Team
Our team comprises world-class experts in their respective industries working collaboratively to provide unparalleled knowledge of risk management and energy markets.
Paratus has developed a unique solution that intersects renewable power, energy markets, insurance, and technology to deliver a first to market one of a kind insurance product.
Our solution bridges the gap between traditional insurance and market driven demand from the energy industry.
Paratus Team
- 25+ years as proprietary oil trader with physical, derivatives and hedge fund experience
- Vitol Group of Companies – Former Partner and co-founder global derivatives business in London, Geneva and Singapore
- Former oil trader - Shell Trading and Shipping and Hess Energy Trading
- 30+ years Finance Executive
- Significant experience in the control and support of institutional operating businesses with specific expertise in Energy markets, Fixed Income and Commodities products
- Morgan Stanley - Former Managing Director and co-Head of Product Control and CFO of the EMEA Institutional Securities Group
- 25+ years (re)insurance Executive
- Significant underwriting, pricing, and distribution experience globally, across company/Lloyd’s paper, third party capital, ILS markets and Insurtechs
- Arch Re – former MD International Insurance
- Hiscox – former Sales & Marketing Director Europe and Head/Founder of UK Direct Commercial
- University of Cambridge MA and ACMA
- 7+ years extensive regulatory experience in London and New York
- BNY Mellon – Former Chief of Staff to Head of Technology Strategy
- Barclays - Former Chief of Staff to Chief Compliance Officer, routinely briefing the US Federal Reserve, SEC and FINRA
- Lehman Brothers assets at Barclays in New York - Led the effort to remediate legacy sales practice infractions and dispose of residuals
- 23+ years multi industry experience in Financial Services and Technology
- Financial Markets at Morgan Stanley
- Corporate Special Situations & Arbitrage at ING Financial Markets
- Strategy and operational transformation in FinTech and EdTech
- Senior Director of Operations in Technology services
- The University of Manchester BAEcon and Georgetown University MBA
- 25+ years trading derivative and physical energy markets with a focus on refined products, primarily with Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan
- Ex-Global Head of Middle Distillate Trading at Noble, and also held trading positions at Phibro and the European Refiner, Klesch Group
- Former Merchant Navy marine deck officer with Shell with Masters certification
- 30 years of experience in the energy markets in New York, London, and Singapore
- Energy markets veteran taking on senior trading positions in top tier investment banks including Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan, having started his career as an energy options trader on the NYMEX
- Founder and MD of Cornerstone Global Commodities, a specialist energy markets brokerage, serving global clients including multiple international airlines
- Former Middle East Director of Ashmore, a FTSE 100 asset manager - member of the Investment Committee and Board Member of the firm’s funds in Saudi Arabia
- Former Chief Investment Strategist of MASIC
- Former Chief Economist of Credit Agricole C.I.B. for the Middle East, Chief Economist and Group General Manager of Banque Saudi Fransi, Group Chief Economist of Saudi British Bank and Chief Regional Economist of Samba Financial Group
- Gulf Research Center: Chief Economist and Head of Research
- Advised public and private institutions in Europe, the US and the Gulf region, including BCG, McKinsey, PwC, EY, Berkley Research Group, Burohappold and Deloitte
- Cambridge University: Fellow at the Judge Business School, and Scholar at Pembroke College
- 7+ years Governance, Risk, and Compliance
- Significant experience in the design, implementation, and management of operational risk management systems
- Goldman Sachs - Former Executive Director, Risk Division
- University of Cambridge MPhil, Canfield University MSc, PG Dip, Maynooth University BSc (Hons)
- 18+ years of project and programme management and leadership experience
- Former Army Officer with extensive operational management experience in the military, civil and diplomatic environments
- McKinsey & Co trained in delivering business transformation and change management initiatives
- University of Cardiff BSc and Kings College London MA
- 10+ years of capital markets experience
- BoA Merrill Lynch - Former Global Head of Natural Resources Equities
- Sage Enterprises – Managing Director
- OilX - Board Member
- Anglo Platinum Ventures - Strategic Advisor
- Softwire Technology - Former Software Engineer
- Experience developing financial risk management systems including client interface and communication portals
- Emphasis on quality engineering to produce resilient and flexible systems
- University of Oxford - MPhysPhil
- 10+ years as senior technical lead and developer
- Softwire Technology – Former Technical Lead & Senior Developer
- Experience of technical design and prototyping of complex financial systems
- Cloud-based architectures and deployments for scalable systems
- University of Cambridge - MMath
- 15+ years' experience of early-stage technology teams
- Expertise in finance, VC, climate
- OODAX - Founder & CTO (Data services for renewables)
- Cervest - VP Engineering (Climate Risk)
- Markit (Fixed Income Indices)
- University of Edinburgh - BSc Computer Science
- Experienced software engineer in the full SDLC and Agile Methodologies
- Former developer at Risilience, a climate risk analytics spin-out from the University of Cambridge, with a strong understanding of SaaS platforms and a focus on impactful solutions in the renewables sector
- Trinity College Dublin - BA (Hons) Computer Science
- 10+ years’ Legal Advisory in (upstream) Energy sector
- Formerly Group General Counsel - Century Energy Group
- Management Consulting Energy transition, Renewable Energy & Sustainability
- LLM London School of Economics
- Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA)
- Founder and Director at The Online Accountant, providing accounting solutions for rapidly expanding businesses
- Former Head of UK Finance at Zeta Group, a leading digital marketing and technology company
