CALIDRIS

Team

Daniel Miller

Co-Founder and Co-CEO
Calidris Investment Partners

Daniel has over 20 years of experience as an insurance corporate finance specialist within industry, sellside, and buyside roles. Most recently prior to founding Calidris, Daniel was a Managing Director at Blackstone within its Tactical Opportunities group in London, where he was focused on insurance partnership transactions.

Daniel is a CFA Charterholder; a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter; a Chartered Insurance Practitioner; and holds a MSc in Insurance & Risk Management from Bayes (formerly Cass) Business School, City, University of London.

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Philippe Trahan

Co-Founder and Co-CEO
Calidris Investment Partners

Prior to founding Calidris, Philippe was a managing director at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board where he built and managed its insurance-linked securities platform for 17 years. Philippe was an early adopter of the strategic capital partnership model and has led numerous groundbreaking transactions within this space.

Philippe is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society, of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries and of the Institute of Corporate Directors.

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Marcus Foley

Director of Quantitative Strategies
Calidris Investment Partners

Marcus has more than 20 years' experience in the insurance industry. He has held various C-suite positions across Aspen, Argo and Somers Re groups. His focus has been on Risk and Capital Management, Balance Sheet Optimization and M&A.

Prior to joining the industry Marcus earned a Ph.D. in Computational Physics through his research at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Munich, Germany.

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Natasha Osborne

Director of Finance and Operations
Calidris Investment Partners

Natasha brings nearly 15 years of (re)insurance industry experience. Starting her career at Deloitte, Natasha joins from Hiscox Re & ILS where she held numerous roles. During her career she has specialised in insurance-linked strategies, providing investors with access to reinsurance returns in collateralised structures; focusing on operationalising transactions, raising capital, financial oversight and investor reporting.

Natasha graduated from McGill University and is a member of CPA Bermuda

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Andrew Brooks

Non-Executive Director
Calidris Investment Partners

Andrew has over 40 years of experience within the insurance industry. He is currently a consultant to the Ascot Group board and was previously the CEO from 2008 - 2023. He joined Ascot at its inception in 2001 and was appointed CUO in 2005. He served as a member of the Lloyd’s Council for 9 years and was Deputy Chair from 2023 - 2025. He has also served as Chair of the Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA) from 2018 - 2025. In addition, he has served on the London Market Group (LMG) for over 7 years. Andrew is ACII qualified.

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