London
A Bilbrough & Co Ltd
50 Leman Street
London E1 8HQ
UK
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7772 8000
Fax: +44 (0)20 7772 8200
Email: london@londonpandi.com
Piraeus
Fifth Floor
Ionion Building
Akti Miaouli & 2, II Merarchias Street
185 35 Piraeus
Greece
Telephone: +30 210 458 6600
Fax: +30 210 458 6601
Email: piraeus@londonpandi.com
Hong Kong
Unit 3603
36/F Citicorp Centre
18 Whitfield Road
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
Telephone: +852 3761 5678
Fax: +852 283 82001
Email: hongkong@londonpandi.com
Europe
Esperidon 5
Floor 4
Strovolos, 2001
Nicosia
Cyprus
Telephone: +357 25 26 08 00
Fax: +357 25 26 08 02
Email: cyprus@londonpandi.com
Korea (AB Korea)
17th Floor
Gong-Deok Building
11 Saechang-ro
Mapo-gu
Seoul
Republic of Korea.
Telephone: +82 2 704 7440
Email: london@ab-korea.com
For further information on the London P&I Club and any of our services, do not hesitate to contact one of the following individuals.
Ian Gooch - Chief Executive
Ian was appointed Chief Executive in 2009. A qualified barrister, he joined Bilbrough in 1991 and worked in and subsequently headed the Company’s Greek Office between 1995-2000. Appointed a Claims Director in 2003, Ian has more recently been responsible for members in the Far East and the US, as well as representing the Club on a number of International Group sub-committees and working groups.
Anthony Jones - Director
Anthony’s wide-ranging responsibilities include corporate administration, regulatory, IT and personnel matters. He is also the Club’s Chief Risk Officer (CRO). He joined Bilbrough immediately after gaining his law degree and, apart from three years working outside the P & I industry in the early 1990s, has been with the team ever since. He became a Director of Bilbrough in 2000 and also joined the Club Board in 2017. Anthony has served on a number of International Group sub-committees, including a long spell as Chairman of the Regulatory Affairs sub-committee. He was appointed as Interim CEO of the Club’s new Cyprus subsidiary in December 2020.
Iain Paul - Director
Iain is responsible for all accounting, treasury, investment and Club reinsurance affairs and works with Anthony Jones on regulatory matters. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1998 with PricewaterhouseCoopers and, after a three-year spell working in Bermuda’s insurance and reinsurance industry, joined Bilbrough in 2002. He became a Director in 2008.
Steve Roberts - Director
Steve manages major P&I claims and supervises the claims team, particularly those handling P&I and FD&D matters for the Greek membership. He joined Bilbrough in 1981, working in the Greek office from 1989 to 1993, and became a Director in 2008.
Ian Barr - Director
Before joining Bilbrough in 1997, Ian worked both at sea and in ship management. In addition to his claims role, he is part of the Bilbrough team that produces loss prevention literature, including the StopLoss Bulletin. He became a Director in 2010.
Reto Toggwiler - Director
Reto joined Bilbrough in 1994 and has been involved in underwriting many of the Club’s Far Eastern, Greek and North European members. He became a Director in 2014 and now has overall responsibility for underwriting the Club’s worldwide membership.
Victoria Papageorgiou - Associate Director
Victoria joined the Claims team at Bilbrough in 2006 having previously worked for a prestigious Greek shipowner. From 2007 Victoria continued to handle both P&I and FD&D claims on behalf of the local membership during her time in the Piraeus office. In January 2015 Victoria joined the underwriting department in London and she deals predominantly with members based in Greece, Germany, Singapore and South Korea. Victoria’s first language is English and she is also a Greek native speaker.
Mark Esdale - Associate Director
Mark joined Bilbrough in March 2021. He has over 20 years’ experience in the P&I industry, starting his career with a P&I Club, underwriting small craft business, before moving on to help establish and develop a fixed premium facility for another P&I Club. Marks main focus will be to oversee and further develop the Club’s fixed premium business.
