People
Katherine Simmonds
CEO
Katie is global CEO of Fusion Specialty. With an extensive career of leadership roles for global companies and years of experience in London and in Asia Pacific, Katie brings strategic, technical and operational expertise to the Fusion group as it expands both from an underwriting and product perspective and geographically.
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Location: Sydney, Australia
David Rogers
Co-Founder, Executive Chairman
David has a 25+ year global insurance career developing start-up specialty insurance businesses in Bermuda, North America, as well as across Asia-Pacific. Prior to Fusion, David has held senior executive and underwriting roles within some of the leading global specialty insurers and brokers.
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
Alastair Speare-Cole
Director and CEO Fusion UK
Alastair is CEO and Director of Fusion UK. With well over two decades worth of experience within the insurance market, Alastair brings to Fusion UK a significant amount of industry know-how, and strategic, operational and technical expertise.
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Location: London, United Kingdom
Alexander Mackay
Partner
Alex joined Fusion in 2024 and sits in the London office. He has over 6 years’ experience underwriting M&A buyout transactions throughout EMEA, APAC and the US. Alex has a Master of Laws degree from University College London (specialising in M&A and Insurance) and an LLB Law degree from the University of Liverpool.
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Location: London, United Kingdom
Ann Marie Siaw
Underwriter
Ann Marie is a W&I underwriter for Fusion APAC, based in Malaysia and Australia. She holds dual qualifications in the UK and Malaysia. Before joining Fusion, Ann Marie specialised in private M&A during her time in private practice and served as a consultant for major multinational corporations. She earned her Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) from the University of Leeds and holds a Bar Professional Training Course Certificate, as well as a Master of Arts in Law with Business from BPP University.
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Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Chang Chow
Partner, Accounting and Finance
Chang joined Fusion in 2022 with 20 years of experience in audit, financial statements, local tax and bookkeeping. Since joining Fusion, Chang has predominantly worked across both Finance and Operations. Prior to joining Fusion, Chang worked as a public accountant where he was responsible for several clients within the financial services sector. He holds a Degree in Commerce and is a Certified Practising Accountant.
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Location: Sydney, Australia
Clive Herlambang
Senior Financial Accountant
Clive brings over 6 years of experience in the insurance industry, working for large global insurance companies before coming to Fusion in 2024. He is a qualified CPA and bring to Fusion a strong understanding of IFRS 9 and IFRS 17 and experience in generating accurate financial statements.
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Location: Sydney, Australia
Danielle Eliatamby
Lead Partner, Australia & New Zealand
Based in Sydney, Danielle has nearly a decade of experience both as an M&A lawyer advising on market-leading transactions and as an M&A and tax liability insurance underwriter across the APAC region.
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Location: Sydney, Australia
Elissa Etheridge
Lead Partner & Head of Distribution, USA
Elissa is a seasoned leader in M&A insurance and corporate strategy with over a decade of experience across the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand. As Lead Partner and Head of Growth and Distribution at Fusion Americas, Elissa spearheads initiatives to expand market presence through innovative insurance solutions and strategic partnerships with brokers, law firms, strategic and private equity clients. Prior to joining Fusion, Elissa was Global Co-Lead of Financial Sponsors for Aon M&A. Elissa holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Queensland.
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Location: New York, USA
Gayle Robertson
Special Projects Director
With a demonstrated consulting history within the IT and insurance sectors, Gayle brings industry knowledge and experience having worked in the USA, APAC, Bermudian and London Companies/Lloyd’s markets. Her focus is on projects including vendor management, system implementation, and business process.
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
Huay Shan Eow
Huay Shan is a W&I underwriter for Fusion APAC, based in Singapore. Prior to joining Fusion, Huay Shan was a Singapore-qualified corporate and M&A lawyer with substantial experience handling both local and regional work in various areas including public and private M&A transactions, equity capital markets, regulatory and compliance, corporate governance, employment, and other general corporate work. She has a Bachelor of Laws (L.L.B) from Singapore Management University.
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Location: Singapore
Luke Blayney
Senior Partner
Prior to joining Fusion, Luke worked as a Senior Underwriter at a leading M&A Insurer in the UK, underwriting M&A transactions throughout APAC, EMEA, the UK, and the US. Luke holds a Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Social Sciences degree from the University of Western Sydney.
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Location: Sydney, Australia
Mark O'Sullivan
Chief Operating Officer
Mark has over 25 years financial services experience and was formerly a partner at two of the big four consulting firms and lead several of the firm’s financial services industry groups. Mark brings deep financial and operational experience to the team having also worked as both CFO and COO of multiple organisations.
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Location: Sydney, Australia
Meaghan Jacobs
Associate, Underwriting Operations, Legal & Support
Before joining Fusion, Meaghan worked as an Analyst in underwriting for a top insurance company. With an extensive background in customer facing hospitality, Meaghan brings experience from international guest services while working for an international brand; as well as state and local constituent services while working at the Michigan House of Representatives. Meaghan graduated from Grand Valley State University, with a B.S. in Political Science minoring in International Relations.
