Chief Operating Officer at Cactus · Hamilton, Bermuda

Building technology that helps the insurance and investment worlds understand complex risks in simple terms. Previously CEO & co-founder of Y Combinator-backed CatX.

Work

Four stations · 2022 to present

Writing

8 pieces · 2017 to 2026
01Mar 2026 · MediumThe Software Singularity Is Here: What Happens Now.5 min02Mar 2026 · MediumThe Underwriter as Creative Director.7 min03Mar 2026 · MediumPrediction Markets Are Coming to Insurance: Here's How to Prepare.5 min04Feb 2025 · EssayThe Future Potential of Prediction Markets in Insurance and Weather Derivatives.8 min05Jul 2024 · EssayWhy Clear, Structured Data Matters for Bringing Investors into Insurance.5 min06Dec 2022 · BaringaWhy Web 3 Is Too Important for Insurers to Ignore.5 min07Dec 2020 · EssayBaidu, Alibaba and Tencent’s Roles in Chinese AI Development.3 min08Feb 2017 · CherwellOxford University Has Won Europe Number One for Unicorn Start-Ups.3 min

Press

19 dispatches · 2007 to 2026
Mar 2026Predicting the Insurability of Prediction Markets · Carrier ManagementSep 2025CatX CEO Explains Unique Offering, Fresh from Cactus Merger · Intelligent InsurerSep 2025Prop Traders Pursuing Private ILS Opportunities Beyond Nat Cat · The InsurerSep 2025CatX and Cactus Merger Unveiled at Rendez-Vous · The Royal GazetteSep 2025Exclusive: CatX and Cactus Merge in Bermuda Insurance Software Deal · The Insurer TV2025CatX's Altier: "Insurance is this quirky, interesting thing that no one really pays attention to" · The Insurer TV, Young MeteorsView full archive · 19 dispatches →

About

Origin · Oxford

I'm passionate about making risk management clearer and fairer for everyone. Through my work at CatX and now Cactus, I build technology that helps the insurance and investment worlds understand complex risks in simple terms.

Our goal is practical: when everyone sees risk the same way, we can spread it efficiently across the economy, making communities more resilient to disasters.

CatX raised its pre-seed and seed rounds in 2023, supporting institutional investors with more than $500bn in total AUM to access, understand and invest in insurance risk.

2025 →Chief Operating Officer, CactusHamilton, Bermuda
2023-25CEO & Co-founder, CatX (YC S23)London / Bermuda
2020-23Strategy Consultant, Baringa PartnersLondon
2016-20Master of Arts, 1st Class, University of OxfordOxford
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