LIBERTY SPECIALTY MARKETS HONG KONG LIMITED - Key Persons
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- Chief Financial Officer, Asia Pacific / Department / Finance
Adrian leads Liberty's Finance teams across the Asia Pacific region.
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- Vice President, Head of Government & Workers Compensation, Casualty Australia / Department
Department Casualty Main Role Vice President, Head of Government & Workers Compensation, Casualty Australia Personal Profile Alan has been with Liberty since February 2001 and was previously a Senior Account Executive at Marsh Dublin. He holds a first class honours degree in Insurance & Risk Management from the University of Limerick, Ireland, and holds the Chartered Associateship qualification from the Chartered Insurance Institute of London.
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- Vice President, Head of Environmental Impairment Liability - Asia Pacific / Department
As Vice President, Head of Environmental Impairment Liability Asia Pacific, Alan has overall responsibility for technical underwriting and portfolio management across the Asia Pacific region.
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- Senior Underwriter, LM Re / Department
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- Senior Underwriter, Surety / Department
As a senior Surety underwriter based in the Brisbane office, Alicia is responsible for portfolio management, credit risk analysis and product development.
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- Underwriter, Casualty / Department
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- Assistant Vice President & Claims Manager, Professional & Financial Risks / Department / Professional & Financial Risks Claims
Alison manages a wide range of Professional & Financial Risks claims.
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- Senior Underwriter, Casualty / Department
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- Assistant Vice President, Construction / Department
Andrew is the Assistant Vice President of Construction. His current focus is on underwriting major Civil Construction projects including rail, roads and tunnels throughout Asia.
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- Head of Casualty
- Vice President, Risk Engineering Casualty & Professional & Financial Risks, Asia Pacific / Department
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.
Angelo is the head of Casualty in Asia. Based in Melbourne, he leads our liability teams in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and China.
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- Vice President Claims, Casualty, Workers Compensation and Crisis Management, Asia Pacific / Department
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.
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- Senior Vice President, Head of Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks - Asia / Department / Professional & Financial Risks & Casualty
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.
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- Regional Underwriting Manager, LM Re - Asia Pacific
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- Distribution Manager, Portfolio Solutions / Department / Professional & Financial Risks
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- Senior Underwriter, Professional & Financial Risks / Department / Professional & Financial Risks
Belinda is based in the Brisbane office where she underwrites the full suite of Professional Indemnity (PI) products, including Project PI, Information Technology Liability, Financial Institutions (Investment Manager's insurance and PI for Financial Institutions), Directors' & Officers' Liability and Cyber insurance.
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- Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific / Department / Executive
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.
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- Senior Underwriter, Crisis Management & Weather / Department
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- Portfolio Manager
- Our Underwriting Team
Department Professional & Financial Risks Main role As a member of the Liberty Hong Kong Professional & Financial Risks team, Billy underwrites Financial Institutions and Director and Officers business in Hong Kong. Personal profile Billy began his insurance career in 2011 and joined Liberty in April 2018 with more than 7 years of experience in Financial Lines underwriting.
Department Casualty Main role Bree underwrites and manages the Casualty portfolio within the Affinity Team. Personal profile Bree joined Liberty in July 2007 and has over 15 years' experience in Casualty underwriting, ranging from commercial and corporate business to stockfeed liability.
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- Senior Vice President & Head of Energy, Property & Construction, Asia Pacific / Department
Brett is responsible for the underwriting and management of the Energy, Property, Construction and Terrorism products across Asia Pacific.
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- Senior Claims Specialist, Workers Compensation / Department
Carolyn joined Liberty in 2022. She has over 17 years of national experience working with self-insurers and insureds across corporate and industrial sectors in claims management, consulting, return to work, wellbeing and injury management.
Carolyn is a Senior Claims Specialist based in Melbourne. She manages Excess Workers Compensation claims across Australia for a broad range of Reinsureds, and also manages Seafarers claims.
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- Assistant Vice President, Energy Property & Construction / Department
Celine is a Senior Underwriter based in Singapore and responsible for underwriting Construction and Power risks across Asia.
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- Head of Financial Risk Solutions, Asia Pacific / Department
Chris manages the Liberty Financial Risk Solutions business in the Asia Pacific region.