Ben McKeith - Senior Underwriter
Ben joined Bilbrough in 2005 having graduated from Loughborough University and underwrites the Club’s Greek, Italian, Turkish and South American members.
Rodney Cook - Underwriter
Rodney joined Bilbrough in 2011 after studying Computer Science at the University of York. He now underwrites members based in the Middle East, India and Greece, with a particular focus on charterer’s liability covers.
Guy Ingham - Underwriter
Guy started his career at Bilbrough in 2010 and joined the Underwriting department after 10 years on the Claims team. He predominantly deals with the Club’s European and South American based Members. He has completed the CII accredited International Group P&I Qualification.
George Dickson - Underwriter
George has joined the underwriting department at Bilbrough following 5 years with a fixed premium provider specialising in European commercial business. He joins the team with a focus on both the mutual and fixed sides of the Club’s business.
Keith Attwood - Senior Underwriting Assistant
Keith is responsible for ensuring all vessels entered with the Club comply with pollution certification requirements. He also has extensive experience dealing with liner claims and ship inspections and joined Bilbrough in 1974.
Catherine Lain - Senior Underwriting Assistant
Catherine has worked in marine insurance for global brokers since 1989, specialising in P&I since 1993. She joined Bilbrough in 2015 and provides support for the Underwriters in all areas with a particular focus on charterer’s liability and fixed premium covers.
Connor Hammond - Senior Underwriting Assistant
Connor joined Bilbrough in April 2017. His work in the Underwriting section includes responsibility for the production of documentation on the owners and charterers, mutual and fixed premium sides of the Club’s business.
Maria Milonas - Secretary
Maria first joined Bilbroughs in 1975. She moved to the Underwriting Department in 2001 and is principally responsible for producing mortgage and war risks documentation.
Carl Durow - Loss Prevention Manager
Carl joined Bilbrough as Claims Handler in July 2009. He is a Master Mariner with working experience of LPG, LNG, Crude Oil, Deep Water Anchor Handling operations and Offshore Marine Support. A qualified Senior Dynamic Positioning Operator finishing his sea going career on Seismic Survey vessels, Carl holds a BSc (Hons) Degree in Maritime Studies.
Reuben Porter - Loss Prevention Executive
Reuben joined Bilbrough in 2019. He previously worked at sea in the container industry before achieving a BSc (Hons) Degree in Nautical Science from Liverpool John Moores University. His work involves arranging ship inspections and pre-loading steel surveys, the majority for the Club’s Far Eastern members as well as for Members located in Greece and Germany.
Konrad Heene - Associate Director Corporate Counsel
Konrad handles both P&I and FD&D claims primarily on behalf of the Club’s Greek members and spent three years based in the Piraeus office, returning to London in September 2008. He joined Bilbrough in 2003 after working as an in-house lawyer for a Danish shipping group and practising with Holman Fenwick Willan. He read Law in Belgium and England and qualified as an English solicitor in 1999. Konrad speaks Dutch, French and German.
Rachel Bellsham-Revell - Associate Director
Rachel uses her experience of working in both Greece and Denmark to help in her day-to-day job handling both P&I and FD&D claims, primarily on behalf of the Club’s Greek members. She joined Bilbrough in 2005 having qualified as a solicitor in 1998 with Norton Rose. She is a French speaker.
Ian Carter - Associate Director
Ian works mainly with North American and Greek members, covering a wide range of claim types. In addition he acts as secretary to the Club’s Claims Review Body. Previously he spent many years working on injury and death claims, mostly in the US. He joined Bilbrough in 1981.
Simon Leslie - Associate Director
Simon manages the claims team handling both P&I and FD&D matters for Members based in the Far East, South East Asia, New York and parts of Europe. Having qualified as a solicitor in 1998, he practised maritime law from qualification at Ince & Co, spending a period of time based in Singapore. Simon joined Bilbrough in 2008.
