsible for all risk management activities in Asia, supporting underwriting and claims as part of the Energy, Property & Construction Division.

Personal Profile

Yeong Sheng has done extensive risk management work in Asia, including site surveys, in-house risk assessment and risk engineering/loss prevention consultancy, across industries ranging from oil, gas and petrochemicals to manufacturing, logistics, and IT.

A graduate chemical engineer, he has 10 years experience in risk engineering for the insurance industry.

Yeong Sheng’s non-insurance experience includes 7 years in the petrochemical industry in Singapore working on process engineering, operations, Greenfield project turnover and start-up.

Department

Crisis Management

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Joyce is responsible for growing the Liberty Crisis Management portfolio in Asia.  Her areas of focus include Product Recall, Product Contamination and Kidnap and Ransom insurance.

Personal Profile

Joyce has over 20 years' underwriting experience in the insurance industry.

Joyce joined Liberty in 2006 and was initially responsible for the management, development and underwriting of Casualty business in North Asia before joining the Liberty Crisis Management team in May 2017.

Joyce holds a Higher Diploma of Insurance Studies (Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education), a BA (Hons) in Business and Marketing (University of Portsmouth, UK) and she is a Senior Associate of ANZIIF.

Department

Crisis Management

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Si Min underwrites Liberty's Crisis Management portfolio in Asia.  Her areas of focus include Product Recall, Product Contamination and Kidnap and Ransom insurance.

Personal Profile

Si Min combines a casualty underwriting background with focus on the manufacturing industry and product liability, along with experience as an insurance broker, where she developed a product recall and contamination portfolio in Asia.

Si Min has more than 10 years of experience in the insurance industry and holds a Bachelor Degree in Chemistry from the National University of Singapore.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks & Casualty

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Ann is the Asia head for all products within Liberty's Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks portfolios. Ann has been based in Singapore since 2017 and initially led the Professional & Financial Risks team before adding Casualty in 2022.

Personal Profile

Ann has worked in the Professional & Financial Risks sector since 2001 and has been with Liberty since 2005.  She has predominantly worked in the Australian region where she managed one of the largest Professional & Financial Risks portfolios and underwriting teams in Australia. Ann has called Singapore home since 2017, and has been responsible for significantly growing the Professional & Financial Lines Casualty portfolio across the Asia region. 

Ann has a Bachelor of Commerce in finance, risk and insurance and she maintains a long-standing interest in workplace mentoring and training.

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Professional & Financial Risks

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Louise is a Senior Underwriter for Liberty's Professional & Financial Risks portfolio, focusing on Professional Indemnity in South Asia.

Personal Profile

Louise has over 8 years' experience in the insurarnce industry.  Prior to joining Liberty in 2012, Louise gained over 3 years' broking experience with a large international brokerage firm in Malaysia, prior to moving to Singapore and transitioning into underwriting Financial Lines.

Louise holds a Bachelor of Business (Law) from Monash University.

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Professional & Financial Risks

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Marie is a Senior Underwriter for Liberty’s Professional & Financial Risks portfolio, focusing on Directors & Officers and Financial Institutions across Asia.

Personal Profile

Marie has over 15 years’ experience in the insurance industry and prior to joining Liberty in 2008, Marie gained over 3 years’ experience working as an underwriter for a large insurer in Malaysia.

Marie's skills and experience have been rounded further during a 6 month secondment to Liberty’s Sydney office.

Marie holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Actuarial Science) from the University of Melbourne.

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Professional & Financial Risks

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Rendell is an Underwriter for Liberty’s Professional & Financial Risks portfolio, focusing on Directors & Officers and Financial Institutions across South Asia.

Personal Profile

Rendell joined Liberty in September 2024 with over 10 years' experience in general insurance underwriting, business development and risk management, specialising in complex risks and providing tailored insurance solutions.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business and is certified in general insurance.

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Professional & Financial Risks

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Sharlene is an Underwriter for Liberty's Professional & Financial Risks portfolio, focusing on Directors & Officers and Financial Institutions across South Asia.

Personal Profile

Sharlene joined Liberty in 2024 with 7 years' experience within Financial Lines.  Sharlene's experience includes placements of both inward and outward Asian facultative reinsurance business as well as the negotiation, placement and renewal of Financial Lines treaties. 

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

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Shi Min is the FI & D&O Portfolio Manager, Professional & Financial Risks Asia

Personal Profile

Prior to joining Liberty in 2014, Shi Min gained experience working within the Financial Lines team of a large international insurer, and has earned her Associateship of the Chartered Insurance Institute (ACII).

Department

Business Development Manager - Japan

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Todd manages the Japan portfolio across Liberty's full range of products.

Personal Profile

Todd joined Liberty in February 2022 with more than 20 years of financial lines underwriting experience.  Prior to joining Liberty, Todd led the Japanese financial lines divisions for two major global insurers.

Department

Energy, Property & Construction

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Brett is responsible for the underwriting and management of the Energy, Property, Construction and Terrorism products across Asia Pacific.

Personal Profile

Brett started his insurance career in 1997 with an international reinsurer, before moving into a role as a direct insurance broker where he worked on some of Australia's largest energy and mining companies at that time.

He joined Liberty in 2002 and since then has worked in our Sydney, Hong Kong and Singapore offices. His principal experience resides in the oil and gas industry as well as the power generation segment, where he has had major involvement in writing policies for a large number of the regions refining, petrochemical and LNG producers, as well as writing many of Asia Pacific's major power producers over many years.

Brett has a Bachelor of Economics from the University of New England.

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Energy, Property & Construction

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Celine is a Senior Underwriter based in Singapore and responsible for underwriting Construction and Power risks across Asia.

Personal Profile

Celine joined Liberty Singapore's Energy, Property & Construction team in 2010 as an Underwriter.  Prior to joining Liberty, Celine worked for an international broker firm for more than 5 years, as a wholesale regional broker handling risks across Asia.

Celine's primary experience resides in the underwriting and broking for the Construction and Power industry spanning a wide range of risks including renewable and conventional power stations, LNG trains, airports, desalination plants, hotels, casinos and manufacturing.

Celine has a Bachelor of Science in Business from the University of London.

Department

Energy, Property & Construction

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Eric is a Senior Underwriter in the Energy, Property & Construction team based in Singapore, responsible for underwriting power and construction direct and reinsurance risks across Asia.  Eric works closely with our Risk Engineers to develop bespoke risk transfer solutions for brokers and their clients.

Personal profile

Eric has worked in the insurance industry for 14 years.  Prior to joining Liberty in 2014, Eric was Regional Property Underwriting Manager at AXA Corporate Solutions, managing the Property and Power Portfolio.  Eric also has seven years of experience as a wholesale regional broker.

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Energy, Property & Construction

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Sara underwrites property damage and business interruption for energy (oil and gas and power, including renewables) and mining business from the Liberty Singapore office. 

Personal profile

Sara has been in the insurance industry for 15 years and she joined Liberty in 2015. She is the National Manager for the Energy and Power Generation portfolios across Australia and New Zealand. In addition to conventional oil & gas and power generation risks, Sara has expertise in renewable energy including solar PV, onshore wind and battery energy storage systems. She also helps clients manage risks associated with their energy transition.

Sara began her insurance career in 2009 at a Lloyd’s of London syndicate. After completing the Underwriting Graduate Scheme, she progressed to an underwriting role within the energy team.  

Sara holds a BSc in Business Management from The University of Surrey (UK), an Advanced Diploma in Insurance and a Certificate in Contract Wording. She is a Chartered Insurer with the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII - UK).

