Heavy Industries

Department

Energy, Property & Construction

Main Role

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

Personal Profile

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

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

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

Department

Energy, Property & Construction

Main role

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

Personal profile

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

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

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

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

Department

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).

Department

Claims

Main role

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

Personal profile

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

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

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

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.

Department

Claims

Main Role

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

Personal Profile

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

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

Department

Energy, Property & Construction

Main Role

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

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

Personal Profile

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