ALARM South East seminar

Peter Andrews

Head of Risk and Information Governance, Hampshire County Council

Peter Andrews is Head of Information Governance at Hampshire County Council and has been working in the Data Protection, risk and insurance field for over 30 years.

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Henry Bermingham

Partner, Weightmans LLP

Henry is a public sector specialist with over 20 years' experience in advising public sector bodies.

He specialises in social care claims, highways, human rights, occupiers' liability, employers' liability, stress, public rights of way and 'power and duty' cases. His work includes recovery of indemnities under outsource contracts and contributions from abusers. With particular experience in CSE (Child sexual exploitation), he is used to 'press cases' and is media trained.

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Tony Cawley

Partner, Clyde & Co LLP

Tony handles a wide-range of technically-complex and catastrophic injury claims for household name insurance companies, London Market Insurers, FTSE and NYSE-listed corporates and local authority clients.

His expertise lies in dealing with high-value personal injury claims arising from employers' liability and public liability issues which are often complex in nature and include multi-party and cross-jurisdictional issues.

In particular, he handles catastrophic injury claims (spinal-injury and amputation claims) as well as complex occupational stress, harassment and bullying in the workplace claims.

Tony has defended both corporate and local authority clients on health and safety prosecutions and has undertaken some high-profile Inquest work; most notably in his role as a solicitor to the Coroner in the Inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes.

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Gavin Dawkins

Client Executive, Marsh

Before Marsh, Gavin was a Development Executive at a large independent brokerage’s new business team with responsibilities including liaising with prospects, design and execution of broking strategy, delivering presentations and requests for tenders together with design and placement of the insurance & risk programme.

Gavin completes Public Contracts Regulations compliant tender management programmes and consistently achieves the best possible results for clients.

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Kirsteen Kett

Aon

Kirsteen Kett is a Public Sector Client Director with over ten years in the sector as both client and broker. Kirsteen works closely with local authority clients to provide expertise on risks being faced in the sector including financial and cyber risks. Kirsteen has worked in both the local authority and blue light arena as a client and understands the pressures on authorities to provide the best service to local residents whilst ensuring the public purse is protected.

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Sandra McGinnis

Risk Management Consultant, JCAD Ltd

Sandra is a seasoned professional with a proven track record in local authority digitisation, lean reviews, and software rollouts. Her experience as a Risk and Governance Officer with Internal Audit has equipped her to excel as a risk management consultant at JCAD.

In her current role, Sandra leverages her expertise to assist clients in optimising their risk management processes and frameworks on their RMIS. Her responsibilities extend beyond technical know-how, encompassing strong client relationship building and the delivery of comprehensive training and support. With a strong foundation in lean methodologies and digital transformation, she brings a holistic approach to risk management.

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Francesca O'Neil

Barrister, Deka Chambers

Francesca is highly ranked by the major legal directories across her three main practice areas: clinical and professional negligence, and personal injury.

Her practice is chiefly focussed on the negligence liability of both professionals and public authorities. These include the most complex clinical negligence cases, multi-million pound claims in respect of lawyers, architects, insurance brokers and surveyors, and high profile cases examining the extent of public authorities’ duties of care. Francesca has particular expertise at trial and contested hearings and often appears unled in the High Court and against Silks. She is an accredited advocacy trainer for Inner Temple.

In 2023, she was appointed a part-time Judge of the first-tier tribunal, sitting in the Health and Social Care Chamber

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Mike Richards

Casualty Fraud Investigation Manager, Zurich Municipal

Mike Richards is the Casualty Fraud Investigation Manager for Zurich Insurance. He manages a team of casualty fraud investigators across the UK and has experience in handling complex casualty fraud investigations. He won insurance POST’s Young Investigator of the Year in 2017 and has worked in the industry for over a decade.

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Chris Webber

Client Executive, Marsh

Chris worked closely with public sector and emergency services throughout his career in claims, across a range of classes and later at a strategic level, as was the primary contact for clients, brokers, insurers and other stakeholders.

Chris completes Public Contracts Regulations compliant tender management programmes and consistently achieves the best possible results for clients.

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Paul Wheeler

Motor Fraud Investigation Manager, Zurich Municipal

Paul is a seasoned counter fraud professional with over 20 years of experience in combatting fraud across the insurance sector. Currently Paul leads the motor fraud, fraud rings and detection hub, driving impactful results in the fight against organised fraud. Under Pauls leadership, motor fraud detection increased by 28 percent and fraud ring detection improved by 16 percent in the last year. Paul specialises in innovative fraud prevention strategies, operational excellence, and delivering measurable outcomes that protect Zurich and customers alike.

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