Zurich Marine Senior Underwriter Lisa Clarke has returned to Australia after a year with the company’s Malaysian operation.

Victoria-based Ms Clarke says the overseas assignment showed her the different ways marine is managed in other Asia-Pacific countries, which is increasingly important for helping brokers here.

The next generation of marine leaders will need to operate in a cross-border environment, according to EGM Corporate Nigel Whyatt, who returned to Australia this year from Hong Kong.