UAE Dubai

Paul Hendry has been with MatthewsDaniel for over 25 years, in management roles in Saudi Arabia; the UK and UAE. He has full responsibility for the loss, risk survey and MWS functions in our Middle East offices. With a law degree and over 30 years’ adjusting experience, he has worked on all types of insurance claims, primarily major onshore and offshore energy losses in the Middle East and offshore energy and marine related claims during his nine years in London. In his current role, he has brought to the region significant Marine Warranty Survey experience, arising from his long-standing relationship with leading energy underwriters and brokers and his knowledge of the requirements of the London market. Additionally, the engineering expertise available within his team has enabled development of a significant risk survey capability and the ability to handle major onshore energy losses.

Mark is a Chartered Engineer with over 35 years’ of industrial and commercial experience in a range of differing roles involving transportation and heavy engineering, healthcare, design and commercial construction. A loss adjuster and risk surveyor since 1991, he primarily handles claims and surveys with an engineering bias throughout the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe. Mark has significant experience in industrial process, construction and operational environments, both offshore and onshore.

Edwin is part of our UAE marine team since 2018. He is a Master Mariner with over 20 years’ experience in the marine and offshore Industries, as Master onboard several vessels, implementing ISM, ISPS and Quality Management Systems, as port captain and marine quality representative for major oil and shipping organisations, and as a warranty surveyor on a variety of projects and rig moves worldwide. He is well experienced with various marine craft ranging from harbor tugs to DP vessels and is a qualified Limited DP Operator.

Shaheen is a qualified Naval Architect and a Member of The Royal Institution of Naval Architects, with twenty-two years’ experience of offshore oil and gas projects. As Projects Manager for the region, he has directed many of our prestigious Marine Warranty Survey assignments, principally in the Middle East and Asia. In addition to his procedural reviews, Shaheen has attended at various key yards and offshore locations to certify loadout, sailaway and installation activities of structures and pipelines. A Member of The Society of Marine Warranty Surveyors, he has extensive knowledge of the Joint Rig Committee (JRC) Scope of Work for MWS and, this insurance knowledge combined with his technical
expertise, can guide an insured through the process of compliance with insurer requirements.

Mike is a Master Mariner and senior member of our UAE marine team. Prior to joining MatthewsDaniel in 2017, he was DP Operations Manager for a large American diving contractor and Master on all types of DP units from Class I to III. An experienced ship handler, he has over 40 years’ experience as a mariner on a wide range of vessel types engaged in global trading patterns, more than 35 years of which has been on oilfield vessels, from tugs and anchor-handling supply vessels to 5th generation semi-subs, including ROV, diving, well intervention & stimulation, cable & pipe lay and wind farm operations. He is a Member of the Nautical Institute, the International Institute of Marine Surveying and an accredited IMCA vessel auditor. From Brazil to Asia, his extensive offshore marine warranty experience extends to condition surveys, rig moves, towing, trailered and skidded loadouts,
float-overs and installation of SBMs and other offshore assets, as well as decommissioning
projects.

Olga is a qualified Naval Architect with over ten years’ experience in ship design and the offshore oil and gas industry. Since joining MatthewsDaniel at the beginning of 2016, she has been involved in major marine warranty survey projects, mostly in Middle East, Asia and Africa. She specializes in engineering review and warranty approval of operational procedures and engineering documents related to loading, transportation and installation of jackets, topsides, pipelines and their associated equipment.

Thanveer is a qualified Naval Architect with more than 10 years of experience in the offshore oil and gas industry. Since joining MatthewsDaniel in 2007, he has had involvement in many major Marine Warranty Survey projects, mostly in the Middle East and Asia regions. He primarily reviews operational procedures and engineering documents for the loading, transportation and installation of jackets, topsides, SBMs, pipelines and other associated items. However, he also attends on location as Marine Warranty Surveyor to witness various key project operations.

Rajeeve is a qualified Naval Architect with over twenty years’ experience. Since joining Dubai office in 2002, he has successfully accomplished a number of high profile Marine Warranty Survey Projects, both in the Middle East and Asia. His primary involvement is the review and analysis of procedures for the loading, transportation and installation of jackets, topsides, SBMs, pipelines, and modules on FPSOs and also attendance as Marine Warranty Surveyor for numerous project operations.

