Leanne is Regional Director for the UK P&I Club and the UK Defence Club at Thomas Miller, with responsibility for claims and servicing operations in North and South America. She is also the President of Fairlead Group.

Prior to joining Thomas Miller in 2019, Leanne spent almost 10 years with another leading London-based P&I Club, starting in the global offshore division and ultimately as President and Regional Claims Director in the Americas division. Throughout her P&I career Leanne has been involved with response and management of pollution incidents across multiple jurisdictions both from a claims and contract review perspective. She began her legal career as a solicitor specialising in insurance defence litigation for a law firm in Dublin, Ireland. 

Leanne is a lawyer with qualifications in New York, Ireland, and England and Wales. She obtained her LLB from Trinity College Dublin and holds a certification from the International Group of Protection and Indemnity Clubs P&I (P&IQ) program.