UAE Dubai

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.

Niall is a Chartered Loss Adjuster with over 13 years of experience as a General Loss Adjuster and is based in the United Arab Emirates where he works with our Downstream team. Over the last 10 years he has mainly worked overseas, throughout Middle East and Africa to focus on Major Losses in the Property, Casualty and Construction/Engineering fields. During this time he managed numerous major and complex losses including several large construction projects and civil engineering works (road networks, wastewater treatment, refineries, telecommunications and power transmission projects), numerous major architects/engineers professional indemnity cases, complex product liability, and major general property cases.

Hassan holds a BSc Degree in Mechanical Engineering and has more than 14 years of experience as a Loss Adjuster, mainly handling major and complex claims on operational and construction policies and risk surveys, in the Energy and Power industries, in North and West Africa, Middle East and Asia, both Offshore and Onshore. He is also certified by the Chartered Insurance Institute.

Hassan joined MatthewsDaniel Egypt in 2009, in 2017, he moved to MatthewsDaniel KSA, and in 2018, Hassan joined MatthewsDaniel UAE, where he currently leads the Loss Adjusting operations.

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 joined MatthewsDaniel in 2016 and was engaged in performing engineering review for marine warranty survey projects. In 2019, she became a part of the loss adjusting team and since then she has been involved in handling of complex energy and power operational and construction claims arising from physical damage to offshore and onshore facilities in the Middle East and Asia.

Olga has over 15 years’ engineering experience in offshore oil and gas industry and ship design in Europe. She also holds MSc (Hons) in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, is a member of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects and is certified by the Chartered Insurance Institute.

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.

Mark is a Chartered Engineer with over 35 years of industrial and commercial experience in a range of different roles involving transportation and heavy engineering, design and commercial construction. Since 1991, he has been employed as a Loss Adjuster and Risk Surveyor, primarily handling claims and surveys with an Engineering bias, in the UK and abroad. 

Since 2001, Mark has been the Regional Engineer and Risk Survey Manager for MatthewsDaniel in the United Arab Emirates, having undertaken assignments throughout the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe, and has significant experience in industrial process, construction and operational environments.

Anurag holds a Master’s Degree in Oil and Gas Engineering and a Mechanical Engineering BSc Degree, and is also certified by the Chartered Insurance Institute and the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters. He started his career as a Loss Adjuster in 2016 in the UAE and gained his experience in handling constructing, high value plant and machinery, property, marine and engineering claims.

Since joining MatthewsDaniel in early 2021, he has been handling a portfolio of complex energy related claims, as well as Onshore Construction, Engineering and Marine claims.