Gallagher Re bolsters APAC business with senior hires

Roshan Perera (pictured directly above) joined Gallagher Re as executive director of the Asia-Pacific regional development team. Based in Kuala Lumpur, he supports strategic client engagement around risk, capital, and earnings issues in the region. Perera has extensive experience in addressing complex insurance issues in both the public and private sector. He was most recently a partner at NMG Consulting and has over 20 years of experience delivering actuarial and strategic advisory projects across developed and emerging markets.

Cliff Downing (pictured directly above) was appointed executive director in a senior, regional property role, covering both treaty and facultative disciplines. With over 35 years’ industry experience, Downing has worked in Australia, London, Singapore and Malaysia and has been involved in some of the largest and more complex reinsurance programmes for insureds and reinsureds across the Asia-Pacific region, including Japan and Australasia.

Richard Sanders (pictured directly above) was appointed research and advisory lead in Asia-Pacific, bringing 30 years’ experience in the field of catastrophe modelling and risk analysis. Sanders will work with Gallagher Re’s teams in the region and with the wider Gallagher Re practice and product groups to enhance their regional capabilities in areas such as climate and broader ESG themes. He will also act as the principal contact point for public-private partnerships in Asia-Pacific.

Hitoshi Sonobe (pictured directly above) was hired as head of analytics for Malaysia. Based in Kuala Lumpur, Sonobe will be at the forefront of Gallagher Re’s analytics proposition for its Malaysian client base while leading the growing local team. He will build on the delivery of ground-up reinsurance analytics, while strengthening the cohesion of advice across the risk spectrum.

Andy Hulme joined Gallagher Re as head of actuarial for Australia and New Zealand. A qualified actuary by profession, Hulme brings more than 25 years of experience in the reinsurance industry, having worked in both direct insurance companies and reinsurance brokers across the UK and Australia, including experience in the wider APAC region. During this time, he provided trusted advice to a range of government and commercial entities in relation to insurance risk transfer.

“Earlier this year we announced the appointment of our new Australian CEO, Heather Bone, as well as the expansion of our Australian team with a raft of key client-focused hires,” said Mark Morley, managing director of Asia-Pacific at Gallagher Re. “These latest senior appointments build out our strategic analytical, actuarial and client engagement capabilities across the wider Asia-Pacific region, which continues to be a significant growth area for Gallagher Re. Investment in attracting and retaining talent and expertise will always be a priority for us to support the evolution of our client proposition and we are excited by the breadth and depth of experience that our new colleagues bring to the team; their input will be essential to our continued success in the region.”