Liberty appoints new global financial risks manager for Asia
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance, has promoted Chris Sawyer to the role of manager, global financial risks (GFR) for the Asia-Pacific region.
Sawyer replaces Andrew Beechey, who recently moved from Singapore to London to take on a new role as head of underwriting and strategic development for Liberty’s GFR team.
Sawyer will move to Singapore from London, where he has been country and credit risk manager, global financial risks for the last 18 months.
In his new role, Sawyer will assist in the development of Liberty’s credit and political risk insurance portfolio across the Asia Pacific region, reporting to report to Beechey and to Ben Hissey, head of Liberty International Underwriters in Asia.
Sawyer will be supported in his role by Kate Enock who recently joined the Liberty team in Singapore, bringing experience gained in the credit and political risk markets in both London and Asia.
Beechey said: “We are delighted to be able to promote Chris into this new role within our team. Chris has valuable experience and knowledge of key international markets, having worked for various financial institutions around the world, including a previous period in Asia.”
“We see considerable opportunity for profitable growth in Asia-Pacific in the coming years and feel that the experience that Chris brings to this role will allow us to achieve the ambitious goals we have set for ourselves. Liberty is now one of the leading commercial insurers in the region and we will continue to invest to ensure we maintain this position.”
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