ALARM South East: ALARM bells are ringing

Alasdair MacDonald

Regional Underwriting Manager, Zurich Municipal

Alasdair MacDonald is the Property Underwriting Manager for Zurich Municipal. He joined Zurich Municipal in 2019 from AXA where he was Underwriting Manager for their London Real Estate team and then Regional Underwriting Manager for their South East region. Prior to that he held head office and front line senior underwriting roles with Zurich Commercial, Allianz and Aviva. His roles have exposed him to property portfolios of all sizes and the issues that impact them. 

Karen Gooch

Risk & Insurance Manager, Essex County Council

Karen has been a risk and insurance professional for 20 years, working the majority of this time in the public sector. In her role as Risk & Insurance Manager she is responsible for ensuring the council has adequate insurance and claims handling arrangements in place. Karen also leads on strategic risk management for the Council.

Steve Mappley

Insurance and Risk Manager, Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead

Steve is Risk and Insurance Manager for RB Windsor and Maidenhead where his role is to determine the Council’s risk management strategy including its risk appetite and key risks along with managing the internal claims handling function. 

Mark Scrivener

Head of Risk & Delivery Assurance, Kent County Council

Mark heads up the Integrated Risk & Delivery Assurance Team at Kent County Council that develops and implements the risk management framework across the Council. He has over ten years’ experience in strategic risk management and has previously held several business planning, business information and performance management related roles. He has been a member of ALARM for ten years and joined the ALARM South East Committee in September 2023. He is a certified member of the Institute of Risk Management, as well as a Management of Risk and Better Business Cases Practitioner. 

Corrina Young

Risk and Technical Officer, London Borough of Waltham Forest

An accomplished risk professional with 30 years’ experience spanning across a range of services within the public sector; and nine years focusing on risk management. 

Corrina has a proven track record of developing, implementing, and embedding an effective risk management framework across the Council that’s supports effective decision making and delivery of objectives.

James Wall

Director - Cyber & Technology Practice, Gallagher

James is currently a Director within the Technology & Cyber Liability Practice in Gallagher’s London Specialty department. James has spent the last eight years of his career at Gallagher's, originally as a placement broker for complex cyber risks into the London Market. He has since progressed and is the UK/International team Gallagher Specialty running a team of six placement brokers and Account Executives.

 

Gavin Dawkins

Client Executive, Marsh

Before Marsh, Gavin was a Development Executive at a large independent brokerage’s new business team with responsibilities including liaising with prospects, design and execution of broking strategy, delivering presentations and requests for tenders together with design and placement of the insurance & risk programme.

Gavin completes Public Contracts Regulations compliant tender management programmes and consistently achieves the best possible results for clients.

Chris Webber

Client Executive, Marsh

Chris worked closely with public sector and emergency services throughout his career in claims, across a range of classes and later at a strategic level, as was the primary contact for clients, brokers, insurers and other stakeholders.

Chris completes Public Contracts Regulations compliant tender management programmes and consistently achieves the best possible results for clients.

Mark Scrivener

Head of Risk & Delivery Assurance, Kent County Council

Mark heads up the Integrated Risk & Delivery Assurance Team at Kent County Council that develops and implements the risk management framework across the Council. He has over ten years’ experience in strategic risk management and has previously held several business planning, business information and performance management related roles. He has been a member of ALARM for ten years and joined the ALARM South East Committee in September 2023. He is a certified member of the Institute of Risk Management, as well as a Management of Risk and Better Business Cases Practitioner. 

Sarah Farrington

Chartered Legal Executive, DAC Beachcroft

No bio provided

Alice Jackson

Solicitor, DAC Beachcroft

Alice Jackson is a Solicitor within the Public Sector Team. She handles a wide range of employer’s liability and public liability claims at fast track and multi-track level and has experience taking claims to trial. Alice's experience includes highway claims, occupier's liability claims, construction claims and school claims. She also has experience in motor, credit hire claims and animals act cases. In addition, Alice has been on secondment with a number of local authorities.

Hazel James

Associate, DAC Beachcroft

Hazel joined DAC Beachcroft in June 2020 as an Associate in the Casualty Injury Team. Hazel is a defendant lawyer who specialises in defending local authority claims; specifically employment liability and public liability claims and asbestos disease. She has had a number of successful trial wins in this area. Prior to joining DAC Beachcroft, Hazel lead the Local Authority Disease Team at her previous firm. Hazel has successfully defended asbestos related school claims, claims involving tenants, employees and teacher exposure claims.

Polly Lane

Solicitor, DAC Beachcroft

Polly joined DAC Beachcroft from the Government Legal Department, following many years representing the Home Office and the Ministry of Defence in human rights and national security matters. She is a human rights and public law specialist with ten years' experience representing both individual claimants and public authority defendants. Her current practice focusses on defending claims against the police, social services or other public service providers for breaches of human rights, abuse, negligence, discrimination and police misconduct.

