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Management team
Andrew Barnard
Chief Executive Officer
Brenton Slade
President
Investment team
James Welsby
Chief Investment Officer
John Duda
Deputy Chief Investment Officer
Benedict Parfit
Portfolio Manager
Andrew “Barney” Barnard
Chief Executive Officer
Prior to joining Lodgepine, Barney served as Senior Managing Director and Head of International Property Catastrophe & Retro Reinsurance at Markel’s Global Reinsurance division. Barney has been involved in the Retro market since 1993 with positions at White Mountains Re, Willis Re, Gerling Global London Market and Eagle Star Re. He started his reinsurance career with Greig Fester Ltd in London. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1993 from Oxford Polytechnic (Oxford Brookes University).
Brenton “Brent” Slade
President
Brent was most recently Senior Vice President, Hamilton Capital Partners, part of Hamilton Insurance Group. Prior to Hamilton he was Chief Operating Officer at Horseshoe Group, where he was responsible for leading the global business operations. Between 2005 and 2013, Brent was a member of the executive committee and Chief Marketing and Capital Markets Officer for Flagstone Reinsurance, responsible for capital market initiatives including capital structure transactions, and ILS, cat bond, and side car businesses, as well as investor relations and firm-wide marketing. Brent graduated from the University of Western Ontario. He is also a graduate of the executive program at the Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College.
James Welsby
Chief Investment Officer
James Welsby was most recently Managing Director, Property and Retro Reinsurance for Markel’s Global Reinsurance division. Prior to joining Markel, he was Principal at Logic Reinsurance Underwriting Management, Ltd., which he co-founded. Prior to founding Logic Re, James was Head of Property Reinsurance at RBC Reinsurance in Toronto. He also worked with GE Insurance/Frankona. James is a business graduate of McMaster University.
John Duda
Deputy Chief Investment Officer
John Duda was most recently Vice President of Markel’s Global Reinsurance division, specializing in retro business. Prior to joining Markel in 2014, John was a Portfolio Manager for Logic Reinsurance in Toronto. His experience also includes roles at Benfield (then Aon Benfield) and Guy Carpenter, working in the Canadian and Advisory teams. He has also worked for Zurich Financial Services in London. John has a bachelor’s degree in Math from the University of Waterloo.
Benedict Parfit
Portfolio Manager
Benedict joined Lodgepine in 2019 as a Portfolio Manager, a role that includes working on portfolio analytics, deal management and investor marketing. He began his career at Markel, where he helped manage Markel Global Reinsurance’s Retro portfolio. Benedict has BA in Classical Studies from Duke University, where he competed as a member of the Varsity Swimming and Diving team. He holds his CPCU, ARe, and AIS certifications.
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