Philippe is co-Founder and co-CEO of Calidris Investment Partners, an investment advisory firm focused on executing strategic capital partnership transactions within the insurance sector.  Prior to founding Calidris, Philippe was a managing director at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board where he built and managed its insurance-linked securities platform for 17 years. Philippe was an early adopter of the strategic capital partnership model and has led numerous groundbreaking transactions within this space.  He is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society, of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries and of the Institute of Corporate Directors.”