Executive Chair & CEO – Insurance Leader

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Mr. Evans serves as Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Champlain Insurance Group (CIG). He also is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GDH the parent company of CIG, which is a diversified conglomerate engage in early child education, specialty chemicals, energy and oilfield services, manufacturing, and insurance. He founded Glencoe Capital in 1994 and has been responsible for $2 billion in private equity investments as well as multiple billions of associated debt financings.

He led the recapitalization and subsequent public offering on the NYSE of First Mercury in 2006 prior to Glencoe Capital he was at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in merchant banking/private equity.

Mr. Smith serves as the Company’s Executive Vice-Chairman of Champlain Insurance Group (CIG). He oversees underwriting and reinsurance relationships across the platform. Mr. Smith has over 40 years of experience in the insurance industry. Previously, Mr. Smith served as President and Chief Executive Officer of First Mercury which he joined in 1996 and together with David Evans took public in 2006.

Mr. Smith began his insurance career with Providian Corporation in 1975 and held various financial positions before becoming Chief Financial Officer of Providian Direct Insurance in 1989 and President and Chief Operating Officer of Providian Direct Auto Insurance in 1993.

President and Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Dulapa serves as Champlain Insurance Group (CIG) and its subsidiaries President and Chief Operating Officer. He leads all day-to-day business activity across Champlain Insurance Group spanning:
Operations, Underwriting, Revenue Generation, Claims, and Administration. Mr. Dulapa is also responsible for enterprise-wide talent development and further strengthening our shared team culture. Mr. Dulapa has over 30 years of experience in the insurance industry in various operational and financial leadership roles. Previously, Mr. Dulapa was Senior Vice President, Operations for First Mercury.

Mr. Zimmermann serves as Chief Financial Officer and Chief of Staff of Champlain. He oversees all aspects of finance, accounting, reinsurance, claims, and enterprise risk management for the Company. As Chief of Staff, he is responsible for strategic alignment and team cohesion. He has over 30 years of leading organizations in insurance, financial services, oil and gas, and consulting industries. Mr.

Zimmermann’s prior insurance experience was serving as CFO for American Physicians (NASDAQ: AMPH). In addition to his public CFO responsibilities, he oversaw claims, risk management, human resources, and technology. Mr. Zimmermann is a CPA and holds degrees in Accounting from Baylor and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern.

Senior Vice President of Development, Legal, Regulatory, and General Counsel of CIG

Mr. Roskiewicz serves as Champlain Insurance Group’s (CIG) Senior Vice President of Development, Legal, Regulatory, and General Counsel with responsibility for legal affairs, claims administration, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and human resources. Mr. Roskiewicz has nearly 20 years of experience in the insurance industry. Prior to Champlain Insurance Group, Mr. Roskiewicz was Senior Vice President and General Counsel for First Mercury.

He joined First Mercury from Dickinson Wright PLLC where he spent ten years advising business clients.

Senior Vice President, Transformation & Strategic Underwriting Systems

Dr. Muth leads CIG’s adoption of advanced technologies and underwriting expert systems, including the design and deployment of AI/ML-based systems. Prior to CIG, Muth spun off Arturo.ai, one of the earliest AI-centric insurtech startups, from a Fortune 250 insurer. He also worked at Microsoft Ventures, where he worked directly with the CEOs/COOs of every fintech and insurtech startup in the portfolio on issues from operations to financing.

Prior to Microsoft, Muth led work on the earliest parametric insurance product designs at Grameen, the only financial services firm to win a Nobel Prize. He holds multiple software-related patents and his research has been cited by Google, IBM, Microsoft, Rakuten, Yahoo!, and others.

Vice President, Business Development

Mr. Petree serves as our Vice President of Business Development for West Congress Insurance Services, an immediate impact sales and marketing professional with 15 years of P&C Insurance experience in sales, underwriting, and claims. A relationship-focused sales leader who has excelled in exceeding goal-based targets in highly competitive markets with…