Nir Kossovsky

About Nir Kossovsky

Dr. Nir Kossovsky, CEO, is a leader in operational intelligence-driven risk governance and management systems for reputation risk. He is a founder of Steel City Re, which provides parametric reputation insurance including Side R-brand D&O reputation insurance. The company also provides under license indexed measures of reputation value for both communications and finance professionals.Nir has degrees in philosophy of science, business, and medicine, and certificates in colloid chemistry and national security decision making. Previously, he was a tenured faculty member at UCLA; a Deputy Coroner in Los Angeles County, and holds a number of patents in applied surface chemistry and medical sciences. Nir is a frequent lecturer, has written hundreds of articles, four books, and is often called upon by the media for an expert analysis of reputational crises as well as ESG-related matters.Nir is a passionate mixologist and culinary artist. He is also an avid horseman, and having proudly served his country for 16 years, was honorably discharged as a Captain from the US Navy Reserves.https://twitter.com/NirKossovsky

Experience

1. Chief Executive Officer

   Steel City Re

   Jul 2007 — Present · Pittsburgh, PA, US

   Reputational risk is a concern for every company, organization or individual in corporate leadership.Steel City Re offers a range of risk management and financing products and services for reputation risk management. Through our advisory arm, we help deploy state-of-the-art reputation risk governance and enterprise risk management solutions. Our risk financing and risk transfer arm provides unparalleled pricing and underwriting support for insurance captives. Our parametric risk transfer solutions in collaboration with the Lloyd’s syndicate, Tokio Marine Kiln, provide value-enhancing third-party warranties, in the form of insurance, that boost stakeholders’ confidence in companies’ leadership, governance and risk management practices.

Education

• USC Marshall School of Business

  MBA

  1995 — 1997

• The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

  MD

  1979 — 1983

• Cornell University

  Residency, Pathology

  1983 — 1987

• U.S. Naval War College

  National Security Decision Making

  1997 — 2002

• University of Pittsburgh

  BA, Philosophy

  1976 — 1979

Skills

• Analysis
• Leadership
• Crisis Management
• Asset Management
• Financial Modeling
• Strategic Planning
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Program Management
• Due Diligence
• Change Management
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Investor Relations
• Entrepreneurship
• Competitive Analysis
• Start-Ups
• Venture Capital
• Public Speaking
• Market Research
• Analytics
• Business Process
• Editing
• Business Strategy
• Governance
• Business Process Improvement
• Consulting
• Investments
• Strategic Thinking
• Corporate Development
• Corporate Governance
• Forecasting
• Managerial Finance
• Business Development
• Risk Assessment
• Blogging
• Leadership Development
• Strategic Partnerships
• Strategic Communications
• Business
• Risk Management
• Management