Speakers - Andrew Gaines

Managing Partner, DeRisk Advisory Services

Andrew is Managing Partner of DeRisk Advisory Services, a specialist advisor on risk mitigation for investors, fund managers and project developers in frontier and developing markets. Andrew’s background is in insurance and management consulting, having worked with clients in over 25 countries. Prior to starting DeRisk in 2006, Andrew worked in the insurance division of Credit Suisse in Switzerland and with insurance clients at Accenture in the United Kingdom. Andrew holds an MBA from HEC Paris and a BA in Sociology summa cum laude from Pepperdine University, California. DeRisk Advisory Services (UK) is a risk mitigation specialist for investors in frontier and developing markets; advising on, developing and providing unique access to a wide spectrum of risk strategies, products and services. DeRisk works with debt, equity, corporate, philanthropic, and other innovative investors as they deploy capital beyond the security – and limitations – of more mature and liquid financial markets. DeRisk also assists fund managers and project developers in attracting both traditional and new sources of capital to investment opportunities. DeRisk is an authorized marketing agent of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, the World Bank Group’s political risk insurance arm. DeRisk partners with MIGA and other insurers and risk mitigation partners to develop and market new risk products. DeRisk also focuses on markets and asset classes that have traditionally been underserved – among others, post-conflict countries and smaller or early stage investments.

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