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Dr Andrew Smith
As one of Fathom’s co-founders, Dr Andrew Smith formed the company whilst undertaking his PhD at the University of Bristol. When founded, Fathom focused on supporting the insurance market to make informed decisions around risk by making leading research available to as many people as possible. Now eight years on, Fathom has products that span the globe and works with several strategic partners to deliver a range of products, across many verticals.
Alongside his role as COO at Fathom, he is also an active research scientist. Having completed his PhD on the subject, his expertise and research focus on the development of computational flood models. As part of this, Andrew boasts an impressive scholarly portfolio, with a wide range of research examining various aspects of climate change risk modelling and modelling floods over large scales.

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Andrew's recent work
Flash-flooding in St Louis demonstrates the contrast between fluvial pluvial risk

- 07/28/2022
Global flood risk and poverty: an interview with Euronews Now

- 07/04/2022
#CATRisk22: Boutique climate models for a future of uncertain risk

- 06/29/2022
GARP Climate Risk Podcast: 30 years of catastrophe modelling

- 05/26/2022
Increased population exposure to Amphan-scale cyclones under future climates

- 05/08/2022
FABDEM versus MERIT DEM: A visual comparison

- 03/22/2022
Inequitable patterns of US flood risk in the Anthropocene

- 02/01/2022
Hurricane Ida, Louisiana 2021

- 01/12/2022
Flash Flooding, Germany 2021

- 12/16/2021
Future Flood Risk and the PRA Climate Change Stress Tests

- 07/30/2021