Jim Roberts
2024/03/21
Jim qualified as a solicitor in 1995 and has been involved in maritime law for almost the whole of his subsequent career. He has previously been a partner in a London niche shipping law firm, and has also worked in the Piraeus office of a major law firm, mainly advising Greek owners. Jim is a Senior Claims Director in the UK Defence Club, and in addition to management of his own claims advises junior colleagues on claims strategy in FD&D disputes.
George Huxley
2024/03/21
George is the Deputy Syndicate Manager for EMEA 2 and handles an increasingly diverse range of P&I and some FD&D matters for the Greek, Italian and UK based Members.
Eleni Nomikou
2024/03/21
Eleni is a Senior Claims Executive handling people related claims.
Debbie Wood
2024/03/21
Debbie has been working for Thomas Miller for 30 years. She previously worked in Personal Injury but now works within the J1 team as a Claims Executive. She also has responsibility for the enhancement and development of the Club’s Claims Handling systems and special service projects.
David High
2024/03/21
David High is a Senior Claims Executive for EMEA2 based in the London office of the UK P&I Club
Ben Johnson
2024/03/21
Ben started in early 2015 having previously worked as a claims executive at another IG P&I Club. Prior to that he was a marine claims adjuster advising on H&M and General Average claims at a leading average adjusting firm. He has a degree in International History and Politics and completed both the Graduate Diploma in Law course and LPC.
Alisha Evans
2024/03/21
Alisha has recently joined Thomas Miller as a Trainee Claims Executive
Alec Kyrle-Pope
2024/03/21
Alec joined Thomas Miller in November 2010 having completed an LLM in Maritime & Commercial law. Prior to law school he studied Economics & Spanish. In London, he worked with a wide variety of EU and Swiss based Members, ranging from conventional Owners through to large Charterers and trading houses, handling all types of P&I and FDD disputes. In November 2014 he moved to Athens to service the UK Club’s Greek membership and returned to London in January 2018 to develop further & expand the UK Club’s Charterers book of business and product ranges.
Along with strong commercial and operational expertise, Alec has extensive experience resolving issues concerning the shipment of agricultural commodities as well as a proven track record in casualty management and salvage operations.
Alec is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and holds various trade association, including GAFTA, qualifications. He is a regular speaker & presenter at seminars, industry events and courses.
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2024/03/21
Kelly is a Claims Executive within the Club's EMEA 1 team.
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2024/03/21
Milena is a Trainee Claims Executive within the EMEA 1 team, assisting in handling Members' claims.
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2024/03/21
Alex is a Trainee Claims Executive, handling EMEA 1 claims.
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2024/03/21
Mark is a Senior Claims Executive in the EMEA 1 team, handling a mixture of P&I and FDD claims.
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2024/03/21
Jenny is a Claims Executive in EMEA 1. Jenny began her career as a Claims Broker before becoming an Insurance Manager at Asia Maritime Pacific for their fleet of 65 owned/chartered bulk carriers.
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2024/03/21
Laura is the Syndicate Manager for EMEA 1 for the UK P&I Club and the UK Defence Club, handling both P&I and FD&D cases.
Victoria Brown
2024/03/21
Victoria is a qualified solicitor and prior to joining Thomas Miller, worked for a City law firm for 10 years, where she mainly handled personal injury litigation. Victoria has a wealth of experience in handling a wide variety of people related claims, focusing particularly on crew and passenger claims in EMEA1.
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2024/03/21
Ursula is a Claims Director, specialising in various types of container claims and incidents.
Tarja Saikkonen
2024/03/21
Before joining Thomas Miller, Tarja worked as a claims adjuster for a liner owner/operator. As well as long experience in handling all types of non-people claims, including fires and larger cargo claims on Ro-Ro ships, Tarja has also extensive experience in reviewing customer service contracts for Members and assessing needs for extended P&I cover. Whilst currently concentrating on focusing on her new relationship management responsibilities and developing the Centre of Excellence for the Club, ensuring it provides high level of service to all its Members, she is still involved in day-to-day handling claims handling and advising Members on queries.
Sean Lima
2024/03/21
Sean joined EMEA1 as a Claims Executive
Sarah Valentine
2024/03/21
Sarah Valentine is the Club's Reinsurance Claims Manager and is a Senior Claims Executive, handling P&I and FD&D claims
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2024/03/21
Richard is a Claims Director, with a particular focus on ICA claims, Charterers' cover, advising on cover for various types of contracts including COUs and IMO 2020.