MEET THE TEAM
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The people of Eikos have associations with several international territories and so have capacity to work with clients from around the globe. Each team member has a unique skillset; the combination of such broad-ranging experience culminates in an agile and creative approach that is typical of the Eikos solution.
Anthony Valsamakis
Founder and Director, London
Tony is an internationally recognised risk management professional with a career spanning 40 years. He is the founder and CEO of Eikos Risk Capital Limited, a London-based risk and insurance consultancy. He is the President of Norfolk Re, a Bermudan-based specialist Insurer. Tony also serves as a non-executive consultant on various company Boards, giving input on enterprise risk and its treatment.
His career has seen him lead various consultancy companies operating in the discipline of risk and its management. He has pioneered industry concepts and financial product design which in 1996 led to his relocation to the UK where he first set up Integrated Risk Consultants Limited, offering risk financing solutions to an international client market.
Tony holds a Doctorate degree in Business Economics – as an academic he has published in the UK and South Africa. His text “An Integrated Approach to Risk Management” is in its 5th edition.
To get in touch with Tony, email: valsamakisa@eikos.co.uk
Kwok Man
Director, London
Kwok is a Director of Eikos Risk Capital, whose current role is to ensure service level excellence in order that clients’ expectations are met.
His professional experience has been gained from spending time at the major broking firms of Aon, HSBC and Willis Towers Watson. He is client-focused with almost 20 years’ experience in the insurance industry specialising in the management of UK and global programmes (Property and Casualty) across various sectors. His experience feeds into his work today, which involves a focus on providing novel solutions to help his current clients address their risk concerns.
Kwok holds a degree in Business Studies and is ACII-qualified.
Cullen Leresche
Director, London
Cullen is a Director of Eikos Risk Capital with primary responsibility for service delivery of Eikos’ approach and offering to clients. Cullen joined Eikos in September 2018 following the start of his insurance career at Willis Towers Watson in 2011.
Cullen learned his trade through a client service and broking role in the wholesale property Global Markets International division. Much of Cullen’s prior work involved risk transfer programmes for parent-owned captives and he draws on this insight to create innovate solutions to clients’ risk problems of today.
Cullen holds a Bachelor of Science degree with honours in Financial Economics from the University of London, as well as certification from the Chartered Insurance Institute.
To get in touch with Cullen, email: lereschec@eikos.co.uk
Antoinette Valsamakis
Director, London
Antoinette is a political economist and established political risk and insurance consultant with 30 years’ international experience focused on emerging markets, especially in Africa. Operationally she is the company’s financial controller and is responsible for HR, governance and compliance.
Antoinette has an MSc in International Economics from the London School of Economics and a PhD in International Political Economy from the University of Birmingham.
She is also a Cambridge University qualified coach focusing on executive, leadership and team coaching. Special interests: helping individuals identify their strengths and build professional and personal confidence; working with teams, small and large, to enhance creativity and efficiency; harnessing conflict and diversity more effectively.
To get in touch with Antoinette, email: antoinettev@eikos.co.uk
Roan Stoop
Quantitative Analyst, Johannesburg
Roan joined Eikos in 2006 as a quantitative analyst providing analytics support to Eikos’s risk financing and risk management offerings. The simulation models Roan produces provide the projections that assist in finding the best insurance solutions for Eikos’s clients.
Roan started his career as actuarial analyst in the risk management department of South Africa’s largest and most innovative medical health scheme. Thereafter, he worked as actuarial programmer developing and maintaining actuarial software for a retirement benefits consultancy before joining Eikos.
Roan graduated with a degree in actuarial science from the University of Johannesburg and completed postgraduate courses in computer science to complement his passion for problem solving.
To get in touch with Roan, email: stoopr@eikos.co.uk
Stefanie De Beer
Account Executive, London
Stefanie is an Account Executive at Eikos Risk Capital; her primary role is to ensure excellence in deliverables to clients and stakeholders.
Stefanie joined the team at the end of 2022 and her insurance career spans over 16 years. She holds various industry-related qualifications from the University of South Africa, and her most recent studies—focusing on Risk Management and Alternative Risk Solutions—afforded Stefanie a Fellowship designation from the Insurance Institute of South Africa.
To get in touch with Stefanie, email: debeerS@eikos.co.uk
Manu Stephen
Insurance Technician, London
Manu became part of the Eikos family in 2023 as an Insurance Technician. In this role, he provides key support to the senior management team in managing the daily operations.
Manu earned his MBA from the University of Kerala, India, and has close to a decade of experience in the insurance industry, with expertise in data management, policy administration, and analytics.
To get in touch with Manu, email: Stephenm@eikos.co.uk