Our Team
ForestRe has a team of professionals with over 40 years of forestry and insurance expertise between them. Our team is focused on providing effective financial products and consultancy services to the Forest Industry. The leading experts are:
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John Forgach, Chairman: John is a former visiting Professor for Private Equity Investment and Business Planning for the Environment at Yale University School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, acts a Chairman for the Company.
He currently heads up a private environmental investment corporate division that is based in New York.
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Phil Cottle, Managing Director: Phil has over 18 years' experience in forestry risk assessment for brokers, forest corporations, insurance syndicates in Lloyd's and continental reinsurers.
He is an innovator in establishing forestry insurance schemes and a regular speaker on global platforms on aspects of forest risks, explaining how insurance adds great value to the sector investment propositions of most companies. He has been an early mover in recognising and writing about the impacts of climate change on insurance and forest companies.
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Charles Stutley, Chief Underwriter: Charles is an Economist and an Agricultural Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist. After many years as a consultant with Agricultural Risk Management Ltd., he worked as part of the forestry underwriting team for a global reinsurer based in Zurich and recently as a risk consultant for the World Bank and other International Development Agencies.
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Jenny Yu, Risk Manager: Jenny is one of the founding members of the Company, having being with ForestRe since 2005. Holding an Msc Degree in International Business Management and as a Native Mandarin Speaker, Jenny leads the Risk Assessment Unit within the Company.
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Deyber Cano, Operations Manager: Deyber provides co-ordination and operations management for the Company. Having previously worked as a consultant for a Washington based Company, Deyber has direct experience in Strategy, Planning and Product Development in different industries. He is a post graduate of the London School of Economics in Finance and International Economics, and is a Native Spanish speaker.