Emily White

Emily brings 20 years of experience in disaster risk financing, across (re)insurance, insurance-linked securities, and international development. She brings a breadth of leadership experience from organisations including Lloyds Banking Group, the World Bank, Lloyd’s of London and Flood Re.

In the international development space, Emily has worked with country clients across Africa, Asia and the Pacific. She was instrumental in the growth of the World Bank’s Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Program, and the establishment of its London Hub. Emily was also part of the team that launched Global Parametrics in 2018.

In the (re)insurance sector, Emily built the Catastrophe and Climate Analytics practice at Flood Re and played a key role in management of the Scheme’s financial parameters. She also led the Lloyd’s Banking Group weather team, and was an Exposure Management Executive at Lloyd’s of London. She began her career in Catastrophe Bonds, where she worked on innovations such as the first parametric UK flood bond.  

Emily has authored a number of papers on disaster risk financing, and holds a degree in Physical Sciences from the University of Cambridge.