GLOBAL RISK SOLUTIONS - Key Persons
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- CEO
- Member of the Board of Directors & Executive Committee
- CEO of CCS International
- CEO, CCS Group, GRS Int
Adam Humphrey CEO CCS International and George Pooley Head of Renewables at loss adjuster GRS explain why the drive for increased renewable capacity is placing a greater focus on resilience. The increasing momentum for greater [...]
Adam Humphrey, who joined GRS in 2021, has more than two decades of experience managing technical and complex insurance claims worldwide. Before joining GRS, he was a board director and global head of energy, project and construction erection all-risks (EAR) and delay in startup (DSU) losses at Advanta Global Services. Prior to that, he held loss adjusting roles at Integra Technical Services; Cunningham Lindsey International, where he was a divisional director responsible for energy claims; Concordia Consultancy Ltd.; and Charles Taylor Adjusting. Adam is a Chartered Loss Adjuster, Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute, a member of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters (CILA) Council and chairman of CILA's Construction, Energy and Engineering Special Interest Group. He has a bachelor of laws degree from the University of East Anglia, a master of arts in management and information technology from the University of West London, and a master of business administration from the Henley Business School.
Alasdair Boyle, who joined GRS in 2021, is an experienced loss adjuster with a background in complex and contentious claims. During his career, he has handled a variety of claims, including property, liability, energy, and renewable energy losses. Before joining GRS, Alasdair held loss adjusting roles at Advanta Global Services, Sedgwick, and Cunningham Lindsey.
Alasdair began his insurance career at Flaxmans, a specialist claims advocacy law firm. In addition to a graduate diploma in law from the College of Law, Bristol. He also has an honor's Bachelor of Science degree from Leeds University. Alasdair is an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute and has an Advanced Diploma from the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters.
Alexandra Pooley, who joined GRS in 2021, has extensive career experience in professional services administration and education. Before joining GRS, she held administrative roles at Advanta Global Services and Renewable Energy Loss Adjusters and was a teacher and lead practitioner at Invicta Grammar School. Her skills include coordinating staff projects, planning international travel and events, expense tracking, and providing other support to staff adjusters.
Alexandra has an honor's Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Newcastle and a Post Graduate Certificate of Education from the Canterbury Christchurch University.
Job Titles:
- Country Manager - Qatar
- Senior Engineering Loss Adjuster and Branch Manager
Ali Saidi joined GRS in 2022 as a Senior Engineering Loss Adjuster and Branch Manager in Qatar, with almost a decade of experience managing technical and complex insurance claims. Before GRS, Ali worked as a loss adjuster for a leading firm based in KSA, Qatar and London. Before that, he worked as a Chemical Process Engineer for several years, holds a Master's in Chemical Engineering (MEng) from UCL, and is a fluent Arabic speaker.
His experience includes the Design, Construction, Operations and Commissioning of various facilities worldwide.
Ali has extensive experience within the GCC Insurance market (KSA and Qatar), handling and providing technical input on various claims, including energy, construction, business interruption, and machinery breakdown. Major assignments include
Anthony Campo has a vast amount of experience involving insurance claims handling, including both commercial and residential property, auto, liability, bodily injury, business interruption and environmental claims. His experience include the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Hurricanes, Harvey, Irma, Florence and Michael, as well as hail events and daily claim losses. Anthony is licensed as an all lines adjuster in several states. Anthony has served as an instrumental GRS Team Member in past roles as a Field Adjuster, QA Reviewer, Team Lead, Claims Supervisor and QA Manager, with a focus on process efficiencies utilizing the full adjustment of Non-Catastrophe claims. Anthony continues to promote exceptional customer service through leadership and team building. Anthony is a graduate of Northwestern State University with a B.S. in Mathematics, he is Xactimate 28 Level 2 certified, and is currently pursuing his CPCU designation.