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Location: Chicago, USA
Michael Mora
CEO Fusion USA
Michael is a US qualified lawyer and CPA with 25+ years of insurance industry experience, including senior roles in regulatory compliance and financial and operational audits. Michael brings deep underwriting experience and expertise, having underwritten transactions across the globe.
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Location: Chicago, USA
Michael Ongkowidjaja
Finance Director
.Michael joined Fusion in 2023 with a breadth of experience with over 20 years’ experience with global insurers finance, accounting and financial controls specialising in audit, tax, treasury, statutory and regulatory reporting in the insurance industry. He holds a BCom and is a Fellow of Certified Practising Accountant.
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Location: Sydney, Australia
Michelle Yohe
Senior Associate, Underwriting Operations, Legal & Support
With over 20 years of legal experience, Michelle has previously worked in a variety of industries with a focus on litigation, and M&A transactions. During her time with Fusion, she has handled excess lines, assisted with the contingent program, and managed claims processing. Michelle graduated from Pennsylvania State University.
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Location: Philadelphia, USA
Niamh Murphy
Senior Associate
Niamh has worked in Transaction Liability for three years, starting her career out at a FTSE 100 global insurer underwriting complex risks. She has worked on multi-jurisdictional M&A transactions both on a primary basis and within wider W&I programmes.
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Location: London, United Kingdom
Nik Donaldson
Operations Manager, M&A Operations
Nik heads up the Operations team overseeing global support services to our M&A Underwriting and Finance teams across Australia, Asia, Europe and the US. Nik has over 10 years’ experience at the forefront of financial lines broking, underwriting and Insurtech in Senior Underwriter and Team Leader roles for global companies.
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Location: Sydney, Australia
Richard Liu
Senior Partner and Head of Tax, USA
.Richard holds both a US and Canadian JD and an LLM in Taxation from Georgetown and has extensive experience as both a R&W and tax underwriter and broker. His prior roles include management consulting, tech start-up advisory and M&A within the Big Four.
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Location: New York, USA
Sabrina Chia
Lead Partner and Head of Distribution, Asia
Sabrina joined Fusion in 2021 and is based in Singapore. With over 14 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions and corporate law, Sabrina brings a wealth of expertise to the team. Prior to joining Fusion, Sabrina served as in-house legal counsel for multinational corporations across various industries in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Location: Singapore
Samuel Shirley
Managing Partner and Chief Underwriting Officer, UK
Sam has 16 years of M&A legal and underwriting experience with top-tier city law firms, investment banking and market-leading global & FTSE 100 insurers. Sam is a highly experienced and technical underwriter with experience in a range of sectors and jurisdictions.
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Location: London, United Kingdom
Satoshi Omura
Underwriter
Satoshi Omura is an underwriter for Fusion APAC, based in Tokyo, Japan since 2023. He has 10 years of experience working for Nishimura and Asahi law firm in Japan and in the USA. Satoshi has a wide range of experience in across M&A transactions, anti-trust, labor, sports and other general corporate work. He has a Juris Doctor from Waseda Law School (Japan), and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.
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Location: Tokyo, Japan
Steven Harwood
Managing Partner, Fusion APAC
A qualified English lawyer, Steve has over 27 years of relevant experience both in private legal cross-border M&A practice and insurance. With over a decade of experience in underwriting M&A insurance, Steve has set up and led transactional liability teams for a number of insurers in the region. A fluent Japanese speaker, Steve is based in Tokyo.
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Location: Tokyo, Japan
Thomas Hopkins
Associate
Tom joined the London office in 2024. Prior to joining Fusion, he worked in corporate law at US based firms: one specialising in Venture Capital and the other corporate Real Estate. Tom received his LLB from the University of Liverpool and MSc in Law, Business and Management from the University of Law.
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Location: London, United Kingdom
Vishrant Ghatalia
Senior Financial Accountant
Vishrant joined Fusion in 2024, bringing over 15 years of local and international experience in financial accounting and reporting. A qualified CPA (Australia) and CA (India) he specialises in financial reporting, audits, process improvements and managing large ERP systems. Vishrant is committed to driving accuracy, compliance and efficiency across the organisation.
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Location: Sydney, Australia
Will Sibson
Senior Associate, Underwriting Operations, Legal & Support
Before joining Fusion, Will worked as a strategic M&A and sales advisor for top insurance brokerages, Lockton and Marsh. At these firms, Will led due diligence advisory services and insurance related risk solutions on behalf of the brokerages’ clients; primarily private equity firms. Will graduated from Florida State University, with a degree in Risk Management from the College of Business.
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Location: Chicago, USA
Zac Yedid
Finance Operations Manager
Zac joined Fusion in 2024. Prior to joining Fusion, he worked for large insurance companies such as nib health fund, HCF and Marsh Australia. Zac has over 16 years of financial analysis & reporting experience and holds a CPA Australia qualification and a Master of Commerce.
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Location: Sydney, Australia