Our Team Members
Members of our leadership team have each achieved note-worthy success building profitable companies—and are now helping our portfolio companies realize their potential.
Jim Stanard
Co-Founder
Jim is a 45+ year insurance industry veteran having founded some of the insurance industries best performing businesses based on ROE. Jim currently serves as Chairman and/or director of several privately held companies.
Allan Cohen
Managing Director
Allan is a Managing Director of Pelican Ventures and responsible for the day-to-day management of the firm's activities. Allan is a credentialed actuary with a broad background across lines of business, operating functions, and business models.
John Lummis
Investor
John as served as a senior executive (CEO,COO,CFO) and Board member in several public and private companies. He has over 25 years in property/casualty insurance experience and has been a Principal in highly successful offshore reinsurance ventures.
Rod Fox
Co-Founder
Rod is a Founder and CEO of TigerRisk Partners, the fourth-largest reinsurance & capital advisory firm. Previously, Rod was CEO of Praetorian Financial Group, leading a successful re-structuring, re-branding, and sale to QBE.
Win Hotchkiss
Managing Director
Win is a Managing Director of Pelican Ventures engaged in all day-to-day investing activity. Win has 30+ years of insurance industry investing and deal making experience on behalf of private equity, hedge fund, HNW and corporate (re)insurance platforms.
Rob Bredahl
Investor
Rob serves as President of TigerRisk Partners, a global reinsurance and capital advisory firm working with a high-end group of insurers. Rob has previously held roles of CEO of Third Point Re and CEO of Aon Benfield Securities, Aon’s Investment Banking Group.
Bob Deutsch
Chairman
Bob provides 35+ years of P&C and Life insurance experience, including startups such as Executive Risk (now part of Chubb), Ironshore Inc., and Hamilton Insurance Group where he served a variety of senior executive roles.
Jayant Khadilkar
Managing Director
Jayant is the Co-Founder of ImpactKarma, mentor, investor, and a 30 year insurance veteran. Prior to ImpactKarma, Jayant was global head of analytics and technology at TigerRisk where he oversaw development and integration of disruptive technologies.