ASST. PROF. BRIAN LAWRENCE DEAN, FACULTY OF RISK MANAGEMENT & INDUSTRIAL SERVICES
EDUCATIONAL & PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
M.Sc. University of Leicester, UK.
B.A.(Hons) University of Nottingham, UK.
FCIPD Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development, UK.
FCH Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute, UK.
Chartered Insurer, UK
Cert Tesol Trinity College, London;
Postgrad Cert Tesol Sheffield Hallam University, UK
PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS
1995: 'Performance Appraisal', in Gregory Thong (ed), Human Resource Issues in Singapore, Singapore, Addison-Wesley.
1997: 'A Macro-perspective on Health Insurance in Singapore' in Tan Teck Meng & Chew Soon Beng (eds), Affordable Health Care, Singapore, Prentice Hall.
1998: 'Controlling Motor Claims Fraud', in Actuarial and Insurance Review, Singapore.
2000: 'Developments in Motor Insurance in Thailand', a paper presented at the Annual Asia-Pacific Risk & Insurance Conference, July, Perth, Australia.
2000: 'Rating Changes in Thai Motor Insurance', in IIAP Journal, Vol XVII No 1, October, Insurance Institute for Asia & The Pacific, Manila
2000: 'ASEAN Insurers' Skill Development Challenge', in The Journal Of Risk Management & Insurance, Vol. 5, November, Bangkok.
2001: 'A Thai Perspective on Insurance Liberalisation', C.V. Starr Distinguished Lecturer, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA, April.
2001: Changing Thai Attitudes to Liberalisation', in Insurance Research & Practice, Vol. 16 Part 2, London, July.
2002: Rethinking Liberalisation in Thailand, Insurance Chronicle, India, Vol.n, IssueXU, December.
2003: Technology Is Neither the Problem Nor the Solution: Humans Are, ASAIHL Inter-University Conference, Thammasat University, Bangkok, 27 January.
CAREER SUMMARY
Since 1999 a member of the Faculty of Risk Management at Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand, where he is Director of the Insurance Research Centre, a Faculty Lecturer, member of the University Senate, and Editor of The Journal of Risk Management & Insurance. Since 2001 he had been a member of the Board of Governors of the Asia Pacific Risk & Insurance Association
1992-99: Member of the Division of Actuarial Science & Insurance at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Lecturer for undergraduate (Bachelor ofBusiness) and postgraduate (MBA) degree courses. Supervisor of 'Masters in Business'research students. Member of two editorial boards.
1996-9: Management Lecturer in Singapore for regional insurance executives (from Brunei, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam).
1997,8: Lecturer, Management Courses for Lieutenant-Colonels and Majors, at the Singapore Armed Forces Training Institute, Ministry of Defence.
1997: Lecturer, Management Courses at the Port of Singapore Authority.
1968-91: Senior positions in the Sun Alliance Insurance Group, UK, including: Operations Manager, Regional Centre Manager, Training Manager, and Human Resource Manager.
1967-68: Member of the Department of Government, University of the West Indies, Jamaica, involving research and lecturing. Consultant and trainer for the Association of Local Government Authorities of Jamaica Book Author: Local Government in Jamaica, 1970. Also, Prolegomena to Reform of Jamaican Local Government, Caribbean Quarterly, Vol. No. 1968.
SOME OTHER ACTIVITIES
1976-86: Member of the National Education & Training Committee of the Cn, London.
1983-86: Member of the Board of Governors, Central Manchester College, UK.
1984-86: Centre Organiser and International Speaker, British Red Cross Society.
1987: Co-author of'National Guide to Distance Learning', Manpower Services Commission, Ministry of Labour, UK.
1993-98: SeniorAdjudicator, NTU University Debating Society, Singapore.
1997: SeniorAdjudicator, 4th Asian Inter-Varsity Debates,Singapore.
1997-99 Member of Editorial Boards for Singapore International Insurance & Actuarial Journal, and Actuarial & Insurance Review (Singapore).
1998: External Examiner for MB A candidates in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2001 - Member of the Board of Governors, Asia Pacific Risk & Insurance Association.
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