After launching his career at General Re, Jamie transitioned to an underwriting position with Swiss Re, where he focused on casualty and professional liability. Prior to founding VALE, Jamie was Chief Underwriting Officer at Southport Re and Chief Financial Officer at DGU Insurance Associates.

Jamie earned a Bachelor of Science from Northwestern University where he received an athletic scholarship and served as captain of the tennis team.

Sophie is a Senior Vice President in Vale’s London office, focusing on Warranty & Indemnity insurance. She returns to Vale after previously working with the firm as a junior underwriter.

Sophie most recently spent 2.5 years in Hong Kong with AIG, where she underwrote W&I transactions across the Asia-Pacific region. Her experience spans a broad range of cross-border transactions, bringing an international perspective to her role. She holds a BA in Spanish and Portuguese from the University of Bristol.

Prior to co-founding VALE, Philip served as a private equity and venture capital investment professional and has held business development and corporate development roles at technology companies.

At H.I.G. Capital he was involved in the origination, structuring, and execution of new investment transactions and the strategic management of the firm’s portfolio companies. While in the Healthcare Investment Banking group at Wachovia Securities, he performed advisory services related to M&A and capital markets transactions for companies in the healthcare industry.

Philip received his MBA degree from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He also holds a degree in finance from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.