Hanni Ali

SVP, Strategic Partnerships Hamilton Group

Hanni was deeply involved in establishing, and now leads, Hamilton ILS, including Ada Capital Management and Ada Re, a third-party capital market facing SPI. Hanni was also responsible for the issuance of Easton Re, Hamilton’s first 144A Cat Bond. He has played a key role in managing Hamiton’s InsurTech engagement and investments alongside supporting its joint venture digital MGA, Attune.

Hanni joined Hamilton in July 2014 and led the Risk & Analytics function at Hamilton Re, Ltd. with responsibility for portfolio management; and reporting for the Company’s management, Board, regulators, market bodies, rating agencies and ceded reinsurance. He directed the development of the Hamilton Risk & Analytics Platform (HARP). His team developed portfolio optimization approaches using genetic algorithms; extensively automated numerous processes; and designed advanced stochastic simulations for reinsurance.

Hanni has represented Hamilton on the MIT SOLVE Challenge Leadership team, where Hamilton joined as the first insurance member, and has served as a judge for its annual social entrepreneurship challenges, subsequently providing mentorship to winners of the challenges.

Previously, he worked for two years with Allied World where he was responsible for developing pricing and portfolio accumulation, reporting and analytics systems, and the pricing of inwards and outwards reinsurance contracts.

Between 2008 and 2012, Mr. Ali worked for Montpelier Re where he was involved in the establishment of Montpelier’s Lloyd’s Syndicate 5151 and associated Managing Agent, supporting underwriting and risk management of binders, treaty, retro, direct and facultative business.

Prior to joining the insurance industry, Hanni worked for four years in London’s financial services sector, developing equity, commodity and FX pricing models. He also ran a start-up developing High Performance Computing (HPC) systems.

Hanni has a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from Imperial College, London, England. He is an Associate of the Royal College of Science (ARCS), an Associate Member of the Institute of Physics and an associate of the Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS).