Paul Wollmann, Managing Director, Structured & Asset-Backed Finance, is responsible for underwriting transactions involving asset-backed securities and other structured financings, as well as corporate, financial institutions, and sovereign risks. Mr. Wollmann joined the Company in January 2007 from RCS Limited (sponsored by HBK Investments LP), a start-up Bermuda surety company developing alternative collateral for use by reinsurance companies to obtain U.S. regulatory credit, where he was a Managing Director. Before RCS, Mr. Wollmann was a Managing Director with Ritchie Capital Management (Bermuda) Limited, an alternative asset management firm, from June 2004 to January 2006, where he was responsible for pursuing financial guaranty reinsurance and structured credit opportunities. From September 1997 to June 2004, Mr. Wollmann was with ACE Capital Re International Ltd. (now known as Assured Guaranty Re) where he last served as a Senior Vice President. While at ACE, Mr. Wollmann served as a member of the underwriting committee, managed the start-up of the financial guaranty reinsurance business in Bermuda and managed the direct international structured credit and global CDO business lines. Paul has a BA from Rollins College, Florida and an MBA from The School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science, St. John's University, New York. |