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10 Hugh Kennaway David Leich Director Matthews Daniel International Chief Technical Officer MESCAT ENGIE [email protected] [email protected] Hugh has over 25 years loss adjusting experience having worked in the London Reinsurance market, Thailand, Oman and the United Arab Emirates. He is a Chartered Insurer and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters. Hugh now has Global responsibility for Non Marine at Matthews Daniel. Hugh is an experienced machinery breakdown, property and business interruption adjuster in the power and energy sectors. He has dealt with property and liability claims worldwide including many power, refining and petrochemical losses in Greece, Turkey, Russia, North Africa and the Middle East. Additionally, he has handled many claims on construction and operational projects principally in the power, oil, gas and energy sectors. Hugh works in many countries in the Middle East and North Africa in addition to Russia, Turkey, Greece, Malta and Cyprus as well as the Caspian including Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. He also has current experience of working with the State Electricity and National Oil companies of Mexico, Algeria, Nigeria and several IWPP’s throughout the Middle East and Turkey. He led the adjustment team on the Vasilikos Power Station explosion in Cyprus which occurred in July 2011. This large claim was agreed and subrogated in 14 months. He also led the adjusting team on the June 2015 Rosneft Achinsk refinery loss in Central Siberia which was closed in 17 months and a large petrochemical loss at Lukoil in 2015 which was settled in 14 months. David Leich has been working in the power industry for over 30 years following graduating from Birmingham University. He is British and a Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. David’s career includes; nuclear power plant operations and engineering, energy trading, gas turbine maintenance, coal import terminal construction, coal logistics and trading, coal plant; operations, maintenance and engineering and management, M&A, CCGT power plant construction and management. David has worked in the UK, Kazakhstan, Thailand and Dubai. He has worked for CEGB, National Power, International Power, GDF Suez and now Engie. David moved to Dubai in January 2015, to take up the role of Head of Construction for SAMEA (South Asia, Middle East and Africa). From January 2016, David was appointed to be Chief Technical Officer for MESCAT (Middle East, South + Central Asia and Turkey). This includes responsibility for engineering, construction, operations, procurement and HSE. Hala Long Head of Energy EMEA, Insurance — XL Catlin [email protected] Hala Abinader Long has more than 15 years of commercial underwriting experience, mainly in the Energy and Construction sector. She started her insurance career in the World Source Property & Energy Risk Management Division of AIG Group in New York. She joined Liberty International Underwriters in New York as Senior Underwriter Construction & Energy in 2001 and later held various senior underwriting and management positions at Liberty Mutual and Zurich in London. In 2014 she joined XL Catlin and is now based in Dubai. Hala is responsible for all Energy insurance activities in the EMEA region. She is a graduate of Temple University, Fox School of Business & Management and holds a BA degree in Risk Management & Insurance.