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CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Mike
Robertson
Claire
Spedding
Ton
Van Everdink
Global Head
of Power Generation,
Liberty Specialty Markets
Commercial
Operations Manager,
National Grid
Senior Claims
Manager,
Munich Re
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Mike is currently Global Head of
Power Generation underwriting
within Liberty Specialty Markets
and has worked in the London
insurance market for over 35
years. Mike started his career
as a Construction underwriter
for American International
Underwriters before graduating
to lead CIGNA’s European
Technical Lines operations,
focussing on Construction
and Machinery Breakdown
business. Mike later joined the
Navigator’s Group as branch
manager before establishing the
Robertson Consortium at Lloyd’s
specialising in Project Cargo,
Construction, Oil and Gas and
Power Generation insurance.
Mike has more recently moved to
assume responsibility for Liberty
Specialty Markets regional
Heavy Industries product
line in addition to his Power
Generation responsibilities and
has worked for the Company
for the past 14 years. Mike
is currently a member of the
Executive Committee of the
International Association of
Engineering Insurers (IMIA).
Claire is responsible for within
year operational strategy
development, delivery and
review, forecasting demand and
embedded generation, prompt
trading in the electricity market
and financial performance of the
System Operator's key revenue
stream (+/-£30m per annum).
Since joining National Grid in
2002, Claire has worked in a
variety of roles, primarily within
the commercial and regulatory
areas of the business, with
both a GB and European focus.
Key achievements within her
career have been: development
and delivery of reforms of the
Gas Transmission Commercial
regime, successful development
and delivery of operational
preparedness for the 2012
Olympics for Gas Transmission
and negotiating key value adding
incentive schemes within that
price control. Most recently she
has been responsible for GB
electricity security of supply.
Over 20 years’ experience in
the (re)insurance industry.
Started as a loss prevention
representative with Industrial
Risk Insurers in Cleveland (OH)
doing surveys of petrochemical,
automobile, steel and power
plants. Continued doing the same
job out of Frankfurt (Germany)
visiting plants in Europe and the
Middle East.
He continued working as a risk
management consultant with
insurance broker Sedgwick in
Amsterdam (Netherlands) and
Boston (MA, USA) for clients in
the mining, power generation
and oil industry in Europe and
the USA.
Became a facultative energy
underwriter specializing in
the oil, gas, mining and power
industry at Munich American
Risk Partners. Headed the
Nairobi office as client manager
for East Africa and centre of
competence for engineering in
sub-Saharan Africa. Since June
2010 senior claims manager with
Corporate Insurance Partner
in Munich mainly dealing
with refinery, petro-chemical,
mining and power claims.
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