Our Staff
Rowland Bell staff have attained the highest levels of professional experience and accreditation. Both our internal staff and external associates have years of experience in their respective fields.
Jim Bell - Managing Director
Managing Director, Jim Bell has over 32 years experience in Risk Management, Loss Control, and Property Insurance.
Graduating with a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) 1974, Jim commenced work as a Research engineer on a number of R&D projects. In early 1977 he joined Kemper Insurance Company Ltd. as a trainee Fire Protection Engineer.
The following two years were spent in the United States completing a comprehensive Highly Protected Risk (HPR) Loss Control Engineering and Fire Prevention course. During this period extensive experience was gained through inspection of a wide variety of industries, including; saw mills, plywood plants, pulp and paper mills, mines, industrial facilities, utility company, and commercial risks.
On return to Australia, additional experience was gained over the next four years in the commercial, industrial, and mining sectors with responsibility for some of Australia's largest, resource based companies. Examples are; a multi-location integrated alumina and aluminium producer, and a large integrate copper/lead/zinc concentrate and refined metal producer.
Transferring to Japan in 1983, Jim worked in an engineering management role for four years.
Returning in 1987, he was responsible for the engineering activity on a number of large Australian accounts in the commercial, industrial, and resource sectors.
Direct insurance experience was gained in 1988 when Jim transferred to an underwriting role. This involved both property and machinery insurance with emphasis on machinery breakdown underwriting and completion of machinery breakdown loss control surveys.
In 1993 Jim left Kemper Insurance Company Ltd and established Rowland Bell Australia Pty Limited. To date more than 1500 assignments have been completed in a broad range of Risk Management related activities.
