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Silvan Frei
Chief Executive Officer -
Tony Hirst
Managing Director -
Tony Sykes
Founder & Director -
Brock Halliday
Founder & Director -
Isabel Brito
Account Executive SME -
Tyrone Pereira
Senior Broker -
Preet Khabra
Senior Broker -
Tanya Kliese
Senior Broker -
Richard Stone
Senior Relationship Manager -
David Attwater
Senior Broker -
Lillian Warren
Account Executive -
Rajneeta Sharma
Broker & administration support
Silvan Frei
Chief Executive Officer
With global insurance knowledge, Silvan is an accomplished insurance professional. He has more than 25 years’ experience as an underwriter and broker in Europe and Australia. Silvan has extensive knowledge of the Australian insurance market and understands the comprehensive and often complex insurance needs of small, medium and large businesses across all industries.
Silvan brings his extensive knowledge to all areas from arranging Insurance covers for a one-man business to developing and implementing tailor made international insurance programs. Whatever your needs, Silvan has the knowledge, experience and consultation skills to find the perfect Insurance policy and solution for his clients. Silvan holds numerous relevant qualifications including a Diploma of Finance and Insurance Broking and is a Qualified Practising Insurance Broker (QPIB).
- [email protected]
- +61 416 226 233
Tony Hirst
Managing Director
One of Australia’s leading insurance specialists, Tony has more than 40 years of insurance brokering experience. Tony has extensive knowledge of the Australian insurance market and understands the comprehensive and often complex insurance needs.
Tony brings his expertise to corporate international placements. Tony has numerous relevant qualifications including a Diploma of Finance and Insurance Broking and is a Qualified Practising Insurance Broker (QPIB).
- [email protected]
- +61 417 430 659
Tony Sykes
Founder & Director
A true industry professional, Tony has more than 20 years insurance industry experience across multiple insurance areas and industry segments. Tony has held senior insurance management positions over this period with Halliday & Nicholas Insurance Brokers and as the joint founder of General Insurance Brokers of Australia (GIBA).
Tony brings his experience and specialisation skills to small to medium businesses across a wide range of industries. Tony hold numerous relevant qualifications including being a Senior Associate of the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance ANZIIF and as a registered Chartered Insurance Professional (CIP).
- [email protected]
- +61 412 311 871
Brock Halliday
Founder & Director
Brock is one of the most experienced insurance brokers in the Sydney insurance market with more than 50 years in the industry. In that time he has held senior management positions as an insurer and for many years as the licensee of Halliday & Nicholas Insurance Brokers and more recently General Insurance Brokers of Australia.
- [email protected]
- +61 412 127 496
Isabel Brito
Account Executive SME
Isabel has 17 years of industry experience and joined the GIBA team in 2012. Isabel has worked for international and national brokerages which has given her an extensive grounding, broad knowledge and experience in insurance broking.
Isabel is reservoir of knowledge and provides invaluable and insightful service to GIBA’s SME clients. She is always up to date with insurance intel and provides timely, accurate and consistent support to all her clients. Isabel has achieved her ASIC PS146 Tier 1 in insurance broking & Tier 2 in general insurance.
- [email protected]
- +61 2 9221 7122
Tyrone Pereira
Senior Broker
Tyrone has 13 years experience in the financial services industry predominantly in group people risk and superannuation. He has worked in sales, product and marketing recently holding the title as senior product and marketing manager and director of product and strategy at specialist boutique brokerages.
He has a passion to innovate, using technology and know how to develop solutions that improve products, business process and customer service. As part of senior management teams he has been involved in developing business, product and sales strategy.
- [email protected]
- +61 417 238 991
Preet Khabra
Senior Broker
Preet has worked as a Chief Financial Officer, Financial and Management Accountant in the insurance industry for more than 14 years. He has worked at various small to medium sized Underwriting Agencies and in an Insurance Broking firm, specialising in Accident and Sickness Insurance.
Preet holds a CPA and Bachelor of Business. He has also completed Tier 1 in Insurance broking.
- [email protected]
- +61 488 600 334
Tanya Kliese
Senior Broker
Tanya has over 15 years’ experience within the insurance industry across underwriting and account management roles for established Australian and global organisations. Tanya has extensive experience across a wide variety of industries and has a genuine passion for sustainable and innovative businesses. This includes the development and implementation of new ideas, creative processes and enhancing client experiences.
She also applies a solution’s focus to her work and provides tailored risk management advice that offers the greatest protection to a client’s business operations as well as the opportunity for growth. As a member of Women in Business networking groups, Tanya is dedicated to supporting and connecting with other like minded women in business.
- [email protected]
- +61 499 048 990
Richard Stone
Senior Relationship Manager
Richard has over 50 years’ experience in the farming Industry both as a practical farmer and Agricultural consultant and has seen many changes in the Industry. Over the last 25 years as a consultant Richard has had the opportunity to work with many farmers and understands what it takes to sustain a farming enterprise through the good and bad times.
Richard also has experience in the retail sector running a successful seafood business in Melbourne prior to joining Rural Liquid Fertilisers WA in 1995 as NSW marketing and sales Manager. Richard welcomes the opportunity to work with GIBA as Client Manager for the Rural Sector.
- [email protected]
- +61 429 459 209
David Attwater
Senior Broker
David is a Senior Insurance Broker and specialises in individual and Group Accident and Sickness Insurances.
David specialises in working with hard to place occupations/industries such as Mining, Transport (Liquids and Long Haul), Couriers, Construction and civil works.
- [email protected]
- +61 417 401 420
Lillian Warren
Account Executive
Lillian has over 35 years’ experience within the Insurance Broking Industry as an Account Executive for established Australian and Global Broking Organisations. Lillian has extensive experience across a wide variety of industries and specialises in small to medium business.
Lillian has a broad knowledge of the Australian Insurance Industry and excels in client relations and understanding client’s needs.
Lillian has attained her ASIC PS146 Tier 1 Insurance Broking Compliance.
- [email protected]
- 0437 122 272
Rajneeta Sharma
Broker & administration support
Rajneeta has 10 years’ experience working in international & national insurance broking. This has given her the experience and knowledge to work as an extremely competent brokerage assistant as well as managing multiple administrative duties of the company. Rajneeta has achieved her ASIC PS146 Tier 1 qualifications.
- [email protected]
- +61 2 9221 7122