our team
Meet the
Risilience team
Risilience understands that climate and nature risk is business risk. We work together to support global enterprise to understand and manage the financial implications of climate-and-nature-related-risks – and to optimise commercial opportunities.
Multidisciplinary, diverse and passionate team
Our team comprises subject-matter experts who leverage scientifically-grounded environmental frameworks, co-developed with the University of Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies, to quantify, strategize, and deliver the analytical depth, precision, and credibility required by global business to turn sustainability into a driver of brand value, financial resilience, and competitive edge.
Meet our founding team
Dr Andrew Coburn
Chairman
Dr Michelle Tuveson
Senior Advisor of Strategic Initiatives
Professor Danny Ralph
Senior Advisor
Simon Ruffle
CIO
Dr Andrew Coburn
Andrew is Chairman and a founding member of Risilience. He was the main architect behind the models and analytics that go into the Risilience platform.
Andrew has previously been one of the early-stage innovators of the catastrophe modeling industry for insurance, where he has created and brought numerous analytics products to market.
Andrew is one of the founding members of the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, where he maintains a position as Chief Scientist.
Dr Michelle Tuveson
Michelle is Senior Advisor of Strategic Initiatives to Risilience where she provides expertise in guiding the strategic direction to its leadership.
Michelle helps teams identify new opportunities for growth and strategies for development. She advises on markets, liaising with internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment and support for strategic initiatives.
Michelle is Chairman and Executive Director of the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. She is a frequent commentator and moderator at risk and sustainability thought leadership events and conferences.
Professor Danny Ralph
Danny is Senior Advisor and a founder member of Risilience.
He is an authority on managing risk in business and has published widely in his capacity as Professor of Operations Research at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School, where he also founded the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies for which he is Academic Director.
Danny’s interests in business risk include identification and management of systemic risk, risk aversion in investment, economic equilibria models and optimisation methods.
Simon Ruffle
Simon is Chief Information Officer and a founder of Risilience.
He is the original architect behind the Risilience SaaS Platform. He is responsible for compliance, IT, ESG, security, standards, interoperability, and data.
Meet our executive team
Angela Brown
CEO
Dr Andrew Coburn
Chairman
Duncan Powell
CFO
Angela Brown
Angela is Chief Executive Officer at Risilience, responsible for the overall business success and direction of the company.
Angela has nearly 20 years of experience working across the Financial Services and FinTech space with much of that time spent in product strategy and development roles. During her career she has covered a range of technologies and content domains including fundamentals financial data, credit risk, climate analytics, ESG data and scores and, sustainable finance.
Dr Andrew Coburn
Andrew is Chairman and a founding member of Risilience. He guides the company's world-class scientific and modeling foundations.
Andrew has previously been one of the early-stage innovators of the catastrophe modelling industry for insurance, where he has created and brought numerous analytics products to market.
Andrew is one of the founding members of the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, where he maintains a position as Chief Scientist.
Duncan Powell
Duncan is CFO at Risilience, where he oversees the financial management and strategic business planning for the company.
As a growth-orientated finance leader with over 25 years’ experience, he has deep expertise in strategic and financial planning; corporate and business development; mergers and acquisitions; business and financial optimisation; and fundraising in both private and public companies.
“Organizations are no longer asking whether climate and nature risks matter, but how to act on them in a way that protects and drives business value. Our role is to make those decisions clearer. By combining advanced analytics with essential tooling, we empower clients to quantify risk, prioritize action, and unlock opportunity.”
Angela Brown, CEO Risilience
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