Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has announced a series of risk engineering appointments in energy, power, and construction across the UK and MENA.
Richard Mundy has been named Principal Risk Engineer – Energy. Based in London, he will be responsible for managing an expanding global client portfolio in the energy sector, focusing on complex upstream, downstream, and construction energy risks, while driving strategic portfolio growth across the UK and MENA.
He will directly report to Paddy Lisulo, UK & MENA Risk Engineering Manager at Liberty Specialty Markets.
Mundy joins LSM from bp, where he served as Lead Process and Process Safety Engineer. Prior to that, he spent six years at Starr Companies, most recently serving as Senior Risk Engineer.
Taz Chowdhury has been appointed Risk Engineer – Power, and will also be based in London and report to Lisulo. In this role, he will support the power line of business across UK and MENA, performing risk appraisals, risk engineering surveys, and providing technical input on claims.
Chowdhury joins with nearly seven years of industry engineering experience across UK, MENA, APAC and Europe. Most recently, he served as Senior Plant Equipment Engineer for the Rolls-Royce Small Modular Nuclear Reactor.
LSM has also named Sam McLachlan as Risk Engineer – Construction. Based in Dubai, McLachlan will provide technical risk engineering support to the MENA construction team, with his hands-on delivery experience on complex international construction projects helping to support profitable underwriting of the MENA construction portfolio.
He will report to Sean Pearson, Underwriting Manager and Construction Regional Product Leader.
McLachlan brings 12 years of industry experience spanning infrastructure, energy, transport, nuclear and commercial sectors. He joins LSM from Zurich Insurance, where he served as Risk Engineer – Construction.
LSM said these appointments reflect its ongoing commitment to delivering high-quality technical risk engineering expertise. Their combined industry experience will strengthen the firm’s underwriting teams and enhance the collaborative risk partnership model it provides to clients.
Lisulo said, “We are thrilled to welcome Richard, Taz and Sam to our team. Their strategic appointments reflect our unwavering commitment to delivering top-tier technical risk engineering expertise. By bringing in deep, hands-on industry experience, we not only power our underwriting teams but also elevate the collaborative risk-partnership model we offer our clients. As the energy, power, and construction sectors navigate rapid transitions and increasingly complex risk environments, their technical insights will be vital in helping our clients build resilience and manage risk effectively.”
