Our Team
Nemo Perera – Managing member
Mr. Perera is a serial entrepreneur with more than twenty-three years of experience in the specialty insurance industry. He previously served as VP of AIG and co-found Risk Capital Partners, LLC., an internationally recognized specialty risk consultancy & brokerage. Today the RCPS family of companies includes Edge Management, LLC (Risk Finance) and Edge GreenTech (Risk Finance for GreenTech). Mr. Perera has a proven track record for new product development in both specialty insurance and capital markets. He is an insurance-linked / life settlement expert who is a frequent guest lecturer and has authored several articles related to life settlements, specialty insurance coverages that mitigate financial risk, and synthetic financial guarantees for green energy and new tech. In addition to structuring unique risk finance structures, Mr. Perera has developed proprietary securitization models that help clients secure funding through rated debt structures. Mr. Perera holds a BS from UCLA and an MBA from USC.
Colin McGonigal - Senior Director | Consulting
Mr. McGonigal has a background in financial consulting, with a focus on risk identification and mitigation. As part of his analytical approach to reviewing client projects and goals, he is highly skilled at identifying and framing key issues and offering viable insight to enable client success. Mr. McGonigal specializes in assessing project risks and pinpointing potential solutions geared toward facilitating project funding. Through his understanding of critical investor concerns and expectations, he is able to provide valuable strategic recommendations on various aspects of project/transaction development. Mr. McGonigal holds an MBA in Strategic Management and Analytics from Villanova University.
steve hacking
Mr. Hacking has more than 25 years’ experience of due diligence and strategy advisory work across more than 200 business, asset, and project transactions. He set up one of London’s leading commercial due diligence practices and was lead advisor in the set up and growth of one of the UK’s top risk finance and insurance due diligence practices. He specializes in the investigation and support of technology businesses, with an emphasis on green technology transactions. He mentors partners and other senior staff at some of London’s top strategy consultancies, where he also trains investigation and due diligence skills to the analytical teams. He was a member of the investment committee of the London Waste and Recycling Board. Mr. Hacking holds an MA in Engineering from Cambridge University, an MSc with distinction from Imperial College London, and an MBA with Distinction from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.
Matthew Jodziewicz – General Counsel
Matthew Jodziewicz has over forty years of legal experience in complicated legal matters having held the position of Government Counsel in Washington D.C. and later as private Corporate and In-House Counsel for entities ranging from publicly traded Cellular and WiFi concerns to privately held Insurance and Banking entities. He has detailed knowledge and experience of the legal and intellectual property challenges facing high tech and internet firms from initial start-up, public offering, merger, and acquisition. Mr. Jodziewicz holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Notre Dame, a Juris Doctor from Rutgers University, and a Master of Laws from The National Law School, George Washington University. He is admitted to the state bars of California, The District of Columbia, and New Jersey, as well as to the Federal Patent Bar.
Anna Bailey
Anna, Managing Partner of Chestnut Capital Management, LLC, began her career in the Life Settlements space in 2007 as a Case Analyst, moved to Quality Control Manager, and ultimately became the Director of Operations at RiverRock. In her most recent role, she was responsible for overseeing RiverRock’s life settlement platform in Austin, Texas, which involved screening and purchasing policies for 7 closed-end Funds. Her prior roles include being a Director at LifebondXchange based in Luxembourg, the Head of the Advisory Board at Bluefin Alpha Growth, and the Director of Business Development at MLF LexServ. In 2016, she formed Chestnut Capital Management, LLC, which sits as the Sub-Advisor to the Bluefin Advantage Fund and Global Capital Consulting, LLC.
Anna, an active member in the European Life Settlement Association (ELSA), has participated in the Steering Group and was ultimately elected the group’s Deputy Chairman and Chairman. She was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by ELSA members in recognition for her achievements on behalf of ELSA and the life settlement industry. In October of 2019 Anna was elected by the International Life Markets Association (BVZL) as Head of the U.S. Sector.
Anna holds a BA in German with a double major in International Relations from the University of Buffalo. Anna holds a Master of Arts Degree in Germanic Studies with a concentration in Language, Literature and Culture from the University of Maryland College Park.
Michael Bainbridge
Michael started his career with a major international Lloyd’s Broker in the Marine insurance business in London as a Lloyd’s Broker heavily involved with P&I, War risk and environmental risks. He has over forty years’ experience in various classes of insurance business and has been involved in the formation and running of various Insurance Companies and Captives overseas. As well as being a Broker, he has been a Managing General Agent, Underwriter and held Lloyd’s Binding Authorities. Michael has developed various unique insurance and reinsurance programmes for both property and liability business in the corporate sector. In addition, he has provided insurance expertise and guidance in the development and placement of financial instruments for the green sector using derivatives and parametric triggers.
Mitch Jodziewicz
Mitch Jodziewicz is a co-founder of Warranty2Go.com, an online mobile insurance company. His skill set focuses around the field of actuarial science and data driven decision making. Mitch Jodziewicz holds a double Major BS in Accounting and Finance from Regis University, and holds certificates in data science and Predictive Analytics from Johns Hopkins University and University of California Irvine.