Garry Stevens - Associate Director
Garry manages the claims team handling both P&I and FD&D matters for Israeli, Italian, Turkish, and UK based members. He began his career at sea in 1971 where he attained the rank of First Officer. He joined Bilbrough in 1996 from another P&I Club, and became an Associate Director in 1998. He is the Club’s representative on the International Group sub-committee for Correspondents and speaks Spanish and French.
Paul Amos - Senior Claims Manager
Paul joined Bilbrough in October 2012 from another International Group Club and handles P&I claims on behalf of the Club’s Greek members. Paul holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Maritime Studies and has worked both at sea and in ship management.
Karis Barton - Senior Claims Manager
Karis, a law graduate, completed her training contract at Holman Fenwick Willan LLP and qualified as a solicitor in 2011, specialising in international commercial dispute resolution and litigation, focusing mainly on dry shipping matters. After 6 years at Holman Fenwick Willan, Karis joined Bilbrough in September 2015. She deals with both FD&D and P&I claims, focusing particularly on FD&D matters for the Club’s charterer members. Karis is a Spanish speaker.
Paul Bixley - Senior Claims Manager
Paul uses his experience of seven years in the Hong Kong office in his current role dealing with claims concerning the Far Eastern, Indian, Norwegian and German membership. He also works with many of the Greek members and has broad experience of P&I and FD&D cases. He is a law graduate and joined Bilbrough in 1987.
Simon Chapman - Senior Claims Manager
Simon, a graduate in law, joined Bilbrough in 1990. He works primarily with the Club’s Israeli, and London based Greek members, handling all manner of P&I casualties including collision, salvage, general average, dock damage, pollution and cargo claims. He also works on the resolution of FD&D disputes.
Janet Ching - Senior Claims Manager
Janet deals with both P&I and FD&D claims, and is part of the Bilbrough teams on sanctions and News Alerts. Janet read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Oxford, before qualifying as an English solicitor in 2000. She has worked for law firms in the City of London and Shanghai, and International Group Clubs in Oslo and London. She practised maritime law at Holman Fenwick Willan for five years prior to joining Bilbrough in June 2013.
Reine Gomis - Senior Claims Manager
Reine studied Law in Paris. She joined Bilbrough in 2009 and works on a range of P & I cases on behalf of the Club’s members. She speaks fluent French.
Ioana Gonciari - Senior Claims Manager
Ioana, a qualified English solicitor, re-joined the Club in June 2020, after spending 10 years with another IG P&I Club in London. Ioana originally worked in the Legal department of one of the largest pool operators before first joining the Club. Ioana handles P&I and FD&D matters for Owners and Charterers based mainly in South East Asia and Korea as well as being part of the Club’s Contract Review Team. She holds an LLM in Maritime Law from Southampton University.
Steven Kirk - Senior Claims Consultant
Steven joined the Club in 2018 and handles P&I and FDD claims on behalf of the Club’s Greek members. Steven has handled P&I claims since 1986, having worked for International Group Clubs and commercial Fixed Premium providers. He was Claims Manager for a Shipmanager in Cyprus from 1990 to 1992. Before joining the Club, Steven was head of claims at a commercial Fixed Premium P&I provider.
Daniel McHarg - Senior Claims Manager
Daniel deals with claims relating to both P&I and FD&D matters, mainly on behalf of the Club’s Greek members. A qualified solicitor, Dan joined Bilbrough in 1999 having practised maritime law with Thomas Cooper & Stibbard.
Isabella Merlin - Senior Claims Manager
Isabella qualified as an English solicitor in 2004 and worked for 9 years in an international shipping firm. Thereafter she worked for 5 years in the claims department of one of the largest independent pool and commercial management companies. She joined the London Club in late 2018 and handles primarily FDD disputes for Charterers based in the Mediterranean, Switzerland, Black Sea, UAE and India. Isabella speaks several Western European languages and is qualified to practice law in Italy.
Paris Pantelis - Senior Claims Manager
Paris is an English solicitor dealing with a wide range of FD&D and P&I claims, focusing primarily on FD&D matters for the Club’s Charterer Assureds. He read law at the Universities of Athens and Berlin and holds an LL.M from UCL. A dual qualified lawyer, admitted also as an advocate in Greece, Paris practised maritime and international sanctions law with leading City firms before joining the London Club in 2018. He speaks Greek and German.
