CCRIF | The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility

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The CCRIF Team

Back Row (L-R) Simon Young, James Rawcliffe, Isaac Anthony

Front Row (L-R) Ken Blakely, Milo Pearson, Garry Wilkins, Warren Smith

Milo Pearson

Chairman of the Board

Milo Pearson is well qualified to be chairman of the CCRIF; he has over 35 years of insurance experience and has created two landmark organizations that have had an important and lasting impact on insurance industry in California: the California Earthquake Authority and the Rate Regulation Division of the California Department of Insurance.

As a senior partner of Insurance Solutions Group, Pearson specializes in regulatory and catastrophe related issues. He is also the executive director for the Pacific Association of Domestic Insurance Companies, an industry trade association.

Isaac Anthony

CARICOM appointed Board Member

Chairman and founding member of the Caribbean Public Finance Association (CAPFA), Isaac Anthony currently serves as a CCRIF board member appointed by CARICOM. He is presently the Director of Finance in the Ministry of Finance, International Financial Services and Economic Affairs in St. Lucia and serves as the Registrar of Insurance with responsibility for supervising and regulating the Insurance Industry. With a Bachelors of Science Degree in Economics and Accounting and an Executive MBA from the University of the West Indies, Anthony also serves on the Boards of the St Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC), International Financial & World Investment Corporation, St Lucia Mortgage Finance Corporation and St Lucia Solid Waste Management Authority.He is the Chairman and founding member of the Caribbean Public Finance Association (CAPFA).

Isaac Anthony currently serves as a CCRIF board member appointed by CARICOM. He is presently the Director of Finance in the Ministry of Finance, International Financial Services and Economic Affairs in St. Lucia and serves as the Registrar of Insurance with responsibility for supervising and regulating the Insurance Industry. With a Bachelors of Science Degree in Economics and Accounting and an Executive MBA from the University of the West Indies, Anthony also serves on the Boards of the St Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC), International Financial & World Investment Corporation, St Lucia Mortgage Finance Corporation and St Lucia Solid Waste Management Authority.

Warren Smith

Caribbean Development Bank appointed Board Member

Appointed to the CCRIF Board by the Caribbean Development Bank, Dr. William Smith has more than 30 years experience in Economics and Planning, and holds a BA (Hon.) in Economics, an M.Sc. in Agricultural Economics and a PhD in Economics from Cornell University. Currently, he is the Director of Finance and Corporate Planning at the Caribbean Development Bank and has held positions at the National Investment Bank of Jamaica, Prudential Stockbrokers Limited, Life of Jamaica, LIAT and the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica. In the past, he served as a consultant for the CARICOM Secretariat, the Government of Grenada and a Caribbean Development Bank/World Bank investigative study.

Ken Blakeley

Board Member

A former president of both the Insurance Company of the West Indies, (ICWI) and Eagle Star Insurance Company of Puerto Rico, Ken Blakeley has had a long tenure in Caribbean insurance. His 40-year career in the region's insurance market began with a stint as a resident inspector in Trinidad and Tobago leading him to positions as a Managing Director, Agency Manager and now, as a technical adviser and director at Billy Craig Insurance Brokers in Jamaica.

Blakeley has also served as the deputy chairman, Jamaica Association of General Insurance Companies, Chairman of the Board of Studies, The Insurance Institute of Jamaica and as chairman of The Insurance Institute of Jamaica.

Garry Wilkins

Board Member

Wilkins lends his experience as a retired banker with over 40 years experience with executive positions in a variety of countries including those in Australasia, the Far East, West Africa, the Caribbean and the United Kingdom, to the CCRIF board.

He was employed by the Barclays Bank Group for 31 years, where his duties included acting as Director and Secretary on various boards. He has worked with a number of advisory bodies on fraud and money laundering prevention including the Cayman Islands police force. He was also employed by Cayman National Corporation as their Group Internal Auditor where he was responsible for both audit and compliance for the holding company and its five subsidiaries consisting of a bank, two trust companies, a securities company and an insurance company. Since his retirement from the Cayman National Corporation Group he has provided independent directorships for a number of banks, funds and other financial institutions and also provides a consultancy service on fiduciary and compliance issues. He is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (ACIB) London.

Dr. Simon Young

Facility Supervisor

Dr. Simon Young has worked in natural hazards risk assessment in the Caribbean for over a decade and currently serves as facility supervisor for the CCRIF on behalf of CARICOM and the World Bank.

He is also the CEO of CaribRM, a merger of his consultancy company, GeoSY with the Risk Management division of the CGM Gallagher Group. In that capacity he has completed projects for clients in both the public and private sectors throughout the Caribbean, including the Organisation of American States, the Pan-American Health Organisation, the Inter-American Institute for Global Change and the World Bank, numerous regional Governments, and local and regional quasi-government institutions including CDERA, UWI and, in Jamaica, the National Housing Trust and National Water Commission.

With an academic research background in geohazards, Dr. Young was also the first Director and Chief Scientist at the Montserrat Volcano Observatory and an advisor on natural hazards risk to the UK Government covering the British Overseas Territories.

James Rawcliffe

Insurance Manager

Sagicor Insurance Managers Ltd

Chief contact: James Rawcliffe A.C.A. - Vice President

Sagicor Insurance Managers Ltd. is a member of the Sagicor Financial Group, which is listed on the Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago and London Stock Exchanges. Formed originally as Barbados Mutual in 1840, Sagicor has become the leading indigenous financial services organization in the Caribbean, with presence in 21 countries across the Caribbean, the United Kingdom, in 41 states of the United States and the District of Columbia.

William Dalziel

Asset Manager

In March 2005, William Dalziel joined London and Capital Ltd, and currently serves as head of the Captive practice for the firm. He has 29 years' experience in the insurance industry and has worked with major international insurance groups, including the Zurich Financial Services' International Life Business. Within this organisation, he served as Director with responsibility for Latin America and Distribution Development. He has been significantly involved in the captive insurance and Alternative Risk Transfer market at London and Capital, and promotes the building of relationships with advisers, in order to promote the provision of the best solutions for clients.