Liberty GTS grows Asia-Pacific team with underwriting hires

Liberty Global Transaction Solutions (GTS), a business under Liberty Mutual Insurance’s Global Risk Solutions division, has hired three underwriters to expand its capabilities in Asia-Pacific’s growing warranty and indemnity market.

Damian Ng, underwriter at Liberty GTS, is based in Singapore. Most recently, Ng was an associate director at a large Singaporean law firm, where he worked on a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions.

Sanjeve Prakasam, underwriter at Liberty GTS, is based in Singapore, Prior to joining the company, Prakasam was a corporate lawyer in two major law firms in Malaysia, where he advised on various corporate matters in relation to mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets, corporate restructuring, and various other legal aspects of corporate and commercial transactions.

Alexandra Culas, underwriter at Liberty GTS, is based in Sydney. Prior to joining Liberty GTS, Culas worked as a corporate associate for six years at several law firms, gaining experience in working on large corporate and M&A transactions, with a focus on private equity and private M&A.

“Our Asia-Pacific office continues to go from strength to strength and the expansion of our team will be hugely beneficial to our clients,” said William Lewis, head of Asia-Pacific for Liberty GTS. “With the addition of Damian, Sanjeve and Alexandra to our team, we have one of the largest M&A underwriting teams in Asia Pacific. They all bring with them significant M&A underwriting experience and will be a fantastic addition to the team as we continue to expand our business across the region to help protect our customers from the complex risks they face in today’s M&A market.”