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Tom Hutton

Advisor

Portage

Based In

San Francisco, United States

Tom Hutton is a well known supporter of Financial and Insurance technology ventures, having been involved in the sector for most of his career. He is currently Managing Partner at Thompson Hutton LLC, a firm providing investment management and advisory services to a small group of Venture Capital and Private Equity funds that include Sagard.  Thompson Hutton manages the ongoing operations of XL Innovate, a specialized venture capital fund with investments in financial technology, new opportunities for insurance underwriting, and related analytics. Other affiliations include Sagard, Genstar Capital, and Stone Point Capital.

Tom is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors at SoFi, and formerly served as Interim CEO.  He also serves as a Director of companies that include Archipelago, MoCaFi, Slice, Cape Analytics and Windward.ai. He was a Director and early investor at Lemonade.

Tom has formerly held leadership roles in several financial services and related technology businesses. These have included CEO at Risk Management Solutions (RMS) from 1990-2000 and CEO at White Mountains Re (2006-07); Public Director roles at XL Group, Safeco, Montpelier Re and Jefferson Smurfit; and Director roles at several private venture-backed companies. He founded New Energy Risk in partnership with XL Group in 2011, and served as CEO until starting XL Innovate in 2015.  He served as a management consultant at McKinsey and Company, from 1986-90.

Tom received AB and MS degrees from Stanford University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He has non-profit roles and interests in secondary school education and energy/environmental initiatives, and  serves as a Trustee of the New York Yacht Club.