Roopesh is a Master Mariner with over 17 years of sea-going experience, seven of which were as Master. He has extensive offshore marine warranty experience carrying out tow approvals, loadouts, condition surveys and attendances for subsea repair work on dive support vessels, offshore heavy lift operations on DP vessels, SBM inspections and installation of other offshore assets, as well as decommissioning projects. He regularly attends rig moves in Saudi Arabia and the wider Arabian Gulf region and undertakes P&I and H&M surveys and inspections and reviews of port and warehouse facilities. He is a full member of the International Institute of Marine Surveying, and is an accredited OVID inspector and an e-CMID accredited vessel inspector for various types of vessels, including DP, pipe & cable laying, jack-ups, heavy lift and other work boats.

Ronan joined MatthewsDaniel Dubai in 2018 and handles a portfolio of onshore renewable energy losses, together with oil and gas related claims, across the MENA region. He graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Insurance and began his career as a loss adjuster in 2014. He has specialist experience of both onshore and offshore infrastructure associated with wind powered electricity generation, from physical damage to export and inter-array cables, offshore foundation structures, onshore and offshore equipment and interconnector cables and of solar farms and anaerobic digestion plants.

Stephen O’Reilly joined MatthewsDaniel in 2017 to head up our loss adjusting operation in the UAE. A Texan by birth, Stephen entered the adjusting profession immediately following his time with a leading London energy broker, and has since attained the US Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU®) status. He has significant energy claims experience, including the handling of many well control and offshore PD/CAR losses, and a global outlook from his many years based in London, Houston, Calgary and Singapore.

Hassan joined MatthewsDaniel in 2009, shortly after graduating with a BSc in Mechanical Engineering. Initially based in Cairo, his focus was on claims and surveys with an engineering nature in the energy and power industries. In 2018, Hassan moved to MatthewsDaniel UAE operations as a Senior Loss Adjuster and since then, he has been managing energy related claims and surveys in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, both offshore and onshore.

Richard has 30 years’ experience working in the marine and offshore sector as a Mechanical/Project Engineer involved with various types of vessel modification and conversion work, including DP3, with project values in excess of $100 million. He has also undertaken extensive Dry-Dock Superintendent assignments around the world. His project experience as a Marine Warranty Surveyor includes loadout and installation of jackets and topsides, condition and suitability surveys of project vessels and barges, pipeline and other subsea installations. Additionally, he frequently attends onboard jack-ups and semi-submersible rigs for moving and siting and the loading and offloading of rigs from dry
transport vessels for major oil companies and drilling contractors. Richard has also undertaken a significant number of risk and condition surveys for both onshore and offshore marine and energy assets on behalf of insurers. He is a full member of the Society of Marine Warranty Surveyors and an accredited Vessel Inspector with ECMID.

A Marine Surveyor with over 10 years’ offshore and marine experience. Michael’s early career was mainly in the oil and gas sector working as a lifting engineer. His career progressed into senior roles producing and auditing lift plans and overseeing offshore construction projects all over the world, and that experience is a key part of his marine warranty expertise. Since joining MatthewsDaniel in 2016, he has been involved in numerous projects as attending surveyor for the loadout, transportation and installation phases, both in fabrication yards and onboard tugs and barges, pipelay and installation vessels.

A Master Mariner, Ian's early career was seagoing, mainly in the offshore oil and gas sector, all over the world, and that experience is a key contributor to his marine warranty expertise. On numerous projects he has been attending surveyor for loadout, transportation and installation phases, in fabrication yards and on tugs and barges, pipe lay and installation vessels. Ian’s expertise extends to condition survey work on most types of offshore units, including FPSOs, FSOs, pipeline and cable laying vessels, both conventionally moored and DP. He has also performed risk and condition surveys for offshore fleets, including drill ships, jack-ups, semi submersibles, platform tender rigs, offshore platforms and other floating assets (both conventional and deep-water), as well as undertaking ship yard and large commercial port risk surveys. Ian also has extensive experience in cause investigation and damage assessment work in the offshore environment, including major catastrophes, such as high profile platform fires and explosions and the sinking of the P36 semi-submersible.