Philip Skinner - Senior Claims Manager
Philip worked in the Piraeus office from 1985, returning to London in 2007. He handles P&I and FD&D claims for the Club’s Greek members. He joined Bilbrough in 1975, initially in the underwriting team.
Edward Waite - Senior Claims Manager
Edward worked in Japan in the maritime industry for a number of years before returning to England and working for an International Group P&I Club. Subsequently he trained as solicitor at the niche maritime law practice before joining HFW in 2008. While at HFW he was seconded for one year to another P&I Club where he handled FD&D cases. Edward joined Bilbrough's in June 2017 and handles a range of P&I and FD&D disputes primarily for the club's Greek membership.
John Warman - Senior Claims Manager
John handles a variety of P&I and FD&D claims on behalf of the Club’s Greek members. He Joined Bilbroughs in London in 1993, having served as a deck officer in the British Merchant Navy for 12 years and graduated with an environmental science degree.
Gary Beale - Claims Manager
Gary worked at a leading international law firm in London in the marine and international trade team for five years before joining Bilbrough in 2020. He handles both P&I and FD&D matters mainly on behalf of the Club’s European, Turkish and Ukrainian Members. He is a South African qualified lawyer, and holds an LLM in Shipping Law from the University of Cape Town, and MSc from the World Maritime University in Sweden.
Anthony Cage - Claims Manager
Anthony joined Bilbrough in 2016 after working in UK container exports at a Chinese shipping company for 4 years. He worked in the Club's ship inspection department prior to joining the claims team in 2018. Anthony handles P and I claims predominantly for the Club's European members.
Pinar Demirel-Batur - Claims Manager
Pinar, an international law graduate, completed her training contract in a London City law firm and qualified as a solicitor in 2013, specialising in shipping litigation. Pinar joined The London Club in 2015. She handles range of P&I and FD&D matters for the club’s Turkish members. Pinar is bilingual in Turkish and English.
Mathilde Devillers - Claims Manager
Mathilde joined the Club in 2021. She is a French law graduate and holds an LLM in International Shipping Law from Queen Mary University of London. Mathilde handles P&I and FD&D claims mainly on behalf of the Club’s Greek Members.
Victoria Dyson - Claims Manager
Victoria joined Bilbrough in 2010, she handles P&I Claims for Bulk and Container Members. Before joining Bilbrough, Victoria was European Claims Handler at Hyundai Merchant Marine (European Headquarters), specialising in cargo related claims and prior to that, spent 6 years working as a Claims Handler for Freight Forwarder, JF Hillebrand.
Aggeliki Geroukis - Claims Manager & Solicitor
Aggeliki is an English solicitor dealing with a wide range of FD&D and P&I claims, focusing primarily on the Club’s Turkish membership. She read law at the University of Athens and holds an LL.M from City University of London. A dual qualified lawyer, admitted also as an advocate in Greece, Aggeliki worked in another International Group P & I Club before joining the London Club in 2019. She speaks Greek and French.
Afroditi Karava - Claims Manager
Afroditi joined the Club in 2018. She studied law and holds an LLM in Shipping Law from the University of Cardiff. She worked in the Club’s ship inspection department prior to joining the claims team in 2019. She handles P&I and FD&D claims predominantly on behalf of the Club’s European Owner Members and Charterers. She speaks Greek, French and Spanish.
Tim Johnson - Claims Manager
Tim is an English qualified solicitor with 12 years’ experience of contentious and non-contentious maritime work in specialist shipping law firms in the City of London, predominantly in dry shipping. Tim joined the Club in June 2020 and handles a range of FDD and P&I matters for members based predominantly in Korea, South East Asia, Germany and Eastern Europe.
Juanita Low - Claims Manager and Solicitor
Juanita is a duo qualified solicitor. She has practised as an English solicitor since 2007 specialising in shipping, trade and logistics. Prior to that she was an advocate and solicitor in Singapore from 2001 specialising in shipping and commercial litigation. She joined the London Club in 2020 and deals with a wide range of F&D and P&I claims. Juanita is also fluent in Mandarin.
Sintija Sona - Claims Manager
Sintija handles a wide variety of P&I claims for the Club’s Members and Assureds. She joined the Club’s Loss Prevention Department in 2015 and moved to the Claims team in 2016. Sintija studied Economics and Commercial Diplomacy in Riga and did her MBA studies in Strasbourg. Before joining the Club she worked in insurance broking and London insurance market research. In addition to English, she speaks French, Latvian and Russian.
Jill Watts - Claims Manager
Jill principally works with the Personal Injury department, primarily dealing with US asbestosis cases and, more recently, general aspects of crew claims. She joined Bilbrough in 1978 as a junior Underwriting Clerk, before joining the Credit Control department where she worked between 1988 and 1994.
Joanna Pavlidis - Associate Director and General Manager
Having worked at a shipping firm, Joanna joined Bilbrough in 1997 and moved to Piraeus in August 2000. She became General Manager of the Piraeus office in 2005. Joanna handles a variety of P&I and FD&D claims. Joanna speaks Greek and French.
Ioanna Exadaktylou - Senior Claims Manager
After reading Law and Politics at University, Ioanna gained a Masters in Maritime Law in the UK. During this time, she had some experience with another P&I club. Ioanna joined the Club in 2008 and handles both P&I and FD&D claims predominantly on behalf of the Club’s Greek members. Ioanna speaks Greek, English and French.
Fay Lampropoulou - Senior Claims Manager
Fay studied Law at the University of Athens, before gaining a Masters in Maritime Law in the UK. She qualified as a lawyer in Greece and she is member of the Athens Bar Association. Having started her career at a shipping firm in Piraeus, she joined Bilbrough in 2012. She handles both P&I and FD&D claims, primarily on behalf of the Club’s Greek members. She speaks Greek, French and Spanish.
Mira Milouseva - Claims Manager
A qualified solicitor, joined the Club in 2014 after practising maritime law in an English law form for six years. Handles both P&I and FD&D matters on behalf of Greek Members. Trilingual in English, Greek and Bulgarian; also speaks Russian and French.
Despina Malaxianaki - Claims Manager
A Greek lawyer, joined the Club in 2014 having spent 20 years as an in-house Counsel for a Greek shipowning company. Handles P&I and FD&D matters. Speaks Greek, French and Spanish.
Athina Sirimi - Senior Marketing Executive
Athina graduated from the University of Piraeus before gaining a Masters in International Transport in the UK. She started her career in a shipping company in Piraeus handling insurance and claims, and then worked for a short time at a broking firm. In 2002 she joined another International Group Club, working in Underwriting. She joined Bilbrough in December 2012
Andreas Vrontakis - Senior Claims Manager
Andreas studied Law and gained a Masters in Commercial & Maritime Law in the UK. He is a qualified lawyer in Greece and he started his career in shipping by joining a Greek shipping company in 2007 where he remained for several years before working for a German shipping company in Hamburg. He joined Bilbrough in mid 2016. He handles both P&I and FD&D claims on behalf of Greek Members.
Ben Tyler - Claims Manager
Ben studied Law and gained a Masters in Medical Law from Cardiff University School of Law. He joined the Club in 2018, having spent 10 years with a Maritime Claims Consultancy in Piraeus. He handles both P&I and FD&D claims on behalf of Greek Members.
Frank He - Associate Director and General Manager
Frank joined Bilbrough 2013 and became a Head of the Hong Kong office in February 2020. He graduated from Dalian Maritime University in 2006 and obtained the Master Degree in Maritime Law in Southampton in 2012. Before joining the Club, Frank used to work as a marine underwriter in Shanghai, and following this as a claims manager for one shipping company in Singapore. Frank is currently responsible for marketing the Club in a number of countries and areas in the Far East as well as underwriting and claims management of the Club’s Hong Kong office. Apart from his broad experiences in the fields of P&I underwriting and casualty claims, his current work also explores prospects of the Club to offer extensions of standard cover and specialist operations once owners, charterers, traders and operators are engaged in different shipping sectors, including the offshore area.
Tiandu (Deborah) Yu - Associate Director and Deputy General Manager
Deborah deals with both P&I and FD&D claims on behalf of the Far Eastern membership. She qualified as a lawyer in the People’s Republic of China in 1998 and practised law there prior to joining Bilbrough’s London office in 2007. Deborah became an Associate Director and relocated to the Hong Office in 2019, and took over as Deputy General Manager in February 2020. She is a Mandarin speaker.
John Williams - Consultant
John, a qualified barrister, has been in his current role since 1994, where he is responsible for co-ordinating claims handling for Far East members. The Hong Kong office also assists all members whose ships encounter problems in the region, particularly mainland China. John joined Bilbrough in 1977 and was posted to Hong Kong in 1980. He became an Associate Director in 1998.
Fiona Pounds - Associate Director
Fiona is an English qualified lawyer. She trained and worked in London with Ince & Co and went on to spend three years working for the firm in Shanghai where she advised commodities traders, charterers, owners and shipyards. She later joined the shipping and offshore practice of Wikborg Rein in London, where she gained valuable experience in handling LMAA arbitrations. Prior to joining the London P&I Club, she worked at another IG Club in their Offshore Syndicate. Fiona has experience in a range of commercial litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution matters with an emphasis on shipping and shipbuilding, as well as advising on and drafting charter terms and other agreements. On the P&I side, she has particular experience of offshore/specialist vessels and towage claims. Fiona handles both P&I and FD&D matters and is a member of the Contract Review Team.
Jing Liu - Senior Claims Manager
Jing joined Bilbrough in July 2019. She previously worked for another IG P&I Club in Hong Kong for 11 years, handled P&I and H&M claims. She later worked in a shipowning company for 8 years and was responsible for ship operations/management, chartering and insurance matters. Prior to joining the London P&I Club, she worked in a marine insurance broker. Jing is a graduate of Dalian Maritime University, and has an LLM from Southampton University.
Queenie Choi - Claims Manager
Queenie joined Bilbrough in February 2015 handling principally P&I matters with special emphasis on crew and shore worker claims. She graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University with a BBA degree in International Shipping and Transport Logistics. Prior to joining Bilbrough, Queenie worked in the claims/operations departments of several shipowning companies in Hong Kong and for a marine insurance broker also in Hong Kong. She speaks both Cantonese and Mandarin.
Vincent Yiu-hong Yeung - Claims Manager
Vincent joined Bilbrough in May 2018. He graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Civil Engineering as well as a Bachelor of Laws degree. He was qualified as a Hong Kong solicitor in 2015, and previously worked for a Hong Kong shipping law firm. Vincent handles both FD&D and P&I files, primarily on behalf of the Club’s Far Eastern membership. He speaks Cantonese, Mandarin and English.
Stan Quan - Claims Manager
Stan joined Bilbrough in June 2020. He graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University with the Master Degree in International Shipping and Transport Logistics and, subsequently, gained experience in respect of marine insurance from Hong Kong based broker firms. His work involves arranging ship inspections, pre-loading and pre-cautionary surveys in addition to deal with cargo and personnel claims for the Club’s Far East Members.
Dhananjay Das Podiyatvariyam - Claims Manager
Dhananjay joined Bilbrough in July 2020. He holds a MSc(Distinction) degree in International Shipping & Transport Logistics from HK PolyU. Before joining Bilbrough, Dhananjay has worked at sea as a Navigating officer with one of the world’s largest container shipping company responsible for planning, safe execution of voyages and maintaining high safety standards on board. He stepped ashore in the role as a Marine Surveyor, where he was predominantly representing P&I clubs for Entry condition surveys, cargo damage surveys, casualty investigation etc. He is also a class certified IHM expert. Dhananjay currently handles P&I Claims on behalf of the club’s Far eastern membership.
James Giles - Underwriter
James joined the underwriting department at Bilbrough in 2018 having previously worked for another International Group Club within their Claims department. He joined our Hong Kong office in 2021 and deals with Members in the Far East.
Kitson Fung - Underwriter
Kitson joined Bilbrough in January 2017 and underwrites members based in Asia. He graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University with a BBA degree in International Shipping and Transport Logistics. Prior to joining Bilbrough, Kitson worked in the several marine insurance broking firms in Hong Kong. He speaks both Cantonese and Mandarin.
Mei Lau - Senior Underwriting Assistant
Before joining Bilbrough in 2018, Mei worked at the Lloyd’s Syndicate of a global leading reinsurer in Hong Kong. She provides support for the underwriting team mainly in production of documentations. In addition, she also assists for the compliance and audit issues as well as reinsurance affairs. She became a Senior Underwriting Assistant in 2021.
Wenjie Gao - Marketing Executive and Deputy Underwriter
Wenjie began his career at sea in 2011 after graduating from Shanghai Maritime University. He also worked at the marine stream operation of a major liner company in Hamburg in addition to being the third officer on board of their container vessels. Before joining Bilbrough in 2019, Wenjie obtained a Master degree from Newcastle University, and gained experience of marine underwriting in mainland China. As Marketing Executive and Deputy Underwriter, he predominantly deals with marketing affairs and underwrites members based in mainland of China.
Raymond Chan - Consultant
Raymond handles a broad range of claims with emphasis on collisions, fixed and floating objects and pollution. Prior to joining Bilbrough in 1977 he worked for a Hong Kong shipowner and subsequently spent four years with a firm of P&I correspondents in Vancouver from 1989 before returning to Bilbrough. He is a Cantonese and Mandarin speaker. He retired and became a consultant in November 2015.
Anthony Jones - Chief Executive Officer (Interim)
Anthony’s wide-ranging responsibilities include corporate administration, regulatory, IT and personnel matters. He is also the Club’s Chief Risk Officer (CRO). He joined Bilbrough immediately after gaining his law degree and, apart from three years working outside the P & I industry in the early 1990s, has been with the team ever since. He became a Director of Bilbrough in 2000 and also joined the Club Board in 2017. Anthony has served on a number of International Group sub-committees, including a long spell as Chairman of the Regulatory Affairs sub-committee. He was appointed as Interim CEO of the Club’s new Cyprus subsidiary in December 2020.
Costas Kozakis - Chief Financial Officer
Costas is responsible for the finance function and the regulatory reporting of the European entity of the Club. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PwC in 2010 and has been in the insurance industry since 2016. He joined Bilbrough in 2020.
Athina Sirimi - Head of Underwriting (Europe)
Athina graduated from the University of Piraeus before gaining a Masters in International Transport in the UK. She started her career in a shipping company in Piraeus handling insurance and claims, and then worked for a short time at a broking firm. In 2002, she joined another International Group Club, working in Underwriting. She joined Bilbrough in December 2012.
Greg Hahn - Representative Director
Greg worked for one of the major shipping companies in Korea before he started to work for the London P&I Clubs’ Korean members in 2018 and became the head of the Korean office in 2020. He graduated from the University of Auckland with Bcom and BA majoring in Management and Business Management. Greg is the Representative Director of AB Korea responsible for supporting the Club’s membership in South Korea and is involved with both P&I and FD&D claims, primarily on behalf of the Club’s Korean members. He speaks Korean, English and Japanese.
Joo Hyun Park - General Manger
Joo Hyun joined AB Korea Office in 2021 and has overall responsibility for assisting underwriting and claims for the Club’s Korean members. Prior to joining the AB Korea, she was in charge of marine insurance and various claims at global shipping companies for over 10 years in both the US and Korea. She also has experience working as part of a shipping operations division overseeing the commercial side and ship management. Joo Hyun speaks Korean and English.