Sara is the Co-Chair of the Australian insurance Renewable Energy Discussion Group.

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Energy, Property & Construction

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Vanessa underwrites Property Damage and Business Interruption insurance for the Onshore/Downstream Energy segment.  Based in the Singapore office, she underwrites the Asia portfolio.

Personal profile

Vanessa began her insurance career in 2011 when she joined Liberty Singapore's Energy, Property & Construction team as an underwriting assistant. Prior to that she was with an accounting firm and was involved in the audit of insurance and reinsurance companies.

Vanessa's primary experience resides in the oil, gas and petrochemical industry spanning a wide range of operational risks in Asia, from terminals and pipelines to refineries, petrochemical and gas plants.

Vanessa holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from the Singapore Management University.

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Energy, Property & Construction

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Yeong Sheng joined Liberty in 2003 and heads up the Risk Engineering Division responsible for all risk management activities in Asia, supporting underwriting and claims as part of the Energy, Property & Construction Division.

Personal Profile

Yeong Sheng has done extensive risk management work in Asia, including site surveys, in-house risk assessment and risk engineering/loss prevention consultancy, across industries ranging from oil, gas and petrochemicals to manufacturing, logistics, and IT.

A graduate chemical engineer, he has 10 years experience in risk engineering for the insurance industry.

Yeong Sheng’s non-insurance experience includes 7 years in the petrochemical industry in Singapore working on process engineering, operations, Greenfield project turnover and start-up.

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Casualty

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As Vice President, Head of Casualty Specialties, Asia Pacific, Alan has overall responsibility for technical underwriting and portfolio management of the Life Sciences and Environmental Impairment Liability products across the Asia Pacific region.

Personal Profile

Alan's insurance career began in 2004 in his hometown of Wellington, New Zealand. After graduating from university Alan moved to Australia, starting with Liberty in 2006 in Casualty before moving into the Environmental Impairment Liability division in 2013. During this time, he has worked across Liberty's Brisbane, Sydney and Toronto offices.

Alan holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Arts Degree and Post Graduate Certificate in Business.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks & Casualty

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Ann is the Asia head for all products within Liberty's Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks portfolios. Ann has been based in Singapore since 2017 and initially led the Professional & Financial Risks team before adding Casualty in 2022.

Personal Profile

Ann has worked in the Professional & Financial Risks sector since 2001 and has been with Liberty since 2005.  She has predominantly worked in the Australian region where she managed one of the largest Professional & Financial Risks portfolios and underwriting teams in Australia. Ann has called Singapore home since 2017, and has been responsible for significantly growing the Professional & Financial Lines Casualty portfolio across the Asia region. 

Ann has a Bachelor of Commerce in finance, risk and insurance and she maintains a long-standing interest in workplace mentoring and training.

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Casualty

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As part of the Singapore Casualty team, Daphne focuses her underwriting capabilities within the Singapore and Thailand markets.

Personal profile

Daphne began her insurance career with a major Korean reinsurer in 2011. Drawing on her proficiency in Korean, she joined Liberty in June 2015 to help grow our Korean book of business. 

Daphne is currently responsible for developing our Singapore retail portfolio and Thailand reinsurance business. She is also actively working on raising the profile of our Environmental Liability book of business in Asia. 

Daphne holds an ACII qualification.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks & Casualty

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Ann is the Asia head for all products within Liberty's Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks portfolios. Ann has been based in Singapore since 2017 and initially led the Professional & Financial Risks team before adding Casualty in 2022.

Personal Profile

Ann has worked in the Professional & Financial Risks sector since 2001 and has been with Liberty since 2005.  She has predominantly worked in the Australian region where she managed one of the largest Professional & Financial Risks portfolios and underwriting teams in Australia. Ann has called Singapore home since 2017, and has been responsible for significantly growing the Professional & Financial Lines Casualty portfolio across the Asia region. 

Ann has a Bachelor of Commerce in finance, risk and insurance and she maintains a long-standing interest in workplace mentoring and training.

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Casualty

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Assistant Underwriter

Personal Profile

Crystal has more than 6 years' experience in the commercial insurance industry, and has attained a Bachelor of Finance.

Department

Casualty

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As part of the Singapore Casualty team, Daphne focuses her underwriting capabilities within the Singapore and Thailand markets.

Personal profile

Daphne began her insurance career with a major Korean reinsurer in 2011. Drawing on her proficiency in Korean, she joined Liberty in June 2015 to help grow our Korean book of business. 

Daphne is currently responsible for developing our Singapore retail portfolio and Thailand reinsurance business. She is also actively working on raising the profile of our Environmental Liability book of business in Asia. 

Daphne holds an ACII qualification.

Department

Casualty

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Hyewon Gloria is responsible for Product Liability, CGL and Project CGL underwriting for the Korean market.   

Personal Profile

Hyewon Gloria started working in insurance in 2016 and joined Liberty in 2021. Previously she worked for an international brokerage handling casualty and overseas projects.  

Hyewon Gloria holds a bachelor of Economics.

Department

Casualty 

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Matthew manages the upstream Exploration & Production Casualty portfolio across the Asia Pacific Region.  He is also the South Australia branch manager, in which role he oversees all branch operations, including branch Casualty business.  In addition, he is responsible for promoting Liberty Adelaide’s cross-lines approach to business.

Personal profile

Matthew has 30 years of underwriting and broking experience - focused mainly on corporate national and international clients - in both Australia and Asia (specifically, Vietnam).  He joined Liberty in January 2011.

Matthew holds a Diploma of Financial Services (Insurance Broking). 

Department

Casualty

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Natalie is an Underwriting Assistant who supports the Singapore Casualty underwriting team.

Personal Profile

Natalie joined Liberty in 2015 with more than 7 years' of insurance industry experience. Natalie provides support to the Singapore Casualty team and focuses on Workers Compensation.

Natalie holds a Bachelor of Commerce in HR Management & Management.

Department

Casualty

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Priscilla is a Senior Underwriter focusing on international brokers and on expanding the corporate and commercial Casualty business across Asia.

Personal Profile

Priscilla started her insurance career in Hong Kong with XL Insurance (formerly Winterthur Swiss Insurance Asia). She has over 15 years' insurance industry experience including Casualty underwriting and global program business account servicing, and fronting partners' liaison roles in Asia. She relocated to Singapore and joined Liberty in 2015.

Priscilla holds a Master of Science in Marketing and is a Senior Associate of ANZIIF.

Department

Casualty

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Sang Jin is the Casualty Underwriter & Business Development Manager for the Korean market and provides underwriting for CGL, Product Liability and Construction and TPL including Offshore Construction Liability.

Personal Profile

Sang Jin has an MSc. in Insurance and Risk Management from City University in London and nearly 15 years insurance/reinsurance experience across underwriting and broking.
 

Department

Casualty

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Sunne is a Senior Underwriter in the Casualty team based in Singapore, responsible for underwriting all Casualty products including Construction Third Party Liability, Offshore Construction Liability and Oil & Gas Service Contractors Liability.  Sunne works closely with our Risk Engineers and Claims to develop bespoke risk solutions.

Personal Profile

Sunne has over 15 years of (re)insurance experience in both underwriting and managerial roles. In 2015, she joined Liberty Labuan branch and relocated to Singapore in 2017, following with an opportunity for one year secondment to Hong Kong in 2020.  She has held various underwriting responsibilities developing the Casualty portfolio in Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Hong Kong. 

Sunne focuses on international brokers and facultative reinsurance across Asia.  She is responsible for the Casualty Power and Energy in Asia.