- Paratus graduate entry 2024
- Pricing analyst also supporting marketing, technology and special projects. Experience in cost and data modelling, engaging with clients to deliver data-driven solutions
- University of Bristol - BEng Engineering Mathematics
- 20+ years Insurance industry experience
- 15 years Hiscox Insurance underwriting and business development: 13yrs Hiscox Guernsey and 2 yrs within Lloyds of London
- Former Hiscox Guernsey leadership team
- University of Exeter BA - Business Management, Diploma CII
- Financial Services professional with 30 years’ experience with Chartered and Fellow status in three disciplines, Chartered Director, Chartered Certified Accountant and Chartered Insurer
- Over 20 years of Board room experience working with CEOs, CFOs, Treasurers and Risk Managers of PLCs, Government entities, partnerships, professional bodies and privately held companies
- Past Chairman of the Guernsey International Insurance Association (GIIA) and Past Chairman of the Institute of Directors, Guernsey. Former Robus Group CEO
- Appleby Guernsey- Partner and Group Head within the Corporate Department
- Babbé Guernsey- Partner and Head of Corporate and Commercial
- Stephenson Harwood LLP - Partner
- Corporate and commercial expertise including insurance structures, financial services regulations and fund raising
- Qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales in 1992 and as a Guernsey advocate in 2010
- Robus Group, Guernsey - Deputy Manging Director
- Guernsey International Insurance Association - Chairman
- Extensive experience in insurance company set up, licensing and management specialising in corporate governance, regulations and risk management
- Director on a number of licensed insurers and has been involved in many of Guernsey’s innovations
- Chartered Accountant, trained with KPMG
- Bath University
Advisory Panel
- The Ardonagh Group - Former Executive Chairman of Specialty
- Lloyd's of London - Former Chief Executive from 2006 to 2013
- Cunningham Lindsey - Executive Chairman
- Partnership Assurance Group - Non-Executive Director
- Direct Line Group - Non-Executive Director and Senior Independent Director
- Member of the PRA Practitioner Panel, an independent statutory panel that represents the interests of practitioners regulated by the Bank of England
- International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) - 10+ years working as Chief Executive Officer and Vice-Chairman at the second largest energy trading exchange
- Industry expert with over 25 years experience in renewable energy and sustainability
- Sits on three listed Boards as a NED and Chair of the ESG Committee: Next Energy Solar Fund PLC, Foresight Sustainable Forestry Fund PLC, and Vulcan Energy Resources
- Sits on the investment and valuations committee of the British Sustainable Infrastructure Fund
- Former Partner at Ernst & Young specialising in renewables. Sat on the Power & Utilities Board and led on the development of EY’s global renewable investment plan
- Founded the not for profit, Sustainability & You, an educational podcast for senior finance leaders
- Former Global Head of Transport law - Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
- Vice Chairman of Maritime London
- Chairman Emeritus of Maritime UK
- Advisory Board of RINA (Registro Italiano Navale)
- Supervisory Committee Member of Belfast Maritime Consortium
- Advisory Board of London International Shipping Week
- Co-founder of Berkeley Energy, an Africa-focused renewable power developer which manages four renewable energy funds and also a commercial and industrial renewable energy business selling clean solutions to corporates in Asia
- Partner and member of the Investment Committee of Berkeley Energy funds and leads the investment process
- Qualified solicitor with a first class BA from Oxford University
- Founded, organised and took part in a ski traverse of the continent of Antarctica and has written a book about the experience
- 20+ years board level experience in the insurance sector
- Remark Group – Former Founder & CEO
- SCOR – Former Global Head of Distribution
- ManageMy - Co-Founder
- REHALTO - Chairman
- AGDelta, Quant Insight, and Insuretech Gateway by Hambro Perks - Advisor & Board Member
- 25+ years of experience in insurance, reinsurance, and alternative risk transfer
- Horseshoe Group - Founder
- Awarded the 2010 ‘Adviser of the Year’ and the 2013 ‘Market Facilitator of the Year’ by Trading Risk magazine
- Alea Bermuda Ltd - Former Head of Office and a Director
- Overseas Partners Ltd., Bermuda - Former Senior Vice President
- KPMG Bermuda - Former Head of Actuarial Consulting Practice
- Coopers & Lybrand Canada, consulting actuary
- Zurich Canada - Chief Pricing Actuary and other actuarial positions within the sector
- Vitol Group of Companies – Former Senior Partner with +35 years of refined oil products and cross-commodity expertise covering: fuel oil, jet fuel, diesel, oil product derivatives, iron ore, aluminium, copper and coal
- Elf Trading SA - Global Head Fuel Oil and Distillates
- Mobil Oil - Jet fuel and distillates Manager
- 20+ years advising Financial Services clients on UK and cross border tax matters
- Former Partner at KPMG and Deloitte
- Considered a leading expert in the taxation of investment management
- Qualified tax barrister, INSEAD MBA and Cambridge University graduate
- 20+ years trading physical and financial commodity markets, with emphasis on oil, refined products and energy at top tier banks, oil and gas majors and utilities
- Koch Supply & Trading - Former Head European Derivatives & Price Risk Management Solutions
- 20+ years in financial risk management
- CRO of the largest independent asset manager in Western Switzerland (>CHF25 BN AuM)
- EIM S.A - Former Head of Risk Management Europe & Asia
- PWC - Former Senior Manager in the Risk Advisory practice
- Held senior risk positions at commercial banks in Switzerland & Canada
- Former Model Validation Quantitative Analyst at Lloyds Banking Group
- Expertise in pricing model validation across wide variety of financial and commodity markets
- PhD in Number Theory at UCL, former Research Assistant at the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research, MMath University of Oxford