Our Team

The People Building Vates Risk

A team of underwriters and technologists on a mission to transform specialty insurance.

  • Ben Rutt

    Founder & CEO

    7 years at J.P. Morgan's Corporate & Investment Bank, working in Strategy & FinTech Investments, Digital Private Markets as Head of International, Strategy and Business Development. 14 years British Army.

    Unique experience building a technology business for private markets.

  • Luke Stedman

    Advisor

    17 years as a Data Engineer at Winton and JPMC. Currently CTO of a Start-up Hedge Fund.

    Proven ability to build enterprise-grade financial data systems.

  • Ingo Trede

    Specialty Underwriting Advisor

    13 years as a Financial Lines specialist at HCC Global and Alta Signa with expertise across all Financial Lines and Cyber for Financial Institutions, Transaction Risk Insurance, Contingency and K&R.