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Business Development Manager - Japan

Main Role

Todd manages the Japan portfolio across Liberty's full range of products.

Personal Profile

Todd joined Liberty in February 2022 with more than 20 years of financial lines underwriting experience.  Prior to joining Liberty, Todd led the Japanese financial lines divisions for two major global insurers.

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Marine

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Based in Singapore, Lewis underwrites marine hull, marine liabilities, builder's risk and upstream energy.

Personal profile

Lewis has been with Liberty right from the start of his career in 2009.  Joining our Singapore team as a management associate fresh out of university, Lewis quickly found a passion for marine and has been with the team since 2010.  Over this time Lewis has developed his underwriting expertise for operational and construction risks in Asia cutting across both the Marine and Upstream Energy segments.

Lewis is a qualified associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute (ACII) and holds a bachelor (second class upper) degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Department

Marine

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Based in the Singapore office, Madeleine underwrites Commercial Hull, Marine Liabilities, Ship Builders' and Upstream Energy risks across Asia.

Personal Profile

Madeleine joined Liberty in 2021. She began her insurance career as an intern with a major Korean marine insurance brokerage firm in Seoul, gaining valuable insights into the Korean marine cargo insurance and reinsurance market, and a passion for Marine.

Madeleine holds a Bachelor of Commerce with a major in International Business & Management and a minor in Korean Language from the Australian National University. In addition to her degree, she also holds a Certificate in Insurance from the Chartered Insurance Institute.

Department

Casualty 

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Matthew manages the upstream Exploration & Production Casualty portfolio across the Asia Pacific Region.  He is also the South Australia branch manager, in which role he oversees all branch operations, including branch Casualty business.  In addition, he is responsible for promoting Liberty Adelaide’s cross-lines approach to business.

Personal profile

Matthew has 30 years of underwriting and broking experience - focused mainly on corporate national and international clients - in both Australia and Asia (specifically, Vietnam).  He joined Liberty in January 2011.

Matthew holds a Diploma of Financial Services (Insurance Broking). 

Department

Professional & Financial Risks & Casualty

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Ann is the Asia head for all products within Liberty's Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks portfolios. Ann has been based in Singapore since 2017 and initially led the Professional & Financial Risks team before adding Casualty in 2022.

Personal Profile

Ann has worked in the Professional & Financial Risks sector since 2001 and has been with Liberty since 2005.  She has predominantly worked in the Australian region where she managed one of the largest Professional & Financial Risks portfolios and underwriting teams in Australia. Ann has called Singapore home since 2017, and has been responsible for significantly growing the Professional & Financial Lines Casualty portfolio across the Asia region. 

Ann has a Bachelor of Commerce in finance, risk and insurance and she maintains a long-standing interest in workplace mentoring and training.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Marie is a Senior Underwriter for Liberty’s Professional & Financial Risks portfolio, focusing on Directors & Officers and Financial Institutions across Asia.

Personal Profile

Marie has over 15 years’ experience in the insurance industry and prior to joining Liberty in 2008, Marie gained over 3 years’ experience working as an underwriter for a large insurer in Malaysia.

Marie's skills and experience have been rounded further during a 6 month secondment to Liberty’s Sydney office.

Marie holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Actuarial Science) from the University of Melbourne.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

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Rendell is an Underwriter for Liberty’s Professional & Financial Risks portfolio, focusing on Directors & Officers and Financial Institutions across South Asia.

Personal Profile

Rendell joined Liberty in September 2024 with over 10 years' experience in general insurance underwriting, business development and risk management, specialising in complex risks and providing tailored insurance solutions.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business and is certified in general insurance.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

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Sharlene is an Underwriter for Liberty's Professional & Financial Risks portfolio, focusing on Directors & Officers and Financial Institutions across South Asia.

Personal Profile

Sharlene joined Liberty in 2024 with 7 years' experience within Financial Lines.  Sharlene's experience includes placements of both inward and outward Asian facultative reinsurance business as well as the negotiation, placement and renewal of Financial Lines treaties. 

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Shi Min is the FI & D&O Portfolio Manager, Professional & Financial Risks Asia

Personal Profile

Prior to joining Liberty in 2014, Shi Min gained experience working within the Financial Lines team of a large international insurer, and has earned her Associateship of the Chartered Insurance Institute (ACII).

Department

Business Development Manager - Japan

Main Role

Todd manages the Japan portfolio across Liberty's full range of products.

Personal Profile

Todd joined Liberty in February 2022 with more than 20 years of financial lines underwriting experience.  Prior to joining Liberty, Todd led the Japanese financial lines divisions for two major global insurers.

Department

Financial Risk Solutions, Asia Pacific

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Chris manages the Liberty Financial Risk Solutions business in the Asia Pacific region.

Personal profile

Chris joined Liberty in June 2016 to head up Country and Credit Risk Management for the Financial Risk Solutions business in London.  In January 2018 he was promoted to Manager, Financial Risk Solutions for the Asia Pacific region.  Based in Singapore, his role involves the development of the political risk, contract frustration and structured trade credit underwriting for the region.

Prior to joining Liberty, Chris began his financial services career in Australia.  He has worked for a number of major banks and investment firms in London, Hong Kong and New York.

Chris is a CFA charterholder, Certified Practicing Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Business Degree.

Department

Financial Risk Solutions

Main Role

As an FRS Underwriter in Liberty’s Singapore office, Jun Liang assesses credit and political risks, negotiates policy wordings, and maintains relationships with clients and brokers.

Personal Profile

Jun Liang joined Liberty in January 2021 and has 5 years of experience underwriting credit and political risks in Asia Pacific. He has experience working on a wide variety of transactions including pre-export finance, secured and unsecured corporate lending, trade finance, and sovereign debt. These transactions typically involve negotiating bespoke policy wordings with clients and brokers. Jun Liang also has experience underwriting political risks which encompass political violence, expropriation, currency inconvertibility, and arbitration award default.

Jun Liang is a CFA charterholder and graduated magna cum laude from New York University with a degree economics.

Department

Global Financial Risks

Main role

Kate works in the Financial Risk Solutions team, underwriting Credit and Political Risk in Asia Pacific.

Personal profile

Kate began her career on the Graduate Scheme at a Lloyd's of London Syndicate.  She has over four years' experience underwriting Credit and Political Risk and has been working in Singapore since January 2017.

Kate is ACII qualified.  She has a BA (Hons) from Durham University and an MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks & Casualty

Main Role

Ann is the Asia head for all products within Liberty's Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks portfolios. Ann has been based in Singapore since 2017 and initially led the Professional & Financial Risks team before adding Casualty in 2022.

Personal Profile

Ann has worked in the Professional & Financial Risks sector since 2001 and has been with Liberty since 2005.  She has predominantly worked in the Australian region where she managed one of the largest Professional & Financial Risks portfolios and underwriting teams in Australia. Ann has called Singapore home since 2017, and has been responsible for significantly growing the Professional & Financial Lines Casualty portfolio across the Asia region. 

Ann has a Bachelor of Commerce in finance, risk and insurance and she maintains a long-standing interest in workplace mentoring and training.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Lauren is a Senior Underwriter for Liberty’s Professional & Financial Risks Portfolio, specialising in Construction and Non-Construction Project PI and Commercial Annual PI for South Asia.

Personal Profile

Lauren has over 10 years’ experience working in Hong Kong across all classes of Financial Lines insurance.  In 2010 she moved to Singapore to become Financial Lines manager for a leading insurance company. 