Frances Lawley

Barrister, DAC Beachcroft

No bio provided

John Palmer

Partner, DAC Beachcroft

No bio provided

Gavin Dawkins

Client Executive, Marsh

Before Marsh, Gavin was a Development Executive at a large independent brokerage’s new business team with responsibilities including liaising with prospects, design and execution of broking strategy, delivering presentations and requests for tenders together with design and placement of the insurance & risk programme.

Gavin completes Public Contracts Regulations compliant tender management programmes and consistently achieves the best possible results for clients.

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Sarah Farrington

Chartered Legal Executive, DAC Beachcroft

No bio provided

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Karen Gooch

Risk & Insurance Manager, Essex County Council

Karen has been a risk and insurance professional for 20 years, working the majority of this time in the public sector. In her role as Risk & Insurance Manager she is responsible for ensuring the council has adequate insurance and claims handling arrangements in place. Karen also leads on strategic risk management for the Council.

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Alice Jackson

Solicitor, DAC Beachcroft

Alice Jackson is a Solicitor within the Public Sector Team. She handles a wide range of employer’s liability and public liability claims at fast track and multi-track level and has experience taking claims to trial. Alice's experience includes highway claims, occupier's liability claims, construction claims and school claims. She also has experience in motor, credit hire claims and animals act cases. In addition, Alice has been on secondment with a number of local authorities.

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Hazel James

Associate, DAC Beachcroft

Hazel joined DAC Beachcroft in June 2020 as an Associate in the Casualty Injury Team. Hazel is a defendant lawyer who specialises in defending local authority claims; specifically employment liability and public liability claims and asbestos disease. She has had a number of successful trial wins in this area. Prior to joining DAC Beachcroft, Hazel lead the Local Authority Disease Team at her previous firm. Hazel has successfully defended asbestos related school claims, claims involving tenants, employees and teacher exposure claims.

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Polly Lane

Solicitor, DAC Beachcroft

Polly joined DAC Beachcroft from the Government Legal Department, following many years representing the Home Office and the Ministry of Defence in human rights and national security matters. She is a human rights and public law specialist with ten years' experience representing both individual claimants and public authority defendants. Her current practice focusses on defending claims against the police, social services or other public service providers for breaches of human rights, abuse, negligence, discrimination and police misconduct.

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Frances Lawley

Barrister, DAC Beachcroft

No bio provided

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Alasdair MacDonald

Regional Underwriting Manager, Zurich Municipal

Alasdair MacDonald is the Property Underwriting Manager for Zurich Municipal. He joined Zurich Municipal in 2019 from AXA where he was Underwriting Manager for their London Real Estate team and then Regional Underwriting Manager for their South East region. Prior to that he held head office and front line senior underwriting roles with Zurich Commercial, Allianz and Aviva. His roles have exposed him to property portfolios of all sizes and the issues that impact them. 

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Steve Mappley

Insurance and Risk Manager, Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead

Steve is Risk and Insurance Manager for RB Windsor and Maidenhead where his role is to determine the Council’s risk management strategy including its risk appetite and key risks along with managing the internal claims handling function. 

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John Palmer

Partner, DAC Beachcroft

No bio provided

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Mark Scrivener

Head of Risk & Delivery Assurance, Kent County Council

Mark heads up the Integrated Risk & Delivery Assurance Team at Kent County Council that develops and implements the risk management framework across the Council. He has over ten years’ experience in strategic risk management and has previously held several business planning, business information and performance management related roles. He has been a member of ALARM for ten years and joined the ALARM South East Committee in September 2023. He is a certified member of the Institute of Risk Management, as well as a Management of Risk and Better Business Cases Practitioner. 

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James Wall

Director - Cyber & Technology Practice, Gallagher

James is currently a Director within the Technology & Cyber Liability Practice in Gallagher’s London Specialty department. James has spent the last eight years of his career at Gallagher's, originally as a placement broker for complex cyber risks into the London Market. He has since progressed and is the UK/International team Gallagher Specialty running a team of six placement brokers and Account Executives.

 

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Chris Webber

Client Executive, Marsh

Chris worked closely with public sector and emergency services throughout his career in claims, across a range of classes and later at a strategic level, as was the primary contact for clients, brokers, insurers and other stakeholders.

Chris completes Public Contracts Regulations compliant tender management programmes and consistently achieves the best possible results for clients.

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Corrina Young

Risk and Technical Officer, London Borough of Waltham Forest

An accomplished risk professional with 30 years’ experience spanning across a range of services within the public sector; and nine years focusing on risk management. 

Corrina has a proven track record of developing, implementing, and embedding an effective risk management framework across the Council that’s supports effective decision making and delivery of objectives.

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