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- Vice President, Head of Australia Professional & Financial Risks / Department / Professional & Financial Risks
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- Assistant Vice President, Reinsurance, Asia Pacific / Department
Christina is responsible for the reinsurance management of Liberty's operation in Asia Pacific.
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- Underwriter, Professional & Financial Risks
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- Head of IT & PMO - Asia Pacific / Department / Information Technology & Project Management Office ( PMO )
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.
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- in 2023 As a Claim Consultant
- Senior Claims Specialist, Professional & Financial Risks / Department / Professional & Financial Risks Claims
Connor is a Senior Claims Specialist in Professional and Financial Risks, including Professional Indemnity, Project Specific PI, Directors and Officers, Management Liability, Statutory Liability and Employment Liability claims.
Connor joined Liberty in 2023 as a claim consultant and has six years of experience as a claims specialist and team leader. In addition to this, she has also worked with the broader casualty insurance space as a general liability team leader.
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- Senior Manager, Multinational Programs - Asia Pacific
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- Senior Underwriter, War & Terrorism / 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.
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- Underwriter, Energy, Property & Construction / Department
Daniel underwrites Material Damage and Business Interruption (Delay in Start-Up / Advanced Loss of Profit) insurance for construction risks. This includes CAR, Civil, EAR risks and annual policies. Daniel can underwrite risks across Australia and New Zealand.
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- Vice President, Australia Underwriting Manager, Casualty & VIC Casualty Manager / Department
As the head of Casualty for Victoria, Daniel manages all the Casualty business for Victoria and Tasmania being written out of the Melbourne office.
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- Senior Underwriter, Casualty / Department
As part of the Singapore Casualty team, Daphne focuses her underwriting capabilities within the Singapore and Thailand markets.
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- Principal Risk Engineer, Casualty / Department
David joined Liberty in 2009 and works with Liberty staff in Australia and Asia, providing technical support to Casualty underwriters and claims staff.
David's main focus is on General and Products Liability. He conducts site visits and desk reviews for clients across a range of industries including construction, manufacturing, retail, chemical, transport and infrastructure.
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- Professional & Financial Risks Claims Manager - North Asia
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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- Assistant Vice President & Head of War & Terrorism - Asia Pacific / Department
- Assistant Vice President and Head of War and Terrorism for the Asia Pacific
Dipam is the Assistant Vice President and Head of War and Terrorism for the Asia Pacific region.
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.
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- Assistant Vice President, Crisis Management & VIC Branch Manager / Department
Donna underwrites Liberty Crisis Management business for Asia Pacific from her base in the Liberty Melbourne office. Her emphasis is on the development of new business and the education of clients and brokers on Product Recall insurance.
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- Branch Manager for Liberty Hong Kong
- Vice President & Chief Executive, Hong Kong / Department
As Branch Manager for Liberty Hong Kong, Eddie provides leadership to the team and supports them to build and manage relationships in the market.
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- Senior Underwriter, Portfolio Solutions
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- Senior Underwriter, Power & Construction / Department
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.
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.
Department Claims Main Role 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.
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- Head of Finance & Business Management - Asia
Fazry joined Liberty in 2023 with 10 years of experience in different roles within turbine OEM and power generation companies.
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- Claims Specialist, Professional & Financial Risks / Department
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- Senior Underwriter, Professional & Financial Risks
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- Senior Underwriter, Environmental Impairment Liability / Department
Fiona underwrites Environmental Impairment Liability business across Australia and manages Liberty's Victorian portfolio.
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- Technical Claims Manager, Property / Department
Francis has been involved in the insurance industry for over 30 years both internationally and in the Australian insurance markets since 1988. Before commencing with Liberty in 2022, Francis worked in leading insurers as National & APAC Claims Manager roles.
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- Senior Underwriter, Casualty / Department
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- Senior Manager, Marketing & Communication / Department / Marketing & Communications
Frankie leads our marketing and communication function across Asia Pacific and is our go-to person for events, sponsorships, advertising and partnerships.
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- Vice President, Chief Legal Counsel, Asia Pacific / Department
Department Legal Main Role Chief Legal Counsel 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.
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- Senior Claims Specialist
- Senior Claims Specialist, Professional & Financial Risks / Department - Professional & Financial Risks Claims
Main role - Gemma is a senior claims specialist based in the Perth office, managing claims across all professional and financial lines that touch a wide spectrum of industries.
Personal profile - Gemma joined Liberty in September 2023 with over ten years' experience as an insurance lawyer with a primary focus on Directors & Officers liability and Professional Indemnity.
Gemma holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce degree and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
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- Underwriter, Professional & Financial Risks / Department - Professional & Financial Risks
Personal profile - Georgia joined Liberty in 2023. She has experience across a broad range of industries, as well as the entire product suite of Professional and Financial Lines insurance.
Georgia holds a Bachelor of Commerce with a Double Major in Economics from the University of Western Australia.
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- Senior Underwriter, Excess Workers Compensation & Government / Department
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- Underwriter, Casualty / Department
Department Casualty Main role As a member of the Liberty Melbourne Casualty team, Grant underwrites corporate and commercial Casualty business across Victoria and Tasmania. Personal profile Grant began his insurance career in 2003 and joined Liberty in May 2016 with over a decade of experience in Casualty underwriting. Grant is an Associate of ANZIIF.
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- Head of Surety Asia Pacific / Department
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.
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).
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.
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- Vice President, Head of Strategy, Risk & Planning Casualty & Professional & Financial Risks & Queensland Branch Manager / Department / Professional & Financial Risks
As the Queensland Branch Manager, Helen is responsible for the operations, staff management, market responsiveness and vision of the branch. As Professional & Financial Risks Queensland Manager, Helen oversees all Professional Indemnity, Financial Institutions (PI and Investment Managers Insurance), Cyber, Side A and Directors' & Officers' Liability insurance being placed in Queensland.
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- Senior Underwriter, Professional & Financial Risks / Department / Professional & Financial Risks
Helen focuses on underwriting Professional Indemnity including Design & Construct Contractors, Construction Consultants, Miscellaneous PI and Information Technology Liability.
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- Underwriter, Professional & Financial Risks / Department / Professional & Financial Risks
Department Professional & Financial Risks Main Role Specializing in underwriting Director and Officers business for the Korean market. Personal Profile Prior to joining Liberty in 2021 as a D&O underwriter, Hwan started his insurance career in 2014 working for a large international insurer in Korea, focussing on traditional and compulsory liability products. For over a decade of this time, he was based in the USA. Hwan has a degree of Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Oberlin College.
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- Principal Risk Engineer, Energy, Property & Construction / Department
Imelda is Principal Risk Engineer supporting Singapore's Energy, Property & Construction Division.
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.
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- Senior Risk Engineer, Energy, Property & Construction / Department
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.
Prior to joining Liberty, Imran spent 10 years as a risk engineer in FM Global, and 5 years in the construction industry in Singapore.
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- Assistant Underwriter, Professional & Financial Risks / Department / Professional & Financial Risks
Jack specialises in underwriting Directors and Officers Liability insurance.
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- Underwriter, Property / Department
Based in Melbourne, Jack partners with Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian brokers to provide underwriting solutions for corporate and commercial property risks.
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- Risk Engineer / Department
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- Assistant Vice President & Technical Claims Manager, Professional & Financial Risks, Asia Pacific / Department / Professional & Financial Risks Claims
Based in Sydney, James has technical and portfolio oversight of all SPC claims throughout Australia and construction PI claims throughout the Asia Pacific region. He also handles a portfolio of claims.
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- Senior Claims Specialist & Tech Lead / Department
James manages a range of Casualty claims, and his current portfolio includes occupier's liability, property damage, construction matters and claims under our environmental impairment liability policy. James is also the claim's technical lead for Liberty's Utility clients.
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- Senior Claims Specialist, Professional & Financial Risks / Department
Jane is a Senior Claims Specialist in the area of Professional & Financial Risks.
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- Underwriter, Casualty / Department
Janet supports the Casualty Manager (Queensland) with their book of open market Casualty business. She also underwrites her own growing book of open market Casualty business.
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- Senior Underwriter, Casualty / Department
Department Casualty Main Role A Senior Casualty Underwriter, based in Melbourne and services Victoria and Tasmania. Personal Profile Jenna joined Liberty in 2023, with more than 10 years' experience in casualty underwriting within the Australian general insurance market. Jenna's qualifications include a B International Business/Bachelor Commerce, ANZIFF Tier 1.
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- Assistant Vice President, PFR Manager - WA / Department / Professional & Financial Risks
- Financial Risks Manager for Western Australia
As a senior underwriter and Liberty Professional & Financial Risks Manager for Western Australia, Jerome is responsible for coordinating and managing the Professional & Financial Risks business from the Perth office. He specialises in Professional Indemnity (PI), Construction PI, Financial Institutions PI, Investment Manager's insurance, Information Technology Liability, Cyber insurance and Directors' and Officers' Liability insurance.
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.
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- Principal Officer Malaysia / Assistant Vice President - Property, Energy & Construction
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- Vice President & National Property Manager - Australia / Department
Joel is responsible for underwriting and developing Liberty's Corporate & Commercial Property portfolio nationally.
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- Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific / Department / Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President Asia Pacific
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.
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- Senior Manager, Risk Engineering, Casualty / Department
John is responsible for risk analysis across Liberty's broad Casualty portfolio. His daily engagement includes working closely with our underwriting and claims professionals to enable them to have a deeper technical understanding of our clients' business needs. By providing these risk engineering insights, our underwriters are empowered to tailor suitable value add risk solutions and coverages, no matter how diverse and complex the risk.
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- Senior Claims Specialist, Professional & Financial Risks / Department / Professional & Financial Risks Claims
Jonathan manages a wide range of Professional Indemnity (PI) and Financial Lines claims across a variety of professions and industries.
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- Claims Recovery Manager, Asia Pacific / Department
Jon manages and is responsible for all Recovery claims for each line of business for the Asia Pacific region.
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- Assistant Vice President, Professional & Financial Risks, Korea / Department / Professional & Financial Risks
Department Professional & Financial Risks Main Role Managing the Korean PFR portfolio Personal Profile Before joining Liberty 2007, Joong Young worked in Korea as a reinsurance broker handling a finite reinsurance program as well as treaty and facultative reinsurance for professional lines. He holds the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter designation from the American Institute of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters and the Registered Professional Liability Underwriter designation from the Professional Liability Underwriting Society. Joong Young's other insurance qualifications include the Associate in Risk Management and Associate in Reinsurance designations from AICPCU/IIA.
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- Underwriter, Property / Department
Josh is a Property Underwriter, focusing on corporate and commercial properties.
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- Assistant Vice President, Crisis Management, Asia / Department
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.
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- in 2013 As an Assistant Underwriter
- Underwriter, Workers Compensation / Department
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- Underwriter, Financial Risk Solutions / Department
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.
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- Senior Underwriter, Financial Risk Solutions, Asia Pacific / Department
Kate works in the Financial Risk Solutions team, underwriting Credit and Political Risk in Asia Pacific.
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- Underwriter, Crisis Management / Department
Keith underwrites crisis management business for Liberty Australia from his base in the Liberty Melbourne office. His emphasis is on the development of new business and the education of clients and brokers on product recall insurance.
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- Underwriter, Crisis Management / Department
Ken provides underwriting supports for Asia Pacific Underwriters and he works closely with Underwriters to develop new business and provide an insurance solution to clients and brokers on Product Recall, Product Contamination and Kidnap and Ransom insurance.
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- Casualty Claims Manager, North Asia / Department
Kenneth handles Casualty and Crisis Management claims in North Asia.
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- in 2021 As a Senior Claims Specialist
- Underwriter, Professional & Financial Risks / Department / Professional & Financial Risks
Kevin joined Liberty in 2021 as a Senior Claims Specialist before transferring to his current role as an Underwriter. He has over 10 years industry experience and previously worked for a large general insurer and a multinational insurance broker.
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- Chief Risk Officer, Asia / Department
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).
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- Head of Professional Indemnity Referrals, Asia
- Member of the Australian
Lauren is an affiliate member of the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Finance (ANZIIF) and is a Registered Professional Liability Underwriter with the Professional Liability Underwriting Society.
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- Senior Underwriter, Marine and Exploration & Production / Department
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.
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- Claims Manager
- Claims Manager, Casualty
Department Claims Main Role 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.
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- Underwriter, Crisis Management / Department
Lisa underwrites crisis management business for Liberty Australia from her base in the Liberty Melbourne office. Her emphasis is on the development of new business and the eduction of clients and brokers on product recall insurance.
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- Senior Underwriter, Professional & Financial Risks / Department / Professional & Financial Risks
Louise is a Senior Underwriter for Liberty's Professional & Financial Risks portfolio, focusing on Professional Indemnity in South Asia.
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- Senior Risk Engineer, Crisis Management / Department
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.
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.
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- Assistant Underwriter, Marine / Department
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.
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- Senior Underwriter, Marine / Department
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- Claims Manager, Workers Compensation / Department
As the Melbourne based Claims Manager for Workers' Compensation, Mandy manages the claims portfolio for Excess Workers' Compensation Reinsurance and Seafarers' lines of business.
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- Senior Underwriter, Accident & Health / Department
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- Head of Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks - Asia Pacific / Department / Professional & Financial Risks
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- Claims Manager - Marine, Australia
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- Business General Manager, Professional & Financial Risks & Casualty, Asia / Department / Professional & Financial Risks
Marie is a Senior Underwriter for Liberty's Professional & Financial Risks portfolio, focusing on Directors & Officers and Financial Institutions across Asia.
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.
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- Vice President Casualty & PFR Manager Qld / Department
As Casualty & PFR Manager (Queensland), Mark oversees all Casualty, Professional Indemnity, D&O and Financial Institution business being written from the Brisbane office. He also holds positions on the APAC Casualty Wording Committee and Policy Wording Committee.
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- Senior Underwriter, Energy, Property & Construction & WA Branch Manager / Department
Matt's role is to oversee the Energy, Property and Construction portfolio in WA. This involves new business development, handling renewals and actively engaging with brokers and clients to meet their insurance needs in this sector. With his additional responsibility as WA Branch Manager, Matt also coordinates all product lines for Liberty in WA to ensure consistency across the business and to assist where possible in broadening our value proposition and customer focussed culture.
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- Senior Vice President & Asia Leader / Department / Executive
Matthew is responsible for running the Asia operations of Liberty Specialty Markets and leads our team of over 150 + professionals located across Asia.
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- Assistant Vice President, Casualty & SA Branch Manager / Department
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.
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- Senior Underwriter, Property / Department
Matthew partners with Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian brokers to provide underwriting solutions for corporate and commercial property risks.
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- Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
- Professional & Financial Risks Manager - China / Department / Professional & Financial Risks
Maurice manages Liberty's Financial Institution and Director's & Officer's insurance portfolio across North Asia.
Maurice is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
Mei Fong joined Liberty in 2019 with 7 years' experience in the insurance industry having worked as a broker at a local firm. Starting her career at a life insurance company, she later moved to an insurance broking role as she transitioned into General Insurance.
Mei Foong holds a Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science.
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- PST Specialist, Claims / Department
Mei Foong is based in Malaysia and handles First Party claims in Asia and Australian property claims.
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- Assistant Vice President & National Manager, Civil & Annual Construction / Department
Melinda underwrites Material Damage and Business Interruption (delay in start-up/advanced loss of profit) insurance for Contract Works (Erection Risks, Construction Risks and Civil Construction Risks), as well as annual Contractor and Principal cover. She underwrites to a national portfolio from her base in the Liberty Melbourne office.
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- Senior Underwriter, Property
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- Assistant Vice President, Australian D & O Commercial Portfolio Manager, Professional & Financial Risks / Department / Professional & Financial Risks
Meredith manages the national commercial D&O portfolio, with key experience in other product classes including Financial Institutions, Information Technology and Cyber Liability.
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- Managing Director, Asia Pacific
- President
- President & Managing Director of Liberty Asia Pacific
- President & Managing Director, Asia Pacific / Department / Executive
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.
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.
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- Underwriter, Casualty / Department
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- AVP & National Underwriting Manager, Accident & Health / Department
Murray is a senior underwriter for the Liberty Accident & Health line of business.
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- Client Business Manager, Professional & Financial Risks, Korea
Department Professional & Financial Risks Main Role Namhun is the Client Business Manager for Liberty's Korean Professional & Financial Risks Portfolio. Personal Profile Prior to joining Liberty in 2011, Namhun gained experience as a general and professional liability underwriter in Korea as well as being responsible for a reinsurance treaty program. Based in Hong Kong, Namhun manages Liberty's Korean Professional & Financial Risks Portfolio. Namhun holds a Bachelor of Business Administration.
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- Senior Underwriter, Professional & Financial Risks / Department / Professional & Financial Risks
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- Claims Specialist, Casualty / Department
Based in Melbourne, Natalie manages a variety of Casualty claims, her portfolio largely consisting of personal injury and property damage claims.
Natalie has 8 years of experience in the insurance industry and has practiced as a solicitor in the Melbourne insurance team of a national law firm. Prior to this, Natalie worked at a specialized insurer for 2 years managing a portfolio of sensitive claims. She joined Liberty in April 2019.
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- Portfolio Manager, Portfolio Solutions / Department
Natalie leads the Affinity team out of the Liberty Brisbane office, this includes underwriting casualty business via our programmes, facilities and commercial product offerings nationally.
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- Senior Claims Specialist & Tech Lead / Department
Natasha manages a variety of Casualty claims out of the Melbourne office.
Natasha has over 10 years' experience in the insurance industry. Natasha practiced as a solicitor in an insurance focused firm in Melbourne, where she acted for insurers and advised on litigated claims, predominantly involving public and products liability. Natasha then worked at a specialised insurer for 4 years, managing a portfolio of sensitive claims, before joining Liberty in July 2018.
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- Vice President, First Party Claims - Asia Pacific / Department
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.
Department Claims Main Role 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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- Assistant Vice President & Casualty Manager, WA / Department
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- Underwriter, Professional & Financial Risks / Department / Professional & Financial Risks
Nicole is based in the Brisbane office specialising in underwriting Professional Indemnity and Information Technology Liability for the Queensland market.
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- Underwriter, Professional & Financial Risks / Department / Professional & Financial Risks
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- Underwriter, Casualty / Department
Department Casualty Main Role Based in the Melbourne office, Oliver underwrites corporate and commercial Casualty business across Victoria and Tasmania. Personal Profile Oliver joined Liberty in 2022. He began his insurance career underwriting both traditional casualty and innovative sharing economy risks for a Lloyd's Syndicate in London. Since moving to Australia in 2019, he has worked as a casualty underwriter. Oliver holds a Master's degree in Mathematics from Durham University in the UK.
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- Senior Underwriter, Marine / Department
As a senior underwriter with Liberty Marine and based in Melbourne, Paul's main responsibility is managing and developing Liberty's Marine portfolio for Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. While his focus is on Cargo, Carrier's and Marine Liability insurance, he is also interested in promoting cross-lines protection for clients.
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- Claims Manager for the Marine
- Claims Manager, Marine / Department
Penny is Claims Manager for the Marine group, specializing in Cargo, Project Cargo, Carriers, Commercial Hull and Marine Liabilities claims.
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.
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- Vice President, Relationship Management & Marketing, Asia Pacific / Department
Peter is responsible for leadership and coordination of all cross-lines initiatives; refinement of the Liberty Value Propositions and staff training in their delivery; marketing strategies; and broker relationships, with particular emphasis on preferred broker/cluster group arrangements.
Peter continues to be involved in the larger accounts and key relationships in the Brisbane Casualty market.
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- Senior Risk Engineer, Energy, Property & Construction / Department
Based in Melbourne, Phillip provides guidance to Liberty's Energy, Property and Construction underwriters on technical aspects of risk selection in the Australasian region, as well as providing risk control expertise to brokers and clients. Working closely with Liberty's global team of risk engineers and claims professionals, Phillip specialises in Highly Protected Risk and high-challenge risk engineering.
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- Senior Underwriter, Australia D & O Mining & Resources Portfolio Manager / Department / Professional and Financial Risks
Department Professional and Financial Risks Main role Pierre primarily underwrites Directors' and Officers policies as part of the Professional & Financial Risks team in Perth. Personal profile Pierre began his insurance career in Melbourne in 2011 where he assumed a number of underwriting roles prior to returning to Perth to join Liberty in 2018. Pierre holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Curtin University of Technology and is a Senior Associate of ANZIIF.
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- Assistant Underwriter, Environmental Impairment Liability
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- Senior Underwriter, Casualty / Department
As a senior Casualty underwriter, Richard's main focus is on expanding the corporate, commercial and Construction (liability) business written out of the Brisbane office.
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- Vice President Portfolio Solutions / Department
Richard coordinates and manages the Liberty Accident & Health offering, as well as looking after our Asurion Mobile products, from his base in Melbourne.
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- Senior Vice President & Head of Claims, Asia Pacific / Department
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.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Underwriter, Accident & Health / Department
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- Underwriter, Professional & Financial Risks / Department / Professional & Financial Risks
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- Underwriter, Professional & Financial Risks / Department / Professional & Financial Risks
As a Professional & Financial Risks underwriter based in the Liberty Perth office, Sarah is responsible for underwriting financial lines business for Western Australia. Her focus in on Professional Indemnity insurance, Investment Manager's insurance, Financial Institutions insurance, and IT and Cyber Liability insurance.
Job Titles:
- Senior Underwriter, War & Terrorism / Department
Job Titles:
- Senior Underwriter, War & Terrorism / Department
Department Claims Main Role Based in Malaysia and handles a portfolio of Casualty and Professional Indemnity / D&O claims Personal Profile Shurekha joined Liberty in 2022 with years of experience in claims handling. Shurekha holds a BBA (Hons) in Human Resource Management.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Vice President, FI Portfolio Manager / Department / Professional & Financial Risks
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- Underwriter, Casualty / Department
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- Senior Vice President, Civil Construction, Global / Department
Steve focuses on Civil Project risk assessment and surveys in support of underwriters across Asia and Australia. He is also involved in supporting the global Civil product line team in London.
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- Manager, Business Intelligence & Analytics / Department
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.
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- Chief Actuary, Asia Pacific / Department
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.
Job Titles:
- Senior Underwriter, Casualty / Department
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.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Vice President
- Assistant Vice President & Claims Manager, Retail & Outsourcing, Asia Pacific / Department
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.
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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- Senior Underwriter, Surety / Department
Tian is a Senior Underwriter focusing on North Asia markets.
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- Engineer
- Assistant Vice President, Risk Engineering, Professional & Financial Risks / Department / Professional & Financial Risks
Tim supports Liberty's underwriters, brokers and clients to understand the key technical, delivery and Professional Indemnity risks associated with engineering and construction projects.
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).
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- Head of Human Resources - Asia Pacific / Department / Human Resources Asia Pacific
- Senior Human Resources Leader
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.
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- SVP, Chief Risk Officer Australia & Head of Digital Strategy, Asia Pacific / Department
Vanessa was appointed Senior Vice President- Chief Risk Officer Australia and Head of Digital Strategy- Asia Pacific
Job Titles:
- Senior Underwriter, Energy, Property & Construction / Department
Job Titles:
- Underwriter, Casualty / Department
Weng Fatt joined Liberty in 2016 in the Casualty team as an Underwriting Assistant. Prior to joining Liberty, Went Fatt worked for a large insurer as well as for a local insurer in Malaysia.
Weng Fatt holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Diploma from the Malaysian Insurance Institute and is an Associate (CIP) in ANZIIF.
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- Head of Asia Pacific, Liberty GTS / Department
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- Assistant Underwriter, Surety / Department
As an Assistant Underwriter based in the Brisbane office, Yannick is responsible for portfolio management, credit risk analysis and product development.
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- Vice President & Head of Energy, Property & Construction, Asia / Department
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.
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.
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- Senior PST Specialist, Claims / Department
Yvonne is based in the Malaysia office and provides claim support for the First Party claims team in Asia Pacific.
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- Assistant
- Underwriter
- Assistant Underwriter / Department / Professional & Financial Risks
Department Professional & Financial Risks Main Role Underwriter responsible for writing Directors and Officers Liability business for the WA market. Personal Profile Zeron joined Liberty in 2023, having previously spent time working at international brokerages as a Financial Lines specialist advising publicly listed companies with complex risk exposures and the designing and placement of bespoke risk transfer solutions. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Banking & Finance and a Tier 1 RG146.
Job Titles:
- Senior Underwriter, Marine / Department
Based in the Singapore office, Zhen Jie is responsible for underwriting General Cargo and Project Cargo risks across Asia.
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.