In 2011, Lauren joined Liberty bringing with her invaluable experience in both the North and South Asian market.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Louise is a Senior Underwriter for Liberty's Professional & Financial Risks portfolio, focusing on Professional Indemnity in South Asia.

Personal Profile

Louise has over 8 years' experience in the insurarnce industry.  Prior to joining Liberty in 2012, Louise gained over 3 years' broking experience with a large international brokerage firm in Malaysia, prior to moving to Singapore and transitioning into underwriting Financial Lines.

Louise holds a Bachelor of Business (Law) from Monash University.

Department

Business Development Manager - Japan

Main Role

Todd manages the Japan portfolio across Liberty's full range of products.

Personal Profile

Todd joined Liberty in February 2022 with more than 20 years of financial lines underwriting experience.  Prior to joining Liberty, Todd led the Japanese financial lines divisions for two major global insurers.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

As Vice President, Head of Casualty Specialties, Asia Pacific, Alan has overall responsibility for technical underwriting and portfolio management of the Life Sciences and Environmental Impairment Liability products across the Asia Pacific region.

Personal Profile

Alan's insurance career began in 2004 in his hometown of Wellington, New Zealand. After graduating from university Alan moved to Australia, starting with Liberty in 2006 in Casualty before moving into the Environmental Impairment Liability division in 2013. During this time, he has worked across Liberty's Brisbane, Sydney and Toronto offices.

Alan holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Arts Degree and Post Graduate Certificate in Business.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks Claims

Main Role

Alison manages a wide range of Professional & Financial Risks claims.

Personal Profile

Alison has been working in insurance and the law since 2001 with experience in Public Liability, Professional Indemnity (PI) and Directors’ & Officers' Liability (D&O) matters. Alison has also gained international experience working with Liberty in London where she specialised in PI claims.

Prior to joining Liberty Alison handled Public Liability, PI and D&O claims across various jurisdictions in Australia.

Alison holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws and is admitted to practice as a solicitor in NSW.
 

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Angelo is the head of Casualty in Asia.  Based in Melbourne, he leads our liability teams in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and China.

Personal Profile

Angelo joined Liberty in 2009 in Melbourne as the head of Casualty Risk Engineering across Asia Pacific, before relocating to Perth where he added the role of Branch Manager of Western Australia to his responsibilities.  Angelo has dealt with clients across construction, manufacturing, oil & gas, chemical plants, rail transport and infrastructure.

He holds Civil Engineering qualifications from RMIT, and a Graduate Diploma in Business Management.

Department

Energy, Property & Construction

Main Role

Brett is responsible for the underwriting and management of the Energy, Property, Construction and Terrorism products across Asia Pacific.

Personal Profile

Brett started his insurance career in 1997 with an international reinsurer, before moving into a role as a direct insurance broker where he worked on some of Australia's largest energy and mining companies at that time.

He joined Liberty in 2002 and since then has worked in our Sydney, Hong Kong and Singapore offices. His principal experience resides in the oil and gas industry as well as the power generation segment, where he has had major involvement in writing policies for a large number of the regions refining, petrochemical and LNG producers, as well as writing many of Asia Pacific's major power producers over many years.

Brett has a Bachelor of Economics from the University of New England.

Department

Surety

Main Role

Head of Surety - Asia Pacific

Personal Profile

Greg leads Liberty's Surety team in the Asia Pacific region and has over a decade of experience working in, and leading, Surety practices across Australia and New Zealand. Prior to this, Greg started his career in banking, gaining experience across accounting, financial markets, franchising, and institutional and corporate banking, for both Australian and International banks.

Greg holds a Bachelor of Business (Banking), Graduate Diploma in Business Administration and Advanced Certificate in Commerce (Accounting).

Department

Professional & Financial Risks Claims

Main Role

Based in Sydney, James has technical and portfolio oversight of all Professional and Financial Risk claims throughout the Asia Pacific region. 

Personal Profile

James has over 30 years’ experience in financial lines claims across a variety of professions but with particular focus on complex and high value construction claim.

James holds a degree in Masters of Business Administration and is CIP, Fellow of ANZIIF.  His professional experience includes work on Professional & Financial Risks claims at a number of other insurers in Australia as well as four years working as a claims broker in the London market.

Department

Casualty 

Main role

Matthew manages the upstream Exploration & Production Casualty portfolio across the Asia Pacific Region.  He is also the South Australia branch manager, in which role he oversees all branch operations, including branch Casualty business.  In addition, he is responsible for promoting Liberty Adelaide’s cross-lines approach to business.

Personal profile

Matthew has 30 years of underwriting and broking experience - focused mainly on corporate national and international clients - in both Australia and Asia (specifically, Vietnam).  He joined Liberty in January 2011.

Matthew holds a Diploma of Financial Services (Insurance Broking). 

Department

Energy, Property & Construction

Main role

Sara underwrites property damage and business interruption for energy (oil and gas and power, including renewables) and mining business from the Liberty Singapore office. 

Personal profile

Sara has been in the insurance industry for 15 years and she joined Liberty in 2015. She is the National Manager for the Energy and Power Generation portfolios across Australia and New Zealand. In addition to conventional oil & gas and power generation risks, Sara has expertise in renewable energy including solar PV, onshore wind and battery energy storage systems. She also helps clients manage risks associated with their energy transition.

Sara began her insurance career in 2009 at a Lloyd’s of London syndicate. After completing the Underwriting Graduate Scheme, she progressed to an underwriting role within the energy team.  

Sara holds a BSc in Business Management from The University of Surrey (UK), an Advanced Diploma in Insurance and a Certificate in Contract Wording. She is a Chartered Insurer with the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII - UK).

Sara is the Co-Chair of the Australian insurance Renewable Energy Discussion Group.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main role

Tim supports Liberty’s underwriters, brokers and clients to understand the key technical, delivery and Professional Indemnity risks associated with engineering and construction projects.

Personal profile

Tim is an experienced engineer and project and design manager who has worked across a diverse array of industries, including agriculture, mining, water, oil and gas, desalination, power generation, manufacturing and construction.  He has spent more than 20 years in the engineering and construction sector alone. 

Tim holds a Masters in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical).  He is a Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) with Engineers Australia and a Registered Professional Engineer in Queensland (RPEQ).

Department

Finance

Main Role

Adrian leads Liberty's Finance teams across the Asia Pacific region.

Personal Profile

Adrian joined Liberty in 2017 with a breadth of experience in financial services, spanning startups to large organisations both listed and unlisted.

Adrian holds a BCom and an MBA from one of Australia's leading business schools.  He is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand, The Australian Institute of Company Directors, ANZIIF, FINSIA and The Governance Institute.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks & Casualty

Main Role

Ann is the Asia head for all products within Liberty's Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks portfolios. Ann has been based in Singapore since 2017 and initially led the Professional & Financial Risks team before adding Casualty in 2022.

Personal Profile

Ann has worked in the Professional & Financial Risks sector since 2001 and has been with Liberty since 2005.  She has predominantly worked in the Australian region where she managed one of the largest Professional & Financial Risks portfolios and underwriting teams in Australia. Ann has called Singapore home since 2017, and has been responsible for significantly growing the Professional & Financial Lines Casualty portfolio across the Asia region. 

Ann has a Bachelor of Commerce in finance, risk and insurance and she maintains a long-standing interest in workplace mentoring and training.

Department

Executive

Main Role

Senior Vice President - Asia Pacific.

Personal Profile

Ben is one of the founding team members of Liberty’s corporate insurance operations in the Asia Pacific region, and has been part of the team for more than 21 years. 