Job Titles:
- Group CEO
- Member of the Board of Directors & Executive Committee
- President
- Visionary Leader
Entrepreneurship stretches far beyond the innovation and courage to build something new. It is living the vision and building an entrepreneurial spirit into the process of bringing that vision to life and evolving it over time. It is the art and science of articulating the vision, creating focus to drive it into action, and the courageously authentic leadership to deliver it in new ways over time and in synchronization with the way the world is changing. It takes confidence, composure, humility, virtue, and grit. This is Kip Radigan, Group CEO and Co-Founder of Global Risk Solutions.
Kip is a visionary leader and an expert in risk management with more than 35 years' experience in property and casualty claims management and global disaster response. He has served in varying roles of leadership building and deploying claims and disaster response teams across the world. Kip believes that to provide superior service, it starts with focusing on and developing great people, then using technology to bridge together specialized expertise, process, and visibility of operations and outcomes to deliver tailored solutions that meet the unique needs of even the most complex risk management situations.
Ashley completed her B.S. in Business Administration from Sam Houston State University in 2008. In March 2009, she commenced her adjusting career assisting on Hurricane Gustav and Ike claims and has since managed and assisted on a variety of oil and gas insurance claims including, physical damage, downhole tools, control of well, pollution remediation, and general liability.
Ashley's claims experience ranges from domestic to international with claims in the capacity of the hundreds of thousands to the tens of millions of dollars. Ashley has attained her Associate in Claims (AIC) certification.
Job Titles:
- Executive General Adjuster
Carol has been a Marine claims professional for over 30 years, with management and adjusting responsibilities on behalf of global insurers, encompassing Hull, Liability and Cargo losses. She has extensive experience managing and directing dedicated TPAs.
Job Titles:
- Executive General Adjuster
Casey Walsh joined GRS through the 2020 acquisition of William Kramer & Associates (WKA). He began his insurance career in 2001 working as an intern with the Special Investigation Unit of the Traveler Insurance Claims Department. Upon graduating college in 2003, Casey began his claims career as a Travelers property adjuster.
At WKA, Casey handles a variety of large, complex property and time element losses for various markets, including Lloyd's of London and U.S.-based insurance companies. Casey specializes in adjusting large industrial risks including utilities, power generation, manufacturing, mining, refineries, and large industrial facilities. Casey is a member of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters.
Job Titles:
- Associate Director - Construction & Property
Chris is an experienced loss adjuster and Chartered Building Surveyor, with 34 years' experience in the field of surveying and project management, including 25 years in the insurance industry.
He has been based in the Middle East for the past six years and handles a wide range of construction, engineering, professional indemnity, liability and property losses. Based in Qatar, Chris major and complex loss across the region with a particular focus on the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Kuwait.
As an accomplished technology executive, Chris is the chief systems architect for GRS. In this role, he collaborates with company leaders on strategic technology planning, technical design and architecture of new and evolving systems. He has more than two decades of experience in system architecture, software and technology services supporting insurance claims. Before joining GRS in 2020, Chris was the founder and partner of an information technology consultancy that developed numerous projects for claims in Africa, Europe, the Middle East and North America.
Job Titles:
- Head of Quantity Surveying
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- Executive Director, CCS Middle East
- Regional Director Construction & Property
Christopher Wylie FCILA, FUEDI-ELAE, FIFAA, ACIArb, SIRM +971 (0) 55 491 3025 Executive Director - CCS International Regional Director - Middle East Construction, Property & Specialist Liabilities Christopher has recently joined GRS as an Executive Director of CCS International and Regional Director for the Middle East, leading our regional Construction, Property and Specialist Liabilities team. He is a Chartered Loss Adjuster with more than 26 years' experience in the insurance industry, to include 23 years as a loss adjuster. Christopher has been based in the Middle East for the past 13 years, during which time he has held senior leadership positions. He actively manages a portfolio of major and complex construction, engineering, professional indemnity, property, business interruption and liability claims throughout the Middle East, North Africa and West Asia on behalf of international and regional Insurers and Reinsurers.
With an extensive oilfield and adjusting career spanning over 40 years, Darrell started in the oil and gas industry as a drilling fluids engineer where he assisted in drilling wells at onshore, offshore and international locations. Darrell also worked at an independent oilfield service company specializing in the distribution of oilfield tubular equipment, during which he managed sales offices in Texas and California.
Darrell has worked for 17 years as an energy insurance loss adjuster in Houston. He has handled a wide range of domestic and international claims specializing in the control of well, onshore/offshore construction, physical damage (including rigs, compressors, tank batteries, offshore fixed and deepwater floating platforms, subsea installations, and pipelines), business interruption/loss of production income, and pollution.
Job Titles:
- Manager - Dubai / Manager - Dubai - Complex Claims Solutions
Eilaf is our Qatar office Manager with responsibility for general administration and finance tasks.
Job Titles:
- Executive Assistant to CEO, USA
Emma Kramer joined GRS through the 2020 acquisition of William Kramer & Associates (WKA). She joined WKA in 2010 after completing two professional development programs at Crawford Educational Services in Atlanta. Her studies focused on both basic and intermediate property loss adjustment. After obtaining her Connecticut adjuster's license in 2012, she began working towards her Associate in Claims (AIC) designation.
Emma serves as a third-party administrator for Bechtel on all North American builders risk projects, auto and equipment claims. For Bechtel, Emma facilitates salvage, the transfer of title, and subrogation against negligent third parties. She also adjusts property and casualty losses in the field throughout New England.
Francesco Cecere, who joined GRS in 2021, is a trained engineer with specialized expertise in renewable energy and complex claims. Before joining GRS, he was a loss adjuster at Fast & Clever Adjusters and the John Amos Partnership. In addition to renewal energy losses, he has experience in claims involving cash in transit, third-party liability, machinery breakdown, and catastrophic weather events.
Francesco has a degree in Electronic Engineering and a Master's degree in Loss Adjustment from the Polytechnic University of Milan.
Job Titles:
- Director, Head of Renewables
- Executive Director, Head of Renewables
George Pooley, who joined GRS in 2021, has nearly two decades of experience in adjusting complex claims internationally, with specialized expertise in renewable energy projects. Before joining GRS, he was a board director of Advanta Global Services and was the founder and CEO of Renewable Energy Loss Adjusters. He also held loss adjusting roles at Cunningham Lindsey International, McLarens Young International, and Charles Taylor Consulting.
George's experience in renewables focuses primarily on onshore wind and photovoltaic power plants, but his expertise includes all types of renewable energy, including biomass, hydro, and offshore wind. He has an honor's Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of Exeter, and an Advanced Diploma from the Chartered Insurance Institute.
James Moomaw has a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University, 1997 and is a registered professional engineer in Texas. James started his career as a field engineer in hydraulic fracturing, then progressed to projects focused on production and reserves for onshore US, Gulf of Mexico, and international oil and gas fields. James utilizes his broad experience in the energy industry to review claims.
James began working as a licensed energy insurance adjuster in 2009 examining claims related to blowouts, storms/hurricanes, fires/explosions, and loss of production/reserves. James has worked claims ranging from relatively small downhole tool losses to hurricane, blowout, and pollution losses in the hundreds of millions.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors & Executive Committee
- Non - Executive Chair & Director
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- Senior Loss Adjuster - Construction
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- Finance & Operations Assistant, USA / Partner With Finance, CCS and Marine Divisions to Ensure Timely.
Judi is a highly organised, enthusiastic, and efficient team player that brings energy and drive to any organisation. An adaptable and reliable Executive P.A. with a proven track record of working for prestige Financial Services companies, and more recently the Education sector. Judi has the ability to work to tight deadlines and well under pressure, with excellent communication, interpersonal and diplomacy skills combined.
Job Titles:
- COO of on Demand
- Director of GRS' on - Demand Services
As director of GRS' On-Demand Services, Justin is responsible for the development, daily operations and strategic growth of this technology-enabled division. With more than 20 years' experience in the claims industry, he has held various leadership roles, including training new adjusters and developing insurance technology solutions and processes to meet clients' needs. Before joining GRS in 2019, he held a leadership role in onsite field services for an aerial imagery and data analytics company and prior to that held various positions in claims. Justin's skills include high-volume claims management, strategic business planning and development, training and education, and business development and sales.
Job Titles:
- Program Director of Information Technology
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- Executive General Adjuster
Larry Gordon, who joined GRS through the 2020 acquisition of William Kramer & Associates (WKA), is a highly experienced claims executive. He is skilled in property and equipment breakdown insurance, commercial insurance lines, reinsurance, and claims management. In addition, Larry has extensive experience in managing litigation and other alternative dispute resolution processes. Before joining WKA, he worked in equipment breakdown claims, loss prevention, and engineering at Travelers, where he managed the company's boiler & machinery claims operations.
Larry's focus throughout much of his career has been boiler & machinery claims and large, complex claims. He has conducted training programs and seminars in this area on behalf of various claims industry associations in the United States and Canada. Larry has a Master of Business Administration degree in insurance and risk from Temple University's Fox School of Business and Management.
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- Accounting Manager
- Finance
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- Member of the Board of Directors & Executive Committee
- VP of Human Resources
Linda has been a part of the GRS family since 2005 and has over 13 years of experience in providing strategic leadership to senior management. She has extensive hands-on experience leading HR initiatives, including policy design, compensation, performance management, recruiting and benefit administration. Her experience also includes talent management, training, career development and employee relations. Prior to joining GRS, Linda served as a New York City police officer specializing in law enforcement, an experience that provided Linda an expanded policy perspective of sensitive and unique issues that involve critical incidents.
Job Titles:
- Technical Director
- Director, Head of Property and Specialist Liabilities
- GRS' Director, Head of Property and Specialist
GRS International in Dubai, Chartered Loss Adjuster, Mark Smith is GRS' Director, Head of Property and Specialist Liabilities with a focus on GRS' Middle East operations United Arab Emirates. Before joining GRS, he owned and operated a leading regional firm and built a reputation as one of the most experienced and expert Chartered Loss Adjusters in the Middle East.
Job Titles:
- CIO
- Member of the Board of Directors & Executive Committee
Job Titles:
- Executive General Adjuster
Michael has more than 20 years' experience in property and liability claims involving large, complex international losses. Before joining GRS, he was an EGA at two independent specialty loss adjusting firms, Lloyd Warwick International and RGA LLC. Prior to that, he was chief of claims and assistance vice president at RSUI Group, and earlier in his career he was a claims executive at FM Global, handling property and business interruption claims. During most of his tenure at FM Global, he was the lead adjuster in the Caribbean and Northern South America, based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. An early role for Michael at Factory Mutual Engineering was chief flood analyst for the U.S. Southwest.
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- Head of Energy, EMEA Whilst
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- Executive General Adjuster
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- SVP of Commercial and Large Loss
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- Member of the Board of Directors & Executive Committee
- Executive Director CCS and GRS Global Network
- Executive Director, Chair CCS and GRS Global Network
- Executive Vice President of Global Markets at a Large
Mike joined GRS in November 2018 after a long and distinguished career as executive vice president of global markets at a large, global claims adjusting company. At that firm, he played a key role in the formulation of a division dedicated to providing loss handling services for large and complex organizations. As Major & Complex Loss Executive at GRS, Mike leads the development of a new business unit, Complex Claims Solutions (CCS). Based in London, he is renowned for his market knowledge and relationships in the global insurance industry. Mike is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters and an associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute.
Nicholas Baker, who joined GRS in 2021, is a skilled loss adjuster with extensive experience in complex claims, including onshore and offshore energy, oil and gas, and renewable energy assets. Nicholas also has significant international experience in site surveys, as well as analyzing and negotiating claims. Before joining GRS, he was a senior loss adjuster at Advanta Global Services and previously held loss adjusting positions at Renewable Energy Loss Adjusters, Lloyd & Partners Ltd., and Charles Taylor Consulting, and was an oil and gas wellhead design engineer at Plexus Ocean Systems Ltd.
Nicholas has a Master of Science degree in composite materials and a Bachelor of Engineering in materials science and engineering, from Imperial College London.
Job Titles:
- Senior Engineering Consultant - George Pooley
Paul Toon, who joined GRS in 2021, has more than 25 years' experience in loss adjusting. He is a Chartered Consulting Engineer and Project Manager, and an expert in renewable and conventional energy losses, oil & gas, petrochemicals, and construction & engineering claims. During his career, he has handled complex and technical claims throughout the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East, and other regions. Paul also has been involved in large projects in the petrochemical, oil & gas, and pharmaceutical sectors, where he has led teams on turnarounds, equipment upgrades, and replacement.
Before joining GRS, Paul was a senior engineering consultant at Advanta Global Services and managing director of PWT Consulting, an engineering and loss adjusting firm doing business internationally. Prior to that, he held engineering and management roles at several global claims companies. He has an honors bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Northumbria University and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters.
Job Titles:
- Executive General Adjuster and Manager of Marine Claims Services
As an attorney and claims professional, Peter has over 30 years of experience managing a full range of Marine claims and natural and man-made disasters. Prior to joining GRS he was Director, Technical Marine Claims for a global insurer. Peter is also an active SMA arbitrator.
Job Titles:
- Senior Executive General Adjuster
Over 38 years, Booker has risen through the commercial P&C ranks, gaining comprehensive and proficient commercial technical knowledge. He has successfully resolved many claims valued at $20 million or more, and has handled a wide variety of complex claims, including catastrophe management in Texas after Hurricane Ike, to earthquake damage at a military establishment in New Zealand, and tornado damage at an aircraft plant in Kansas. Booker's career includes holding Senior Executive General Adjuster positions at several leading claims adjusting companies. Richard J. Booker holds a license as a Chartered Commercial Property & Liability Loss Adjuster. He achieved his Associate Degree in 2001, accompanied by elevation to the Chartered Insurance Professional (CIP) designation. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters (CILA).
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- Senior Adjuster Petroleum Engineer
After attaining a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Texas Tech University in 2009, Robby worked with an international oilfield services provider as a Field Engineer specializing in a diverse scope of drilling, completion, and production oilfield projects throughout the United States. In 2012, Robby commenced a career in insurance adjusting with a specialization in claims unique to the oil and gas industry, including but not limited to control of well, physical damage, pollution remediation, processing plants and refineries, general liability, and business interruption/loss of production income claims.
Fifteen years' post-graduate experience working with infrastructure and engineering projects....
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- Finance
- Operations Assistant
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- Director
- Director, CCS USA
- Executive Director, CCS USA
Rodney acquired a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1997 and spent the following several years working with an international oilfield services provider in drilling and production operations as a trainee engineer and field representative in Dubai and Venezuela. Thereafter, Rodney started his career as a licensed insurance adjuster specializing in claims unique to the oil and gas industry and has worked for various firms throughout the years primarily in Houston, Texas, and one posting in London, England.
Rodney's claims experience includes control of well, rig physical damage, midstream equipment, pollution remediation, gas plants and refineries, general liability, pipelines, and business interruption/loss of production income. He has served as an expert witness for several legal disputes in the oil and gas industry. The claims Rodney has been involved with span the globe and range in quantum from the hundreds of thousands to the hundreds of millions of dollars. Rodney is an organizing committee member for the Lillehammer Energy Claims Conference held every year in Norway and routinely gives presentations on industry trends.
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- SVP of ERMS, Project Operations
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- Accountant
- Forensic Accountant
- Senior Forensic Accountant
Sam Toumbev is an experienced Forensic Accountant, joining GRS from an international loss adjusting firm. Before that, he was a Senior Associate at C Lewis forensic accountants. Samis a Chartered Accountant and brings with him a wealth of experience in assessing complex time element claims, in construction and operational phases, on behalf of global insurers. He will work as an integral part of GRS' multidisciplinary Complex Claims Solutions loss adjusting team.
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- Member of the Board of Directors & Executive Committee
- CEO of PCS
Scott considers customer satisfaction with every interaction to be a formal part of his job description. It's no small task particularly when what's at stake are customer's homes, most prized possessions, and ultimately, peace of mind. Scott is responsible for cultivating new P&C clients and further developing relationships with current clients, integrating new clients into the corporation and developing the talents of current and new management personnel. The adage, "Hope for the best, plan for the worst" is the foundation of Scott's expertise.
One of the greatest pieces of advice he ever received was "Don't pretend to know all the answers and always keep an open mind to other ideas". The second-best piece of advice he ever received was "run faster than the guy behind you" when Scott ran with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain last year with his son.
With almost 30 years in the industry, Scott's experience ranges from managing hundreds of claims adjusters in the field, to roles in executive management. Prior to joining Global Risk Solutions in 2018 he spent more than 3 years as the Vice President of Claims for Security First Insurance, one of the largest Homeowner's insurance companies in Florida. Prior to that role, he spent a decade in a claims leadership capacity at Citizens Property Insurance in Jacksonville, Florida. While in Catastrophe Operations in 2005 he managed over 180,000 claims from Hurricane Wilma and three other storms. His roles of increasing responsibility culminated in serving as the company's Assistant Director of Claims. Scott began his career with State Farm Insurance Companies in Jacksonville where he spent 15 years gaining a foundation of experience ranging from administrative services, catastrophe response, catastrophe and non-catastrophe claims, to serving as an inside adjuster and field adjuster.
He holds a Business Administration Degree from Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, Florida. He also has his AINS and AIC insurance designations. A native of Jacksonville, Florida, Scott's favorite thing about Florida is being able to spend time in the outdoors year round.
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- Member of the Board of Directors & Executive Committee
- CEO of ERMS
Steve is a principal and serves as the chief operating officer of GRS's Environmental Risk Management Solutions. He has more than 20 years of international industry experience providing consulting services to financial, insurance and environmental clients in Africa, Europe, the Middle East and North America. He is an experienced manager and leader who understands how to navigate to the end from the beginning, all the while pursuing clients' best interests. Steve's favorite aspect of his role is interacting with clients and leading project teams through potentially treacherous environmental claims situations, while mitigating overall risks and costs and managing data acquisition and reporting. When he isn't abroad supporting international clients, Steve hangs his hat in the United States, where he enjoys family time, fishing and American football.
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- Associate Director Construction, Property & Specialist Liabilities
Steve is a Loss Adjuster with 16 years' experience, including 13 years as a loss adjuster and 10 years in the Middle East. Having been based in Dubai for the first five years of his Middle East career, Steve moved to Qatar in 2018 initially as a Senior Loss Adjuster and then latterly the Country Manager for an international adjusting practice.
He handles a portfolio of major and complex claims across various product lines to include property, business interruption, liability and specialty lines across the Middle East with a primary focus on the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia markets.
Steve is currently qualified to AdvDip level with the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters (CILA) and shall shortly achieve chartered status.
Job Titles:
- Executive General Adjuster
Stuart had over 30 years' experience as a maritime attorney and independent claim professional. He has specialized in investigating and handling Liability claims for domestic and foreign insurers, and actively involves himself in litigation support.
Sunil is a qualified electrical engineer and registered electrical engineering expert in the State of Qatar, with fifteen years' experience in working in construction projects in India and the Middle East involving the erection of electrical substations and power cable installations.
He has worked as a Loss Adjuster for an international adjusting company for five years, based in Qatar, before recently joining GRS. Sunil handles a portfolio of primarily construction, engineering and property claims.
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- CFO
- Member of the Board of Directors & Executive Committee