Reask, the catastrophe modelling, climate analytics and data specialist, has announced that it has appointed Moody’s Joss Matthewman as its new Chief Revenue Officer, to help support the company’s next phase of growth.
Matthewman brings extensive experience in insurance, reinsurance and catastrophe modelling, as well as a deep understanding of how models are built, applied, and scaled across global re/insurance, parametric insurance, and insurance-linked securities (ILS) markets.
He joins the organisation from ratings agency Moody’s (previously RMS) where he spent four years as Senior Director of Climate Change Product Management & Strategy, responsible for driving go-to-market and product strategy across all climate change products.
Prior to joining Moody’s, Matthewman worked at specialist insurer and reinsurer Hiscox, where he held the role of Group Head of Catastrophe Exposure Management, overseeing the the groups catastrophe risk exposure across all exposed lines of business.
In addition, Matthewman started his career by working as a catastrophe model developer at RMS, where he held various roles leading model development across hurricane wind and storm surge risk.
Reask said that Matthewman’s unique experience in re/insurance and catastrophe modelling go-to-market strategy, coupled with the firm’s product market-fit made him the clear choice to spearhead the company’s next phase of customer-centric growth.
Addressing his appointment, Matthewman said: “With their demonstrated expertise in catastrophe risk and cutting-edge innovation, I am delighted to be joining Reask. I very much look forward to having this opportunity to help drive continued growth of the company.”
Jamie Rodney, CEO of Reask, commented: “Joss is a rare and exceptional talent having worked across the entire value-chain of building, buying and selling models. Coupled with his deep curiosity and ability to provide extreme weather data solutions that do not exist today, there is no one better positioned to understand the challenges our customers face. Joss’ expertise will be key in delivering value and maximising our product-market fit as we enter our next phase of growth.”