For much of this time Ben was based in Singapore, where he spent 13 years leading Liberty’s corporate insurance operations in Asia. During this time he grew Liberty’s Asia operations into a US$100m revenued business with sustained profits and offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and China, plus a specialist team servicing South Korea. 

Ben returned to Sydney in 2018 and today has oversight for many of Liberty’s Australian branch operations, Marketing plus a suite of specialty product lines including Marine, Crisis Management, Accident & Health and Surety. 

Ben has over 25 years' experience in the insurance industry. He is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Business Degree from the University of Technology.
 

Department

Energy, Property & Construction

Main Role

Brett is responsible for the underwriting and management of the Energy, Property, Construction and Terrorism products across Asia Pacific.

Personal Profile

Brett started his insurance career in 1997 with an international reinsurer, before moving into a role as a direct insurance broker where he worked on some of Australia's largest energy and mining companies at that time.

He joined Liberty in 2002 and since then has worked in our Sydney, Hong Kong and Singapore offices. His principal experience resides in the oil and gas industry as well as the power generation segment, where he has had major involvement in writing policies for a large number of the regions refining, petrochemical and LNG producers, as well as writing many of Asia Pacific's major power producers over many years.

Brett has a Bachelor of Economics from the University of New England.

Department

Financial Risk Solutions, Asia Pacific

Main role

Chris manages the Liberty Financial Risk Solutions business in the Asia Pacific region.

Personal profile

Chris joined Liberty in June 2016 to head up Country and Credit Risk Management for the Financial Risk Solutions business in London.  In January 2018 he was promoted to Manager, Financial Risk Solutions for the Asia Pacific region.  Based in Singapore, his role involves the development of the political risk, contract frustration and structured trade credit underwriting for the region.

Prior to joining Liberty, Chris began his financial services career in Australia.  He has worked for a number of major banks and investment firms in London, Hong Kong and New York.

Chris is a CFA charterholder, Certified Practicing Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Business Degree.

Department

Reinsurance

Main Role

Christina is responsible for the reinsurance management of Liberty's operation in Asia Pacific.

Personal Profile

Christina joined Liberty in 2006 and has led the Asia Pacific regional reinsurance accounting team.  After leading the Australian Finance team in reporting Christina was appointed into her current role in 2022.

Christina has more than 20 years of industry experience including reinsurance purchase, captive insurance and property underwriting in the South East Asia market.

She holds a Masters of Commerce (Finance and International Business) from the University of Sydney and is a CPA Australia and an ACII London.

Department

Information Technology & Project Management Office (PMO)

Main Role

Cindy is responsible for all aspect of Technology function across APAC as well as the enterprise Project Management Office (PMO) which covers Project Governance, Change Management and Project Delivery.

Personal Profile

Cindy joined Liberty in 2002 and leads a team of business-focused tech professionals in managing and delivering system solutions across the region. Since 2021 Cindy has taken on additional responsibility to include the Enterprise Project Management Office (PMO), which covers project governance, change management, as well as the delivery of key initiatives across the region.

Prior to joining Liberty, Cindy has worked for a number of organisations in the financial sector including investment banks and General Insurers delivering tech capabilities in the Finance, Accounting and Tax domains.

Cindy holds a Bachelor in Commerce (Accounting and Information Systems), Master in Technology Management as well as a Master of Business Law from University of New South Wales. She is also a certified Information Security Manager.

Department

War and Terrorism

Main role

Dipam is the Assistant Vice President and Head of War and Terrorism for the Asia Pacific region.

Personal profile

Dipam joined Liberty in 2015 with over 13 years' insurance experience.  Prior to Liberty, Dipam worked in London as a broker for two different international broking houses, specialising in the War and Terrorism product.

Dipam holds a BA Honors in History.

Department

Marketing & Communications

Main role

Frankie leads our marketing and communication function across Asia Pacific and is our go-to person for events, sponsorships, advertising and partnerships.

Personal profile

Frankie joined Liberty in 2017.  She's worked for an airline, a motoring services organisation, a health services administrator and another insurer, and will happily testify that insurance is a great industry to work in.

Frankie has a bachelor degree in Public Communication and an MBA from one of Australia's leading business schools.

Department

Legal

Main Role

Vice President & Head of Compliance Asia Pacific

Personal Profile

Gabija has more than 20 years of legal experience, including over a decade in private practice at leading law firms in Australia.  She started her in-house insurance career in 2008 and held a number of senior roles within BT Financial Group, including Head of Legal – Insurance before taking on a General Counsel & Company Secretary role at a leading international insurer.  Gabija joined Liberty in 2018 and is responsible for delivering a wide range of legal services to Liberty’s operations in Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia.

Gabija has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Sydney and a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of Technology, Sydney.

Department

Surety

Main Role

Head of Surety - Asia Pacific

Personal Profile

Greg leads Liberty's Surety team in the Asia Pacific region and has over a decade of experience working in, and leading, Surety practices across Australia and New Zealand. Prior to this, Greg started his career in banking, gaining experience across accounting, financial markets, franchising, and institutional and corporate banking, for both Australian and International banks.

Greg holds a Bachelor of Business (Banking), Graduate Diploma in Business Administration and Advanced Certificate in Commerce (Accounting).

Department

Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President Asia Pacific

Main Role

John McCabe is responsible for the strategic direction of Liberty’s Asia Pacific offices, overseeing risk management, capital efficiency, structure, new business and mergers and acquisitions. 

Personal Profile

John’s experience includes over 30 years in insurance and 13 years in public practice accounting. Prior to his current role, John was global Chief Risk Officer in Liberty Mutual’s Boston head office.

John is a Certified Insurance Professional and a Fellow of ANZIIF.  He is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.  He is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Economics.

Department

Risk & Governance

Main Role

Chief Risk Officer - Asia

Personal Profile

Kim joined Liberty Specialty Markets in May 2020 with responsibility for Risk & Governance across Asia.  Kim specializes in Asia Pacific regulatory affairs and compliance for the insurance industry.  Kim has 19 years' industry experience, with previous roles based in London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore.

Kim has a degree in Japanese language and Psychology from the University of Canterbury (NZ).

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Head of Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks - Asia Pacific.

Personal Profile

Marcus has been in the professional and financial lines sector of the insurance industry since 1995, gaining experience in both underwriting and broking and has been with Liberty since 2003.

Marcus has a Bachelor of Science Degree (Honors) in Economics. 

Department

Executive

Main Role

Matthew is responsible for running the Asia operations of Liberty Specialty Markets and leads our team of over 150 + professionals located across Asia.

Personal Profile

Matthew has over 25 years of experience in specialty insurance, both in Australia and Asia. Matthew’s core area of expertise is Casualty, with a broad working knowledge of a range of complex commercial and specialty insurance products.

Matthew has managed teams across multiple geographic regions and been involved in business in a range of territories and market conditions. 

Matthew joined Liberty in 2003 as a Casualty underwriter in the Melbourne office before moving on to manage the North Asia Casualty portfolio from Hong Kong, and then progressing to lead the Asia operations for Liberty Specialty Markets Asia in Singapore. In April 2024 Liberty introduced a single leadership team across all operations in Asia Pacific, and appointed Matthew to lead this team. 

Department

Casualty 

Main role

Matthew manages the upstream Exploration & Production Casualty portfolio across the Asia Pacific Region.  He is also the South Australia branch manager, in which role he oversees all branch operations, including branch Casualty business.  In addition, he is responsible for promoting Liberty Adelaide’s cross-lines approach to business.

