ALARM Midlands: Claims & change: insights for tomorrow’s risk leaders

Steve Cornfield

DWF

No bio provided

---

Samuel Dawber

DWF

No bio provided

---

Hugh Morris

Hugh has spent more than two decades helping organisations strengthen their resilience, manage uncertainty, and prepare for disruption. As Head of Strategic Risk Consulting for Gallagher Risk Management Solutions, he leads the delivery and development of Gallagher's business continuity and enterprise risk management services, supporting clients across both the public and private sectors.

Alongside his leadership role, Hugh remains an active consultant, bringing extensive hands-on experience gained since beginning his consultancy career in 2001. Prior to joining the insurance and consulting sector, he held senior in-house business continuity positions at Barclays Bank PLC and a top three UK building society, where he served as Group Business Continuity Manager.

Hugh has advised organisations of all sizes, from SMEs to FTSE 100 companies, as well as Local Authorities, and other public sector bodies and critical service providers. His practical, strategic approach combines deep technical expertise with real-world experience of helping organisations build resilience, manage risk, and respond effectively to evolving threats and challenges.

---

Shermela Toulon

Risk Assurance & Analysis Manager, Defence Infrastructure Organisation

Shermela is a Risk Assurance & Analysis Manager who started her career at a radio station as a receptionist. She had no idea in years to come she would play a role in defence as a Risk Assurance & Analysis Manager looking at infrastructure risk across the estate.

---

Paul Wainwright

Paul is head of Browne Jacobson's counter fraud and intelligence team and joint head of the fraud and financial crime practice area. Paul is responsible for fraud or financial crime investigations and asset tracing, civil fraud recoveries and financial related regulatory compliance investigations and advice. Paul’s main areas of interest include early intervention through interim injunctions and disclosure orders, investigations, asset recovery through litigation and deterrence by prosecution.

Having a wide practice area covering all sectors he regularly acts for clients in the finance, corporate, education, retail, fintech, health, charity and construction sectors. His extensive knowledge of insurance fraud in defending suspected fraudulent claims and investigating claims fraud for insurer clients has led to notable successes with findings of fundamental dishonesty as well as prosecutions for contempt of court. In addition, Paul advises on anti-fraud, bribery and corruption policy and risk management, supply chain due diligence, and regularly conducts independent investigations around compliance and governance issues. He has a growing practice of client organisations whose losses are attributable to cyber-enabled fraud and cryptocurrencies. Paul’s work is underpinned by OSINT intelligence, and he has close working relationships with forensic specialist accountants and e-disclosure teams as well as Counsel. Paul is a member of the Special Advisory Panel for the Fraud Advisory Board and the Fraud Sector Focus Team at FOIL (Forum of Insurance Lawyers) and speaks at industry events on matters including fraud, financial crime and cyber-enabled fraud.

Share

---