Meet the carbon insurance specialists.
Kita’s team has decades of experience across insurance, carbon, legal, data science and financial services industries, and we bring this expertise to the benefit of our clients via personalised guidance and data-driven insights.
We aim to transform the risk-return equation — enabling proactive companies to capture the growing market opportunity in carbon and natural capital asset classes, while maintaining the robust risk management stakeholders expect.
Our Team
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Natalia Dorfman
CEO and co-founder
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Tom Merriman
CUO and co-founder
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Paul Young
CTO and co-founder
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Alex Morgan
COO
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Melanie Martin
General Counsel
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James Kench
Managing Director - Insurance
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Alek Pillay
Head of Underwriting
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Racheal Notto
Head of Carbon Markets
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Eilís O’Keefe
Associate VP - Carbon Markets
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Renuka Shenoy
Carbon Underwriter
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Mansi Agrawal
Data Scientist
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Nan Sampaongern
Data Scientist, GenAI Systems
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Aland Manurung
Data Scientist, Geospatial
Kita is a Lloyd’s of London Coverholder, operating out of the world’s largest insurance marketplace.
Very Strong
Kroll Bond Rating Agency
Very Strong
Standard & Poor's
Our insurance products are backed by established partners including Chaucer Group, Munich Re, RenaissanceRe and Tokio Marine Kiln.
Very Strong
Fitch Ratings
Superior
A.M. Best
Kita is a value-driven business.
Kita’s founders launched the company in December 2021 with a mission to lead a new class of insurance that acts as enabling force in unlocking institutional investment for high-integrity carbon removal and natural capital projects.
Our values support our drive to excellence: we insure only the highest integrity projects, and structure our insurance to enable scaled capacity to support our clients’ growing investments.
Focus:
We focus on impact and have a bias for action.
Openness:
We are transparent in how we work and are proactively collaborative.
Engagement:
We never stop working to better serve our clients and community, seeking partnerships to implement solutions at speed.
Excellence:
We insure the best projects, foster the highest-performing team and partner with the strongest stakeholders. We don’t sacrifice long-term value for short-term results.
Ownership:
We take responsibility for our role in the market and the responsibility of insurance in effectively supporting our clients, stakeholders and partners.
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