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Richard Leftley has a diverse work experience spanning several companies and roles. Richard is currently a Chief Entrepreneur in Residence at ARK Venture Studio, where they are involved in raising venture funds and supporting existing ventures. Prior to this, Richard worked as a Venture Builder at Ninety in the ARK venture build studio.
Additionally, Richard has held positions at various organizations such as the IFC - International Finance Corporation as a Consultant, Wavu Limited as a Founder, and MIC Global as an Advisor to the Board Chair. At MIC Global, they also served as a Co-Founder, EVP, and Board Member, where they played a key role in driving global growth and developing unique insurance products for underserved populations.
Richard's earlier experiences include roles at Opportunity International as a Vice President and as a Senior Global Insurance Manager. Richard began their career at Aon as a Reinsurance Broker. Throughout their career, Richard has demonstrated a focus on innovation and expanding insurance access to underserved communities in Africa and Asia.
Richard Leftley attended Gordonstoun School from 1985 to 1991, but did not pursue a specific degree at this institution. Richard then went on to study at Edinburgh University from 1993 to 1996, where they earned a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree in Geography. Additionally, they obtained a CII Diploma from the Chartered Institute of Insurance, although the specific timeframe for this qualification is not provided.
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The insurance & risk industry struggles to know know how to address the biggest risks of our generation: extreme weather, ageing populations, biodiversity loss, refugee crises, disinformation and global supply chain collapse. We are going about solving that market failure. We’ve built a business model that is awesome at doing this systematically. We’ve earnt the trust of global players in development (UN, Gates), industry (Merck, Schneider), and insurance (AXA, Swiss Re, Lloyd’s, Generali, Dai-ichi, etc.), and now are super-charging our ambition to protect humanity’s future. ARK is Ninety's venture studio for systemic risks to people and planet. We’re picking off big systemic risk issues one at a time, working with global consortia to address seemingly intractable global risk problems via high-impact, high-value commercial ventures that combine the skills and assets of entrepreneurs, corporates and NGOs. On our workbench currently or of late are these: incentives for green energy transitions; solutions for vaccine coldchain logistics insurability; financial solutions to the housing crisis for vulnerable migrants and municipalities in Europe; public-private partnerships to drive farmers to adopt biodiversity-respectful methods; and models to increase access to modern healthcare for emerging middle-classes in Africa. On our hit-list in the months ahead: women’s safety, disinformation risk, plastic and damaged oceans. Sign up as a member of ARK at http://ark.ninety.com