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
A 30+ year veteran of the P&C and reinsurance sectors, John has served as a senior executive (CEO,COO,CFO) and director with various public and private companies. John is currently active as a board member, advisor and investor in financial services, focused on insurance operations that are technology enabled.
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.
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.
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.
Boris Aksenov
Senior Associate
Boris is a Senior Associate of Pelican Ventures and is responsible for supporting the day-to-day activities of the firm. Boris previously worked at 777 Partners, where he focused on investing within the insurance vertical, and has an MBA from the University of Chicago.