Our Team
Our team brings together some of the most experienced insurers in the business, with a promise to deliver best in class service to our clients.
Michael Timmins
Chief Operating Officer & Acting Chief Executive Officer
Michael is an experienced insurance executive responsible for the strategic and operational leadership of Longbrook Insurance. Prior to joining the business, he held senior roles within Macquarie Group, leading underwriting, operations and product development across multiple insurance classes. His experience spans energy, construction, property, marine, financial lines and transactional liability.
Noman Sadat
Head of Finance
Noman leads the financial strategy, planning, and performance management of Longbrook Insurance. He is responsible for overseeing the company's finance function, including financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, governance, risk management, treasury, and regulatory compliance. He plays a key role in shaping strategic direction, providing commercial insight and financial expertise to support sustainable growth, operational excellence, and long-term value creation.
noman.sadat@longbrookinsurance.com
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Bhavel Chanda
Senior Risk & Compliance Manager
Bhavel is an experienced risk and compliance professional with more than 11 years’ experience across the London insurance market, MGAs and international financial services firms. She leads Longbrook’s risk management and compliance framework, overseeing governance, regulatory reporting, licensing and board reporting across the UK, EEA and US. Bhavel brings deep expertise in financial crime, sanctions, conduct risk and regulatory oversight, supporting Longbrook’s continued growth.
bhavel.chanda@longbrookinsurance.com
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Shaun Reynolds
Global Head of Transactional Liability
Shaun has more than 20 years of mergers and acquisitions experience spanning underwriting, legal advisory and in-house counsel roles. Prior to joining Longbrook, he underwrote complex transactions across Asia Pacific and advised clients on cross-border deals at leading international law firms. He leads Longbrook’s global Transactional Liability business, including warranty and indemnity and tax liability insurance.
Kelly Lines
Global Head Title Insurance
Kelly is a highly experienced title and transactional risk insurance specialist with more than 20 years in legal indemnity, title and M&A underwriting. She leads Longbrook’s Title Insurance business, bringing expertise in underwriting, product development and international growth. Before joining Longbrook, she spent 12 years leading the underwriting team at the UK’s largest title MGA, helping expand its title and transactional risk operations across the UK, Europe and North America.
Jack Matthews
Senior Underwriter, Title Insurance
Jack is a specialist title underwriter with experience across UK commercial real estate, M&A and transactional risk insurance. Prior to joining Longbrook, he held underwriting roles at both the largest title Insurer and title MGA in the UK managing complex title-related risks and supporting major broker relationships. He brings strong technical expertise, commercial judgement and a client-focused approach to underwriting.
Tanya Golikova
Head of North America Tax Liability
Tanya is a tax liability insurance specialist with extensive experience advising on domestic and cross-border transactions. Prior to joining Longbrook, she led North America tax liability underwriting at AIG and worked in PwC’s M&A tax practice in New York. Her expertise spans renewable energy tax credits, corporate transactions and complex tax risk solutions across North America.
Mike Sherry
Head of North America Transactional Liability
Mike is a highly regarded transactional risk insurance specialist with more than 15 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions insurance. He has a proven track record of building underwriting platforms and leading high-performing teams. At Longbrook, he oversees the development of the North American Transactional Liability business, including representations and warranties and tax liability insurance.
Ken Sebastianelli
Head of North America Representations & Warranties Insurance
Ken is an experienced transactional liability underwriter with a strong background in representations and warranties insurance. Before joining Longbrook, he held senior positions at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, Sands Point Risk, DUAL and AXA XL, underwriting complex M&A transactions and developing high-performing teams. He leads Longbrook’s North American RWI offering and supports the growth of its transactional liability platform.
ken.sebeastianelli@longbrook.com
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Andrew Hillier
Non-executive Adviser
Andrew is a highly respected title insurance and asset underwriting specialist with more than 30 years of experience across real estate, legal indemnity and transactional risk. He supports Longbrook as a Non-Executive Adviser, providing guidance on underwriting strategy, market development and growth. Previously, he was Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of DUAL Asset Underwriting, where he helped build a leading international title insurance platform.