RISC MTP-NOTES - Key Persons
Derrell is CEO of RISCfp and has developed a unique profile in the complex financial risk financing market, working with major corporations, financial institutions and regulators. Prior to RISCfp , Derrell was Manager of The RISConsulting Group LLC (which he co-founded with Hannover Re and Rabobank in 1996/97), as well as the CEO of Karson Management (Bermuda) Limited and its subsidiaries, which he founded in 2007. Prior to RISConsulting, Derrell spent 18 years with Citicorp/Citibank in Canada, Hong Kong and London, where he held senior positions in relationship management, fixed income trading and sales, equity derivatives and new business/new product development. Derrell spent one year at BankBoston as Head of Derivatives Trading and Sales. He created Citicorp's European warrants, European equity derivatives and insurance derivatives businesses, where he concluded the first ever catastrophe bond transaction for Hannover Re in 1994. Derrell served as a member of the Board of Directors of Converium AG from its launch in 2001 until its acquisition by SCOR in 2007. Among Derrell's notable achievements were the establishment of RISConsulting as the market leader in arranging and advising on aircraft contingent liability portfolio risk reinsurance transactions and helping to achieve a leadership position as an independent provider of excess reserve and capital financing for US life companies (e.g., for Reg. XXX, AXXX and stable value business).
Derrell received a B.A. (Magna cum Laude) from Amherst College and an M.A. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts).
Job Titles:
- Director and Vice President of RFPS Limited
John Williams is Director and Vice President of RFPS Limited. He has extensive experience in service delivery as a banker, senior financial services executive and consultant. He was a VP/Group Head at Chemical Bank's Operations Division. He went on to hold several senior positions at American Express, including SVP of Strategic Planning, VP of Platinum Card (US), SVP of Marketing Information Services, and SVP/GM of the Consumer Travel Network. He led a re-positioning of the Platinum Card, where he created a number of new, innovative service features that led to accelerated growth for the product. He restructured the Consumer Travel Network, leading to a quintupling in operating income over three years. He has served as CEO of three startup ventures. as a partner in the Bridgespan Group, a strategy consulting firm, and as president of MuhlenbergCollege (PA). John is a director of Karson (Bermuda) and Linear Air, Inc. In addition, John is a Life Trustee of Amherst College and serves as a trustee of Kent School (Kent, CT) and Walnut Hill School for the Arts (Natick, MA).
John earned a BA, magna cum laude, in Economics from Amherst College. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a JD from Harvard Law School.
Robert is a veteran of the fixed income, alternative investment space with more than twenty years of experience in product development, technology innovation and operations. Robert is a former partner and co-founder of Virtus Partners LLC, a global, independent financial services and administration services firm. In the 13 years as the Head of Product Development and Strategy, Robert helped grow Virtus to over $300 Billion in AUA with offices in the US and Europe. Prior to launching Virtus Partners, Robert spent over 8 years at JP Morgan Chase within the Institutional Trust Division as Global Product Manager for the CDO line of business and as Global Structured Finance Analytics Manager.
Robert holds a degree in Economics from the University of Western Ontario, a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Windsor Ontario and an MBA from Texas Tech University.
Thomas Huertas is Chair of RISCfp . He has extensive experience in financial services as a banker, regulator, supervisor and consultant. He held a number of senior positions at Citigroup including Chairman and Chief Executive of Citibank AG (Germany). He also acted as Chairman and Chief Executive of Orbian plc, launching this supply-chain financing company into the market and then selling it to a private investor. In 2004, Tom joined the UK Financial Services Authority as Executive Director. During his seven years at the FSA, he played a leading role in the supervision of troubled banks and reform of regulation concerning capital, liquidity, resolution and remuneration. Concurrent with his duties at the FSA, Tom served as a member of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and as Alternate Chair of the European Banking Authority. In 2012, Tom joined EY as a partner in its Financial Services Risk Practice, where he chaired the firm's Global Regulatory Network and advised major financial institutions. Currently Tom is Senior Fellow at the Center for Financial Studies at the Goethe University in Frankfurt and a non-executive director at Barclays Bank Europe.
Tom holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago and has published extensively on financial services.