Benjamin Wurts

Managing Director,
San Blas Capital Markets

Benjamin Wurts is a Managing Director with San Blas Capital Markets, the investment banking group of San Blas Securities. He has over 30 years of experience in finance, insurance, and reinsurance. Mr. Wurts's areas of focus are hedge funds, venture capital, private equity, E&P, and alternative energy projects as well as technology and biotech companies.

Ben began his professional career with Johnson and Higgins (now Marsh Inc. - NYSE: MMC) in risk management, where he worked with Fortune 500 companies and large financial institutions, developing insurance and alternative credit and risk mitigation programs. In addition, Mr. Wurts was a member of the Executive Committee of J& H Intermediaries, a Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance intermediary, where he was head of business development and marketing of hybrid derivative and credit insurance/reinsurance hedging products.

Ben holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hobart College, Finra licences 7, 63, and 79, and an ARM from the American Institute of Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters.