VP & Claims Manager, Professional & Financial Risks Australia
T: +61 2 8298 5956
VP & Claims Manager, Professional & Financial Risks Australia
Professional & Financial Risks Claims
Alison manages a wide range of Professional & Financial Risks claims.
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.
Vice President Claims, Casualty, Workers Compensation and Crisis Management, Asia Pacific
T: +61 2 8298 5975
Vice President Claims, Casualty, Workers Compensation and Crisis Management, Asia Pacific
Claims
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.
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.
Professional & Financial Risks Claims Manager - North Asia
T: +852 3655 2686
Professional & Financial Risks Claims Manager - North Asia
Claims
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.
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.
Senior PST Specialist, Claims
Claims
Based in Malaysia, Erliza manages a portfolio of Casualty and Professional Indemnity/D&O claims.
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.
VP & Technical Claims Manager, Professional & Financial Risks - Asia Pacific
T: +61 2 8298 5937
VP & Technical Claims Manager, Professional & Financial Risks - Asia Pacific
Professional & Financial Risks Claims
Based in Sydney, James has technical and portfolio oversight of all Professional and Financial Risk claims throughout the Asia Pacific region.
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.
Claims Recovery Manager, Asia Pacific
Claims
Jon manages and is responsible for all Recovery claims for each line of business for the Asia Pacific region.
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.
Casualty Claims Manager, North Asia
Claims
Kenneth handles Casualty and Crisis Management claims in North Asia.
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.
PST Specialist, Claims
Department
Claims
Main Role
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).
PST Specialist, Recovery
Claims
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.
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).
Vice President, First Party Claims - Asia Pacific
Claims
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.
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.
PST Specialist, Claims
Claims
Nelfi is based in Malaysia and provides support to the First Party claims team in Asia Pacific.
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.
Claims Manager, Marine
Claims
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.
Penny is currently pursuing an Advanced Diploma in General Insurance and Risk Management with the Singapore College of Insurance.
Senior Vice President & Head of Claims, Asia Pacific
Claims
As the Head of Claims, Rob leads a team of over 40 people across Asia Pacific.
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.
Assistant Vice President & Claims Manager, Retail & Outsourcing, Asia Pacific
T: +61 2 8047 3337
Assistant Vice President & Claims Manager, Retail & Outsourcing, Asia Pacific
Claims
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.
Senior PST Specialist, Claims
Claims
Yvonne is based in the Malaysia office and provides claim support for the First Party claims team in Asia Pacific.
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).
Assistant Vice President, Construction
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.
Andrew joined Liberty in 2008 when he opened the Liberty Malaysia branch office and became the Principal Officer for Malaysia Branch for 10 years. He then moved to a Construction underwriting role, focusing on Civil Construction projects throughout Asia. He started his insurance career back in 1997 with a local Malaysian insurance company. Following this, he worked as an insurance broker. Andrew has a long history of dealing with brokers in Malaysia and in the Asia region. He continues to build on these relationships as he expands the Liberty Construction book of business.
Andrew was the recipient of the prestigious Liberty Mutual Chairman’s Award in 2009. This award is given to a small handful of Liberty Mutual employees in recognition of outstanding performance. He holds a Master's in Business Administration (MBA) from Nottingham University in the United Kingdom and a Degree in Business Management from Curtin University in Western Australia. Professionally he is an Associate member of the Chartered Insurance Institute (ACII) and an Associate member of the Malaysia Insurance Institute (AMII).
Assistant Vice President, Energy Property & Construction
Energy, Property & Construction
Celine is a Senior Underwriter based in Singapore and responsible for underwriting Construction and Power risks across Asia.
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.
Senior Underwriter, Power & Construction
Energy, Property & Construction
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.
Vice President & Head of Energy, Property & Construction, Asia
T: +65 6622 9176
Vice President & Head of Energy, Property & Construction, Asia
Energy, Property & Construction
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.
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.
Assistant Vice President, Crisis Management, Asia
Crisis Management
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.
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.
Underwriter, Crisis Management
Crisis Management
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.
Ken joined Liberty in 2016 and is based in our Malaysia office. He has over eight years’ experience in the insurance industry, and prior to working with us, he was an insurance broker. Ken has been working with the Crisis Management Asia team since 2018.
Ken holds a BA (Hons) in Business Administration (Multimedia University, MY) and is a member of the Malaysian Insurance Institute. He is currently pursuing his ANZIIF Associate qualifications
Senior Underwriter, Crisis Management, Asia
Crisis Management
Si Min underwrites Liberty's Crisis Management portfolio in Asia. Her areas of focus include Product Recall, Product Contamination and Kidnap and Ransom insurance.
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.
Senior Vice President, Head of Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks - Asia
T: +65 6622 9187
Senior Vice President, Head of Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks - Asia
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.
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.
FI and D&O Portfolio Manager, Professional & Financial Risks Hong Kong
T: +852 3655 2649
FI and D&O Portfolio Manager, Professional & Financial Risks Hong Kong
Professional & Financial Risks
As a member of the Liberty Hong Kong Professional & Financial Risks team, Billy underwrites Financial Institutions and Director and Officers business in Hong Kong.
Billy began his insurance career in 2011 and joined Liberty in April 2018 with more than 7 years of experience in Financial Lines underwriting.
Underwriter, Professional & Financial Risks
Professional & Financial Risks
Specializing in underwriting Director and Officers business for the Korean market.
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.
Assistant Vice President, Professional & Financial Risks, Korea
T: +852 3655 2678
Assistant Vice President, Professional & Financial Risks, Korea
Professional & Financial Risks
Managing the Korean PFR portfolio
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.
Professional & Financial Risks Manager - China
Professional & Financial Risks
Maurice manages Liberty’s Financial Institution and Director’s & Officer’s insurance portfolio across North Asia.
Maurice has over 10 years’ experience in the insurance industry comprising various roles within international brokerage firms. He first started with Liberty in 2011 as an Assistant Underwriter before joining another large international insurer as Senior Underwriter in 2012.
In 2014 Maurice returned to Liberty where he focuses on our Financial Institution and Directors & Officers insurance portfolio.
Maurice is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
Client Business Manager, Professional & Financial Risks, Korea
T: +852 3655 2670
Client Business Manager, Professional & Financial Risks, Korea
Professional & Financial Risks
Namhun is the Client Business Manager for Liberty’s Korean Professional & Financial Risks Portfolio.
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.
Head of Energy Property Construction - APAC Commercial & Specialty
T: +61 8298 5812
Head of Energy Property Construction - APAC Commercial & Specialty
Energy, Property & Construction
Brett is responsible for the underwriting and management of the Energy, Property, Construction and Terrorism products across Asia Pacific.
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.
Assistant Vice President, Energy Property & Construction
Energy, Property & Construction
Celine is a Senior Underwriter based in Singapore and responsible for underwriting Construction and Power risks across Asia.
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.
Senior Underwriter, Power & Construction
Energy, Property & Construction
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.
Assistant Vice President - Energy, Property and Construction
T: +65 8778 7784
Assistant Vice President - Energy, Property and Construction
Energy, Property & Construction
Sara underwrites property damage and business interruption for energy (oil and gas and power, including renewables) and mining business from the Liberty Singapore office.
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.
Senior Underwriter, Energy, Property & Construction
Energy, Property & Construction
Vanessa underwrites Property Damage and Business Interruption insurance for the Onshore/Downstream Energy segment. Based in the Singapore office, she underwrites the Asia portfolio.
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.
Vice President & Head of Energy, Property & Construction, Asia
T: +65 6622 9176
Vice President & Head of Energy, Property & Construction, Asia
Energy, Property & Construction
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.
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.
Head of Casualty Specialties, Asia Pacific
Casualty
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.
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.
Senior Vice President, Head of Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks - Asia
T: +65 6622 9187
Senior Vice President, Head of Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks - Asia
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.
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.
Senior Underwriter, Casualty
Casualty
As part of the Singapore Casualty team, Daphne focuses her underwriting capabilities within the Singapore and Thailand markets.
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.
Senior Vice President, Head of Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks - Asia
T: +65 6622 9187
Senior Vice President, Head of Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks - Asia
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.
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.
Hong Kong Casualty Manager
Department
Casualty
Main Role
Benny manages the Hong Kong Casualty team with a focus on Casualty products including Products Liability, CGL, Construction Liability, Excess/Umbrella Liability in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau.
Personal Profile
Benny began his career in Casualty underwriting in Canada over 20 years ago. He joined Liberty in 2008, focusing on developing local broker segment.
Senior Underwriter, Casualty
Casualty
As part of the Singapore Casualty team, Daphne focuses her underwriting capabilities within the Singapore and Thailand markets.
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.
Senior Underwriter, Casualty
Casualty
Glory is an underwriter in the area of construction project.
Glory joined Liberty in 2023 with over 10 years experience underwriting in the Hong Kong and Macau markets for Construction TPL and EC across both international brokers and local intermediaries channels. Glory is an experienced underwriter with construction projects including renewable energy and civil infrastructure.
Glory holds a Bachelor of International Business Management and is a Senior Associate of ANZIIF.
Assistant Vice President, Casualty & SA Branch Manager
T: +61 8 8124 8508
Assistant Vice President, Casualty & SA Branch Manager
Casualty
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.
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).
Underwriter, Casualty
Department
Casualty
Main role
Casualty Underwriter
Personal Profile
Matthew joined Liberty in 2023, with previous experience in Hong Kong and Singapore as a Treaty underwriter. He is a qualified actuary, a Fellow of IFOA UK since 2018.
Assistant Vice President, Marine and Exploration & Production
T: +65 6622 9221
Assistant Vice President, Marine and Exploration & Production
Marine
Based in Singapore, Lewis underwrites marine hull, marine liabilities, builder's risk and upstream energy.
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.
Assistant Underwriter, Marine
Marine
Based in the Singapore office, Madeleine underwrites Commercial Hull, Marine Liabilities, Ship Builders' and Upstream Energy risks across Asia.
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.
Assistant Vice President, Casualty & SA Branch Manager
T: +61 8 8124 8508
Assistant Vice President, Casualty & SA Branch Manager
Casualty
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.
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).
Senior Vice President, Head of Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks - Asia
T: +65 6622 9187
Senior Vice President, Head of Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks - Asia
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.
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.
FI and D&O Portfolio Manager, Professional & Financial Risks Hong Kong
T: +852 3655 2649
FI and D&O Portfolio Manager, Professional & Financial Risks Hong Kong
Professional & Financial Risks
As a member of the Liberty Hong Kong Professional & Financial Risks team, Billy underwrites Financial Institutions and Director and Officers business in Hong Kong.
Billy began his insurance career in 2011 and joined Liberty in April 2018 with more than 7 years of experience in Financial Lines underwriting.
Head of Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks - Hong Kong
T: +852 3655 2687
Head of Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks - Hong Kong
Before joining Liberty in 2006, Christy gained experience working for a local insurance broker where she was responsible for program placement. Christy currently looks after Liberty’s Professional Indemnity portfolio, specialising in Construction Project Professional Indemnity.
Christy holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Hong Kong and is a Senior Associate of The Australian & New Zealand Institute of Insurance & Finance (ANZIIF).
Senior Underwriter, Professional & Financial Risks
Professional & Financial Risks
Davy underwrites the full suite of Professional Indemnity (PI) products, including Construction Project PI, Medical Malpractice Liability and Information Technology Liability.
Prior to joining Liberty in 2015, Davy has worked in the Professional & Financial Risks sector since 2012.
Davy holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering.
Professional & Financial Risks Manager - China
Professional & Financial Risks
Maurice manages Liberty’s Financial Institution and Director’s & Officer’s insurance portfolio across North Asia.
Maurice has over 10 years’ experience in the insurance industry comprising various roles within international brokerage firms. He first started with Liberty in 2011 as an Assistant Underwriter before joining another large international insurer as Senior Underwriter in 2012.
In 2014 Maurice returned to Liberty where he focuses on our Financial Institution and Directors & Officers insurance portfolio.
Maurice is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
Senior Underwriter, Professional & Financial Risks
Professional & Financial Risks
Queenie underwrites the full suite of Professional Indemnity (PI) products, as well as Information Technology Liability.
Queenie has worked in the insurance industry since 2010 and she joined Liberty in 2014.
Queenie holds a Bachelor of Science in Construction Economics and Management, a Master of Insurance and Risk Management, a Master of Laws, and is an ANZIIF fellow.
Head of Financial Risk Solutions, Asia Pacific
Financial Risk Solutions, Asia Pacific
Chris manages the Liberty Financial Risk Solutions business in the Asia Pacific region.
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.
Senior Underwriter, Financial Risk Solutions
Financial Risk Solutions
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.
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.
Senior Underwriter, Financial Risk Solutions, Asia Pacific
T: +65 6622 9227
Senior Underwriter, Financial Risk Solutions, Asia Pacific
Global Financial Risks
Kate works in the Financial Risk Solutions team, underwriting Credit and Political Risk in Asia Pacific.
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.
Senior Vice President, Head of Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks - Asia
T: +65 6622 9187
Senior Vice President, Head of Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks - Asia
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.
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.
Head of Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks - Hong Kong
T: +852 3655 2687
Head of Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks - Hong Kong
Before joining Liberty in 2006, Christy gained experience working for a local insurance broker where she was responsible for program placement. Christy currently looks after Liberty’s Professional Indemnity portfolio, specialising in Construction Project Professional Indemnity.
Christy holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Hong Kong and is a Senior Associate of The Australian & New Zealand Institute of Insurance & Finance (ANZIIF).
Senior Underwriter, Professional & Financial Risks
Professional & Financial Risks
Davy underwrites the full suite of Professional Indemnity (PI) products, including Construction Project PI, Medical Malpractice Liability and Information Technology Liability.
Prior to joining Liberty in 2015, Davy has worked in the Professional & Financial Risks sector since 2012.
Davy holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering.
Senior Underwriter, Professional & Financial Risks
Professional & Financial Risks
Queenie underwrites the full suite of Professional Indemnity (PI) products, as well as Information Technology Liability.
Queenie has worked in the insurance industry since 2010 and she joined Liberty in 2014.
Queenie holds a Bachelor of Science in Construction Economics and Management, a Master of Insurance and Risk Management, a Master of Laws, and is an ANZIIF fellow.
Chief Financial Officer, Asia Pacific
Finance
Adrian leads Liberty's Finance teams across the Asia Pacific region.
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.
Senior Vice President, Head of Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks - Asia
T: +65 6622 9187
Senior Vice President, Head of Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks - Asia
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.
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.
Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific
Executive
Senior Vice President - Asia Pacific.
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.
Head of Energy Property Construction - APAC Commercial & Specialty
T: +61 8298 5812
Head of Energy Property Construction - APAC Commercial & Specialty
Energy, Property & Construction
Brett is responsible for the underwriting and management of the Energy, Property, Construction and Terrorism products across Asia Pacific.
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.
Head of Financial Risk Solutions, Asia Pacific
Financial Risk Solutions, Asia Pacific
Chris manages the Liberty Financial Risk Solutions business in the Asia Pacific region.
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.
Assistant Vice President, Reinsurance, Asia Pacific
Reinsurance
Christina is responsible for the reinsurance management of Liberty's operation in Asia Pacific.
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.
Head of IT & PMO - Asia Pacific
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.
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.
Assistant Vice President & Head of War & Terrorism - Asia Pacific
T: +65 6622 9162
Assistant Vice President & Head of War & Terrorism - Asia Pacific
War and Terrorism
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.
Dipam holds a BA Honors in History.
Vice President & Chief Executive, Hong Kong
Casualty
As Branch Manager for Liberty Hong Kong, Eddie provides leadership to the team and supports them to build and manage relationships in the market.
Eddie has more than 30 years’ experience in the insurance industry. Before joining Liberty in 2006, he held management roles and regional underwriting roles with insurers and brokers in Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai and Beijing.
Eddie is a Chartered Insurer and Senior Associate of ANZIIF.
Senior Manager, Marketing & Communication
Marketing & Communications
Frankie leads our marketing and communication function across Asia Pacific and is our go-to person for events, sponsorships, advertising and partnerships.
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.
Vice President & Head of Compliance, Asia Pacific
Legal
Vice President & Head of Compliance Asia Pacific
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.
Head of Surety Asia Pacific
Surety
Head of Surety - Asia Pacific
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).
Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific
T: +61 2 8298 5800
Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific
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.
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.
Chief Risk Officer, Asia
Risk & Governance
Chief Risk Officer - Asia
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).
Head of Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks - Asia Pacific
T: +61 2 8298 5846
Head of Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks - Asia Pacific
Professional & Financial Risks
Head of Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks - Asia Pacific.
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.
President, Liberty International Insurance APAC
Executive
Matthew is responsible for running the Asia operations of Liberty Specialty Markets and leads our team of over 150 + professionals located across Asia.
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.
Assistant Vice President, Casualty & SA Branch Manager
T: +61 8 8124 8508
Assistant Vice President, Casualty & SA Branch Manager
Casualty
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.
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).
President & Managing Director, Asia Pacific
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.
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.
Senior Vice President & Head of Claims, Asia Pacific
Claims
As the Head of Claims, Rob leads a team of over 40 people across Asia Pacific.
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.
Manager, Business Intelligence & Analytics
Business Intelligence & Analytics
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.
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.
Chief Actuary, Asia Pacific
Actuarial
Chief Actuary - Asia Pacific.
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.
Head of Human Resources - Asia Pacific
Human Resources Asia Pacific
Leading the Human Resources function for Asia Pacific.
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.
SVP, Chief Risk Officer Australia & Head of Digital Strategy, Asia Pacific
T: +61 2 8298 5800
SVP, Chief Risk Officer Australia & Head of Digital Strategy, Asia Pacific
Risk & Governance & Digital Strategy
Vanessa was appointed Senior Vice President- Chief Risk Officer Australia and Head of Digital Strategy- Asia Pacific
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.
Head of Asia Pacific, Liberty GTS
Global Transaction Solutions
Head of Asia Pacific
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.
Assistant Vice President & Risk Engineer, Marine
Marine
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.
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.
Assistant Vice President, Marine and Exploration & Production
T: +65 6622 9221
Assistant Vice President, Marine and Exploration & Production
Marine
Based in Singapore, Lewis underwrites marine hull, marine liabilities, builder's risk and upstream energy.
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.
Assistant Underwriter, Marine
Marine
Based in the Singapore office, Madeleine underwrites Commercial Hull, Marine Liabilities, Ship Builders' and Upstream Energy risks across Asia.
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.
Underwriter, Marine
Marine
Developing and maintaining the marine portfolio for Hong Kong.
Snowy joined Liberty in 2009 and has 13 years' experience in the marine insurance sector, underwriting general cargo and hull risks. Snowy holds a Degree in International Business and is a Senior Associate of the Australian & New Zealand Institute of Insurance & Finance (ANZIIF).
Senior Underwriter, Marine
Marine
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.
Regional Manager, GTS - Asia Pacific
Global Transaction Solutions
Australia & New Zealand Manager
Geoffrey is a senior associate M&A underwriter based in Sydney at Liberty GTS specializing in underwriting transaction risks relating to mergers and acquisitions throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Geoffrey has worked full-time at Liberty GTS (where he previously worked for Liberty’s subsidiary Ironshore) since March 2014, following a four-month secondment in mid-2013.
Geoffrey’s prior experience includes more than five year’s legal experience at international law firm DLA Piper. He has been involved in a broad range of corporate and commercial advisory work with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions. Geoffrey also worked in London with DLA Piper UK LLP in 2012. Geoffrey holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from Sydney University and is currently completing a Masters of Law at Sydney University. Geoffrey also holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance), University of Sydney.
Head of Asia Pacific, Liberty GTS
Global Transaction Solutions
Head of Asia Pacific
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.
Senior Vice President, Head of Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks - Asia
T: +65 6622 9187
Senior Vice President, Head of Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks - Asia
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.
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.
Hong Kong Casualty Manager
Department
Casualty
Main Role
Benny manages the Hong Kong Casualty team with a focus on Casualty products including Products Liability, CGL, Construction Liability, Excess/Umbrella Liability in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau.
Personal Profile
Benny began his career in Casualty underwriting in Canada over 20 years ago. He joined Liberty in 2008, focusing on developing local broker segment.
Senior Underwriter, Casualty
Casualty
As part of the Singapore Casualty team, Daphne focuses her underwriting capabilities within the Singapore and Thailand markets.
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.
Senior Underwriter, Casualty
Casualty
Glory is an underwriter in the area of construction project.
Glory joined Liberty in 2023 with over 10 years experience underwriting in the Hong Kong and Macau markets for Construction TPL and EC across both international brokers and local intermediaries channels. Glory is an experienced underwriter with construction projects including renewable energy and civil infrastructure.
Glory holds a Bachelor of International Business Management and is a Senior Associate of ANZIIF.
Assistant Vice President, Casualty & SA Branch Manager
T: +61 8 8124 8508
Assistant Vice President, Casualty & SA Branch Manager
Casualty
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.
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).
Underwriter, Casualty
Department
Casualty
Main role
Casualty Underwriter
Personal Profile
Matthew joined Liberty in 2023, with previous experience in Hong Kong and Singapore as a Treaty underwriter. He is a qualified actuary, a Fellow of IFOA UK since 2018.
Underwriter, Casualty
Casualty
As a member of the Liberty Hong Kong Casualty team, Sandy works closely with local brokers to underwrite casualty business in North Asia.
Sandy has 11 years' experience in the casualty insurance sector, and her current focus is on underwriting CGL and products liability risks.
Sandy is a Senior Associate of the Australian & New Zealand Institute of Insurance & Finance (ANZIIF).
Senior Vice President, Head of Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks - Asia
T: +65 6622 9187
Senior Vice President, Head of Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks - Asia
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.
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.
Head of Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks - Hong Kong
T: +852 3655 2687
Head of Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks - Hong Kong
Before joining Liberty in 2006, Christy gained experience working for a local insurance broker where she was responsible for program placement. Christy currently looks after Liberty’s Professional Indemnity portfolio, specialising in Construction Project Professional Indemnity.
Christy holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Hong Kong and is a Senior Associate of The Australian & New Zealand Institute of Insurance & Finance (ANZIIF).
Senior Underwriter, Professional & Financial Risks
Professional & Financial Risks
Davy underwrites the full suite of Professional Indemnity (PI) products, including Construction Project PI, Medical Malpractice Liability and Information Technology Liability.
Prior to joining Liberty in 2015, Davy has worked in the Professional & Financial Risks sector since 2012.
Davy holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering.
Assistant Vice President, Professional & Financial Risks, Korea
T: +852 3655 2678
Assistant Vice President, Professional & Financial Risks, Korea
Professional & Financial Risks
Managing the Korean PFR portfolio
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.
Client Business Manager, Professional & Financial Risks, Korea
T: +852 3655 2670
Client Business Manager, Professional & Financial Risks, Korea
Professional & Financial Risks
Namhun is the Client Business Manager for Liberty’s Korean Professional & Financial Risks Portfolio.
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.
Senior Underwriter, Professional & Financial Risks
Professional & Financial Risks
Queenie underwrites the full suite of Professional Indemnity (PI) products, as well as Information Technology Liability.
Queenie has worked in the insurance industry since 2010 and she joined Liberty in 2014.
Queenie holds a Bachelor of Science in Construction Economics and Management, a Master of Insurance and Risk Management, a Master of Laws, and is an ANZIIF fellow.
Head of Surety Asia Pacific
Surety
Head of Surety - Asia Pacific
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).
Senior Underwriter, Surety
Surety, Asia
Tian is a Senior Underwriter focusing on North Asia markets.
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.
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.
Assistant Vice President & Head of War & Terrorism - Asia Pacific
T: +65 6622 9162
Assistant Vice President & Head of War & Terrorism - Asia Pacific
War and Terrorism
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.
Dipam holds a BA Honors in History.
Senior Underwriter, War & Terrorism
War & Terrorism
Senior Underwriter
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.
Senior Underwriter, War & Terrorism
War & Terrorism
Sherry underwrites Terrorism and Political Violence risks in Asia.
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.