Dr Matthew Jones

Dr Matthew Jones is Fathom’s Chief Product Officer, where he guides the organisation’s product development across its target sectors.
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Before joining the team, he worked as Head of Catastrophe Risk Product at Nasdaq where he led the implementation of the multi-vendor Nasdaq Risk Modelling for Catastrophes platform. This involved working closely with Nasdaq’s software developers and with the Oasis Loss Modelling Framework team.
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Matthew brings over 20 years of experience in the re/insurance industry, previously founding Cat Risk Intelligence where he worked as an independent consultant for a range of clients including insurance companies and model vendors. Prior to this Matthew worked at the Zurich Insurance Group as their Global Head of Catastrophe Management.

Matthew is a qualified actuary and has a PhD in Oceanography and Remote Sensing from University College London. He has also co-authored a book on catastrophe risk management.
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Matthew’s experience of using flood risk data and the results of catastrophe models in an insurance context will help ensure that Fathom’s products are focused on customer needs.