Personal profile

Matthew has 30 years of underwriting and broking experience - focused mainly on corporate national and international clients - in both Australia and Asia (specifically, Vietnam).  He joined Liberty in January 2011.

Matthew holds a Diploma of Financial Services (Insurance Broking). 

Department

Executive

Main Role

Michael Abdallah is the President & Managing Director of Liberty Asia Pacific, and has global product line oversight for Liberty’s Energy, Marine and Construction business.

Personal Profile

Mike joined Liberty in New York in 1999 and led the successful re-underwriting of the acquired Albany Insurance Company, which helped kick-start Liberty’s US operations.

Prior to Liberty, Mike was President of Navigators in New York, and before that spent 25 years with CIGNA in various international locations.

During the last 25 years, Mike has worked in Tokyo, Philadelphia, London, New York and Sydney, and directed both regional and global operations.

Department

Executive

Main Role

Nicole is responsible for the management of the Singapore office and the Asia market engagement strategy.

Personal Profile

Nicole has more than 20 years' experience in the insurance and reinsurance industry, with a particular focus on specialty classes of business.

Nicole originally started her underwriting career at Liberty Singapore in 2003 and has significant experience underwriting energy and other specialist lines products across the Asia Pacific region, before moving into a leadership role.

Prior to rejoining Liberty in 2024, Nicole was Chief Executive Officer and (before that) head of Asia overseeing and developing a broad range of specialist classes of business.

Department

Claims

Main Role

As the Head of Claims, Rob leads a team of over 40 people across Asia Pacific.

Personal Profile

Rob has been involved in the insurance industry for over 20 years in Australia and the UK. He has also acted as an solicitor for both insurers and insureds in Australia.  Having joined Liberty in 2015, Rob was appointed Senior Vice President – Head of Claims Asia Pacific in August 2021.
 

Department

Business Intelligence & Analytics

Main role

Steve leads the Business Intelligence and Analytics across Asia Pacific and is our go to person for all data and reporting requests.  He is also involved in a number of global data-related projects.

Personal profile

Steve has over 20 years’ reporting & analytics experience across a diverse range of industries and has been working within the Insurance industry for the last decade.  He joined Liberty in 2015 having gained a wealth of experience in a number of management roles.

He holds a Master of Science and Master of Business Management degree from Universities in Glasgow, UK.

Department

Actuarial

Main Role

Chief Actuary - Asia Pacific.

Personal Profile

Steve has over 20 years of actuarial experience in general insurance, pricing, portfolio management, reserving, capital management, regulatory reporting, and leading teams.

Steve holds a Master of Economics (major in Actuarial Studies) and is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia.

Department

Business Development Manager - Japan

Main Role

Todd manages the Japan portfolio across Liberty's full range of products.

Personal Profile

Todd joined Liberty in February 2022 with more than 20 years of financial lines underwriting experience.  Prior to joining Liberty, Todd led the Japanese financial lines divisions for two major global insurers.

Department

Human Resources Asia Pacific

Main Role

Leading the Human Resources function for Asia Pacific.

Personal Profile

Tracey is a senior human resources leader with over 20 years' experience.  Tracey has experience across a broad base of industries including pharmaceutical, mining and transport & logistics.

Tracey joined Liberty Specialty Markets in December 2019.

Department

Risk & Governance & Digital Strategy

Main Role

Vanessa was appointed Senior Vice President- Chief Risk Officer Australia and Head of Digital Strategy- Asia Pacific

Personal Profile

Vanessa joined Liberty Asia Pacific in 2001.  Prior to her recent appointment she led the Asia Pacific Claims Team from 2004 through to 2021.

While leading the Claims Team she's held a number of roles within the organisation including Legal Counsel, Senior Vice President of Operations, Technology, Strategy and Change Management and was appointed to lead Liberty’s digital transformation in July 2020. Having managed a broad range of business functions, Vanessa is an integral member of Liberty’s senior leadership team.

Vanessa has worked for a number of Australian insurers and handled claims in jurisdictions throughout Australia, Asia and the USA. She's passionate about risk, all things digital and looking for ways that these can add value to customers and Liberty’s business.

Department

Global Transaction Solutions

Main role

Head of Asia Pacific

Personal profile

William is the Head of APAC for Liberty GTS.  William joined Liberty (where he originally worked for Liberty’s subsidiary Ironshore as the Managing Director of Australia) from Allen & Overy in early 2013 to establish the Australian office and the Mergers & Acquisitions and Tax offering.

Prior to joining Liberty GTS, William was a private equity lawyer specialising for more than 10 years in tax structuring.  William has worked at Weil Gotshal and Manges, Allen & Overy and at PricewaterhouseCoopers.  William has a deep understanding of private equity transactions, tax structuring and insurance having advised numerous private equity houses while based in London, Australia and New Zealand.

William has a B’Com & LLB from the University of Canterbury and a Master of Laws (Tax & Commercial) from the University of Sydney.

Department

Marine 

Main role

Hanghei leads the Marine Project Cargo and General Cargo portfolios across Asia. Hehas a strong risk engineering background and is involved in risk assessment across the full suite of our marine risks, including Commercial Hull, Ship Builder’s, Marine Liabilities and Exploration & Production. 

Personal profile

Hanghei joined Liberty Singapore at the beginning of 2015 with more than a decade of experience working as a Heavy Lift and Transport engineer in the UK and Asia Pacific. His experience includes the conceptual planning and implementation of transport and heavy crane lifts for major projects globally, HAZCON risk assessment studies, method statements, detailed lifting and transport studies, heavy rigging equipment inspections and the technical review of subcontract tenders, as well as practical, on-site experience. During his time at Liberty, Hanghei has progressed to lead underwriting for the Asia Cargo portfolio. 

Hanghei holds a HNC/HND in Mechanical Engineering.

Department

Marine

Main role

Based in Singapore, Lewis underwrites marine hull, marine liabilities, builder's risk and upstream energy.

Personal profile

Lewis has been with Liberty right from the start of his career in 2009.  Joining our Singapore team as a management associate fresh out of university, Lewis quickly found a passion for marine and has been with the team since 2010.  Over this time Lewis has developed his underwriting expertise for operational and construction risks in Asia cutting across both the Marine and Upstream Energy segments.

Lewis is a qualified associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute (ACII) and holds a bachelor (second class upper) degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Department

Marine

Main Role

Based in the Singapore office, Madeleine underwrites Commercial Hull, Marine Liabilities, Ship Builders' and Upstream Energy risks across Asia.

Personal Profile

Madeleine joined Liberty in 2021. She began her insurance career as an intern with a major Korean marine insurance brokerage firm in Seoul, gaining valuable insights into the Korean marine cargo insurance and reinsurance market, and a passion for Marine.

Madeleine holds a Bachelor of Commerce with a major in International Business & Management and a minor in Korean Language from the Australian National University. In addition to her degree, she also holds a Certificate in Insurance from the Chartered Insurance Institute.

Department

Marine

Main Role

Based in the Singapore office, Zhen Jie is responsible for underwriting General Cargo and Project Cargo risks across Asia.

Personal Profile

Zhen Jie began his insurance career in 2014 with a global insurer and joined Liberty in 2021. He has experience underwriting a wide variety of General Cargo risks and Project Cargo risks (including DSU coverage) across Asia, as well as the underwriting and servicing of global program business.

Zhen Jie holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences with Honours in Economics from the National University of Singapore.

Department

Global Transaction Solutions

Main Role

Keshaya is a Senior Underwriter at Liberty GTS in Singapore, focusing on M&A insurance in the Asia Pacific region.

Personal Profile

Prior to joining Liberty GTS, Keshaya was called to the Singapore Bar in 2016, following which she joined the Corporate and Securities team at Baker & McKenzie as an associate.  During her time at Baker, she worked on a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, with a focus on cross-border M&A and corporate restructurings.

Keshaya holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Business Management from the Singapore Management University.

Department

Global Transaction Solutions

Main role

Head of Asia Pacific

Personal profile

William is the Head of APAC for Liberty GTS.  William joined Liberty (where he originally worked for Liberty’s subsidiary Ironshore as the Managing Director of Australia) from Allen & Overy in early 2013 to establish the Australian office and the Mergers & Acquisitions and Tax offering.

Prior to joining Liberty GTS, William was a private equity lawyer specialising for more than 10 years in tax structuring.  William has worked at Weil Gotshal and Manges, Allen & Overy and at PricewaterhouseCoopers.  William has a deep understanding of private equity transactions, tax structuring and insurance having advised numerous private equity houses while based in London, Australia and New Zealand.

William has a B’Com & LLB from the University of Canterbury and a Master of Laws (Tax & Commercial) from the University of Sydney.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks & Casualty

Main Role

Ann is the Asia head for all products within Liberty's Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks portfolios. Ann has been based in Singapore since 2017 and initially led the Professional & Financial Risks team before adding Casualty in 2022.

Personal Profile

Ann has worked in the Professional & Financial Risks sector since 2001 and has been with Liberty since 2005.  She has predominantly worked in the Australian region where she managed one of the largest Professional & Financial Risks portfolios and underwriting teams in Australia. Ann has called Singapore home since 2017, and has been responsible for significantly growing the Professional & Financial Lines Casualty portfolio across the Asia region. 

Ann has a Bachelor of Commerce in finance, risk and insurance and she maintains a long-standing interest in workplace mentoring and training.

Department

Casualty

Main role

As part of the Singapore Casualty team, Daphne focuses her underwriting capabilities within the Singapore and Thailand markets.

Personal profile

Daphne began her insurance career with a major Korean reinsurer in 2011. Drawing on her proficiency in Korean, she joined Liberty in June 2015 to help grow our Korean book of business. 

Daphne is currently responsible for developing our Singapore retail portfolio and Thailand reinsurance business. She is also actively working on raising the profile of our Environmental Liability book of business in Asia. 

Daphne holds an ACII qualification.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Hyewon Gloria is responsible for Product Liability, CGL and Project CGL underwriting for the Korean market.   

Personal Profile

Hyewon Gloria started working in insurance in 2016 and joined Liberty in 2021. Previously she worked for an international brokerage handling casualty and overseas projects.  

Hyewon Gloria holds a bachelor of Economics.

Department

Casualty 

Main role

Matthew manages the upstream Exploration & Production Casualty portfolio across the Asia Pacific Region.  He is also the South Australia branch manager, in which role he oversees all branch operations, including branch Casualty business.  In addition, he is responsible for promoting Liberty Adelaide’s cross-lines approach to business.

Personal profile

Matthew has 30 years of underwriting and broking experience - focused mainly on corporate national and international clients - in both Australia and Asia (specifically, Vietnam).  He joined Liberty in January 2011.

Matthew holds a Diploma of Financial Services (Insurance Broking). 

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Natalie is an Underwriting Assistant who supports the Singapore Casualty underwriting team.

Personal Profile

Natalie joined Liberty in 2015 with more than 7 years' of insurance industry experience. Natalie provides support to the Singapore Casualty team and focuses on Workers Compensation.

Natalie holds a Bachelor of Commerce in HR Management & Management.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Priscilla is a Senior Underwriter focusing on international brokers and on expanding the corporate and commercial Casualty business across Asia.

Personal Profile

Priscilla started her insurance career in Hong Kong with XL Insurance (formerly Winterthur Swiss Insurance Asia). She has over 15 years' insurance industry experience including Casualty underwriting and global program business account servicing, and fronting partners' liaison roles in Asia. She relocated to Singapore and joined Liberty in 2015.

Priscilla holds a Master of Science in Marketing and is a Senior Associate of ANZIIF.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Sang Jin is the Casualty Underwriter & Business Development Manager for the Korean market and provides underwriting for CGL, Product Liability and Construction and TPL including Offshore Construction Liability.

Personal Profile

Sang Jin has an MSc. in Insurance and Risk Management from City University in London and nearly 15 years insurance/reinsurance experience across underwriting and broking.
 

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Sunne is a Senior Underwriter in the Casualty team based in Singapore, responsible for underwriting all Casualty products including Construction Third Party Liability, Offshore Construction Liability and Oil & Gas Service Contractors Liability.  Sunne works closely with our Risk Engineers and Claims to develop bespoke risk solutions.

Personal Profile

Sunne has over 15 years of (re)insurance experience in both underwriting and managerial roles. In 2015, she joined Liberty Labuan branch and relocated to Singapore in 2017, following with an opportunity for one year secondment to Hong Kong in 2020.  She has held various underwriting responsibilities developing the Casualty portfolio in Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Hong Kong. 

Sunne focuses on international brokers and facultative reinsurance across Asia.  She is responsible for the Casualty Power and Energy in Asia.

Department

Business Development Manager - Japan

Main Role

Todd manages the Japan portfolio across Liberty's full range of products.

Personal Profile

Todd joined Liberty in February 2022 with more than 20 years of financial lines underwriting experience.  Prior to joining Liberty, Todd led the Japanese financial lines divisions for two major global insurers.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks & Casualty

Main Role

Ann is the Asia head for all products within Liberty's Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks portfolios. Ann has been based in Singapore since 2017 and initially led the Professional & Financial Risks team before adding Casualty in 2022.

Personal Profile

Ann has worked in the Professional & Financial Risks sector since 2001 and has been with Liberty since 2005.  She has predominantly worked in the Australian region where she managed one of the largest Professional & Financial Risks portfolios and underwriting teams in Australia. Ann has called Singapore home since 2017, and has been responsible for significantly growing the Professional & Financial Lines Casualty portfolio across the Asia region. 

Ann has a Bachelor of Commerce in finance, risk and insurance and she maintains a long-standing interest in workplace mentoring and training.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Lauren is a Senior Underwriter for Liberty’s Professional & Financial Risks Portfolio, specialising in Construction and Non-Construction Project PI and Commercial Annual PI for South Asia.

Personal Profile

Lauren has over 10 years’ experience working in Hong Kong across all classes of Financial Lines insurance.  In 2010 she moved to Singapore to become Financial Lines manager for a leading insurance company. 

In 2011, Lauren joined Liberty bringing with her invaluable experience in both the North and South Asian market.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

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Louise is a Senior Underwriter for Liberty's Professional & Financial Risks portfolio, focusing on Professional Indemnity in South Asia.

Personal Profile

Louise has over 8 years' experience in the insurarnce industry.  Prior to joining Liberty in 2012, Louise gained over 3 years' broking experience with a large international brokerage firm in Malaysia, prior to moving to Singapore and transitioning into underwriting Financial Lines.

Louise holds a Bachelor of Business (Law) from Monash University.

Department

Business Development Manager - Japan

Main Role

Todd manages the Japan portfolio across Liberty's full range of products.

Personal Profile

Todd joined Liberty in February 2022 with more than 20 years of financial lines underwriting experience.  Prior to joining Liberty, Todd led the Japanese financial lines divisions for two major global insurers.

Department

LM Re

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Senior Underwriter

Personal profile

Alex joined Liberty with 14 years' experience with various international reinsurers, underwriting treaty business throughout Asia.

Alex holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) and is an Associate of Chartered Insurance Institute.

Department

LM Re

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Annie is the Regional Underwriting Manager based in Singapore. She is responsible for the marketing of all treaty classes undertaken by LM Re across Asia Pacific. In addition, she has underwriting authorities for these classes.

Personal profile

Annie has worked for major reinsurers with experience in property, casualty and specialty lines.  She also has direct experience in credit, surety and terrorism with a Syndicate and has also worked for an ECA.

Annie holds a Master in Finance with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Arts from the National University of Singapore

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Casualty

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Angelo is the head of Casualty in Asia.  Based in Melbourne, he leads our liability teams in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and China.

Personal Profile

Angelo joined Liberty in 2009 in Melbourne as the head of Casualty Risk Engineering across Asia Pacific, before relocating to Perth where he added the role of Branch Manager of Western Australia to his responsibilities.  Angelo has dealt with clients across construction, manufacturing, oil & gas, chemical plants, rail transport and infrastructure.

He holds Civil Engineering qualifications from RMIT, and a Graduate Diploma in Business Management.

Department

Energy, Property & Construction

Main Role

Risk Engineer supporting underwriters and claims team within Energy, Property & Construction division.

Personal Profile

Fazry joined Liberty in 2023 with 10 years of experience in different roles within turbine OEM and power generation companies.

Fazry holds a Bachelor Degree of Applied Science (Mechanical Engineering) from University of Toronto, Canada.

Department

Marine 

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Hanghei leads the Marine Project Cargo and General Cargo portfolios across Asia. Hehas a strong risk engineering background and is involved in risk assessment across the full suite of our marine risks, including Commercial Hull, Ship Builder’s, Marine Liabilities and Exploration & Production. 

Personal profile

Hanghei joined Liberty Singapore at the beginning of 2015 with more than a decade of experience working as a Heavy Lift and Transport engineer in the UK and Asia Pacific. His experience includes the conceptual planning and implementation of transport and heavy crane lifts for major projects globally, HAZCON risk assessment studies, method statements, detailed lifting and transport studies, heavy rigging equipment inspections and the technical review of subcontract tenders, as well as practical, on-site experience. During his time at Liberty, Hanghei has progressed to lead underwriting for the Asia Cargo portfolio. 

Hanghei holds a HNC/HND in Mechanical Engineering.

Department

Energy, Property & Construction

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Imelda is Principal Risk Engineer supporting Singapore's Energy, Property & Construction Division.

Personal Profile

Before joining Liberty, Imelda worked for FM Global in Malaysia and Singapore providing risk engineering/loss prevention consultancy services for Asian clients across industries including pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals, chemicals, electronics and mechanical equipment manufacturing.

Imelda is a Chemical Engineer.

Department

Energy, Property & Construction

Main Role

As Risk Engineer within Liberty’s Energy and Construction Division, Imran works with Liberty staff in Singapore, providing technical support for underwriting and claims for first party lines of businesses across Asia.

Part of this involves site surveys of commercial and industrial properties, as well as construction projects.  The properties or projects can involve office buildings, hotels, as well as various kinds of manufacturing facilities within Asia.

Personal Profile

Prior to joining Liberty, Imran spent 10 years as a risk engineer in FM Global, and 5 years in the construction industry in Singapore.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Risk Engineer supporting casualty underwriters and claims teams.

Personal Profile

Jackson joined Liberty in 2023, with more than 10 years of technical/manufacturing experience in both the petrochemical and pharmaceutical industries.

Jackson holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) from National University of Singapore (NUS).

Department

Crisis Management

Main role

Luis works side by side with underwriters providing technical support, allowing him to have a thorough understanding of our clients’ business and their insurance needs.

Personal profile

Luis has expertise in a broad range of industries, from automotive to pharma, allows him to have a better understanding of our clients’ business and the ability to underwrite a wide variety of risks.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main role

Tim supports Liberty’s underwriters, brokers and clients to understand the key technical, delivery and Professional Indemnity risks associated with engineering and construction projects.

Personal profile

Tim is an experienced engineer and project and design manager who has worked across a diverse array of industries, including agriculture, mining, water, oil and gas, desalination, power generation, manufacturing and construction.  He has spent more than 20 years in the engineering and construction sector alone. 

Tim holds a Masters in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical).  He is a Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) with Engineers Australia and a Registered Professional Engineer in Queensland (RPEQ).

Department

Energy, Property & Construction

Main Role

Yeong Sheng joined Liberty in 2003 and heads up the Risk Engineering Division responsible for all risk management activities in Asia, supporting underwriting and claims as part of the Energy, Property & Construction Division.

Personal Profile

Yeong Sheng has done extensive risk management work in Asia, including site surveys, in-house risk assessment and risk engineering/loss prevention consultancy, across industries ranging from oil, gas and petrochemicals to manufacturing, logistics, and IT.

A graduate chemical engineer, he has 10 years experience in risk engineering for the insurance industry.

Yeong Sheng’s non-insurance experience includes 7 years in the petrochemical industry in Singapore working on process engineering, operations, Greenfield project turnover and start-up.

Department

Surety

Main Role

Head of Surety - Asia Pacific

Personal Profile

Greg leads Liberty's Surety team in the Asia Pacific region and has over a decade of experience working in, and leading, Surety practices across Australia and New Zealand. Prior to this, Greg started his career in banking, gaining experience across accounting, financial markets, franchising, and institutional and corporate banking, for both Australian and International banks.

Greg holds a Bachelor of Business (Banking), Graduate Diploma in Business Administration and Advanced Certificate in Commerce (Accounting).

Department

Surety, Asia

Main Role

Tian is a Senior Underwriter focusing on North Asia markets.

Personal Profile

Tian joined Liberty in 2021 with risk underwriting experience in both surety and trade credit insurance. Tian’s years of working for a leading credit insurer in London and Hong Kong have helped her develop extensive underwriting skills, and she has experience in large cross-border deals across various sectors, as well as broad surety market knowledge across the APAC region.

Tian is a CFA charter holder and holds a MPhil degree in Real Estate Finance from the University of Cambridge.

Department – War and Terrorism 

Main role – Cristin is a Senior Underwriter for War and Terrorism with a predominant focus on North Asia markets 

Personal profile – Cristin has extensive experience working at global leading insurers, specialising in property and terrorism insurance as well as crisis management.

Cristin holds a Master of Science degree of Business Management.

Department

War and Terrorism

Main role

Dipam is the Assistant Vice President and Head of War and Terrorism for the Asia Pacific region.

Personal profile

Dipam joined Liberty in 2015 with over 13 years' insurance experience.  Prior to Liberty, Dipam worked in London as a broker for two different international broking houses, specialising in the War and Terrorism product.

Dipam holds a BA Honors in History.

Department

War & Terrorism

Main Role

Senior Underwriter

Personal Profile

Scott joined Liberty's Singapore office in 2019 with more than 6 years' experience in insurance. Prior to joining Liberty, Scott was a Terrorism and Marine underwriter with experience in both Singapore and Lloyds of London.

Scott holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the George Washington University as well as the ACII certification.   

Department

War & Terrorism

Main Role

Sherry underwrites Terrorism and Political Violence risks in Asia.

Personal Profile

Sherry joined Liberty's Singapore office in 2018 with more than 10 years' experience in insurance.  Prior to joining Liberty, Sherry was a Property underwriter with various international insurance companies in Hong Kong and in Singapore. 

Sherry holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

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Personal Profile