Senior Managing Consultant
London, UK
Over 20 years experience in the provision of insurance advisory services to loss adjusters, solicitors, insurers and re-insurers on major and complex property and energy losses, with further project management, construction and contract cost control of property and industrial engineering projects in the United Kingdom and Overseas. Experienced on losses under both operational and construction/erection policies arising from all forms of property damage such as natural disasters, fires, explosions and failures.
Responsible for leading or coordinating the team’s response on major and complex one-off and CAT losses throughout the world. Has been involved in the management, co-ordination and delivery of multi-disciplinary teams providing a wide range of engineering, geotechnical and quantum and costing advice across all aspects of the built environment. Provided the detailed quantum and cost input on many of these Losses and also the mitigation, production analysis associated with reinstatement timelines and critical path programmes for losses involving business interruption.
Work includes carrying out post-Loss damage surveys; monitoring and project management of reinstatements, co-ordinating and reporting on causation investigations, managing the engineering and costing team’s responses; leading engineering input to quantity surveyors for the provision of quantum and cost assessments; reviewing the Insured’s proposed reinstatement budgets, purchase orders, tenders and reinstatement programmes; production of notional reinstatement works programmes as comparison to the Insured’s own programmes; assisting when required with specific input on Contents and Business Interruption matters; detailed review of documentation provided by the Insured and close liaison with their advisors; and supporting Insurers and Loss Adjusters at meeting with the Insured and Insurers / Re-Insurers.
Prior to this was involved in a variety of construction and engineering projects including a variety of commercial and retail developments, tall towers, infrastructure, airfields, military facilities, port developments, power stations (thermal & combined cycle) and waste processing plants. Involved in all stages of projects from conceptual designs, option studies, outline design, production of tender documentation, detailed design and on-site supervision of construction works before moving into dispute resolution services.
Countries Worked in: Abu Dhabi, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Botswana, Bulgaria, Chile, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Latvia, Malta, Morocco, The Netherlands, Norway, The Oman, Peoples Republic of China, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Peru, Qatar, Romania, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, USA and Virgin Islands.