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Executive Board

Niklaus Hilti – Head of the ILS Business

Niklaus Hilti has more than 20 years of experience in the reinsurance and ILS industry and has been with the team since the beginning at Bank Leu in 2004. Prior to joining Bank Leu and later Credit Suisse, he spent two years at Helvetia Insurance, where he was Head of the Non-Life Reinsurance team. Prior to Helvetia, he served as Head of the Natural Catastrophe Pricing team at Converium Ltd.

Niklaus is based in Switzerland and is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Credit Suisse Insurance Linked Strategies Ltd.
Catherine Graf – Chief Operating Officer

Catherine Graf has more than 20 years of experience in the financial industry and has been with the team since 2013. Prior to joining the ILS team, she held several positions as Senior Compliance Officer within the Credit Suisse Group (which has included ILS since 2009). Before joining Credit Suisse in 2002, she served as Head of Distressed Mortgages at Swiss Life.

Catherine is based in Switzerland and is a member of the Executive Board of Credit Suisse Insurance Linked Strategies Ltd.
Daniel Burkhard – Head of ILS Business Development

Daniel Burkhard has more than 30 years of experience in the financial industry and has been with the team since 2010. Prior to joining the ILS team, he worked for the Business Development and Management Group at Credit Suisse Investment Banking for 9 years. Before joining Credit Suisse, he held several positions at financial institutions, mostly in trading and controlling departments.

Daniel is based in Switzerland and is a member of the Executive Board of Credit Suisse Insurance Linked Strategies Ltd.
Jason Bolding - Head of ILS US

Jason Bolding has more than 18 years of experience in the reinsurance and financial industries and joined the team in 2019. Prior to joining the ILS team, he held several positions at Aon plc over a 14 year period including Managing Director in the reinsurance solutions division and Managing Director of Aon Securities, Aon’s capital markets division. Prior to Aon, he worked as a market maker at Platinum Trading for 4 years.

Jason is based in the US and is employed by Credit Suisse Asset Management LLC.
Eric Blattmann – Head of ILS Distribution & Product Strategy

Eric Blattmann has more than 20 years of experience in the financial industry and joined the team in March 2020. Before joining Credit Suisse, he had worked at Vontobel in the Investment Banking unit for more than a decade, where his latest role was Head of Public Distribution Investment Strategies for Europe. Prior to that, he held leading positions at Merrill Lynch and ABN AMRO, and cofounded Derivative Partners.

Eric is based in Switzerland and is a member of the Executive Board of Credit Suisse Insurance Linked Strategies Ltd.

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About Us Management Team

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Niklaus Hilti – Head of the ILS Business

Catherine Graf – Chief Operating Officer

Daniel Burkhard – Head of ILS Business Development

Jason Bolding - Head of ILS US

Eric Blattmann – Head of ILS Distribution & Product Strategy