James Welsby

James Welsby currently serves as Chief Investment Officer of Lodgepine Capital Management, a Bermuda-based insurance linked securities fund manager. James was most recently Managing Director, Property and Retro Reinsurance for Markel’s Global Reinsurance division.

Prior to joining Markel, he was Principal at Logic Reinsurance Underwriting Management, Ltd., which he co-founded. Prior to Logic Re, James was Head of Property Reinsurance at RBC Reinsurance in Toronto. He also worked with GE Insurance/Frankona in both Toronto and Munich.

James is a business graduate of McMaster University located in Hamilton, Canada.