2 September 2016 Alternative Risk Transfer

Vario Partners hires former Lloyd's analysis manager and JP Morgan exec

Vario Partners, an insurance inked securities (ILS) structuring and investment firm, has appointed Markus Gesmann as head of research and modelling and Mike Kontaratos as head of investment.

Gesmann joins from Lloyd's of London, where he was manager of a team of analysts, and was responsible for market-wide analytical research and development.

Prior to this, he served as executive director at JP Morgan’s securitisation group, where he focused on a wide range of sectors with a specialisation in insurance.

Kontaratos joins from JP Morgan, where he served as executive director, vice president.

Within JP Morgan he has held a number of insurance-related roles.

Quentin Moore, a founding executive partner of Vario, said: “The appointments of Markus and Mike are another milestone in the development of the Vario team. With a strong business pipeline from all sectors of the insurance industry for our whole account securitisation model, and our team of experts now complete, we have all the elements in place to complete transactions and build the Vario funds.”

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