{"id":843,"date":"2025-10-09T10:19:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T10:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fictionuncovered.com\/?p=843"},"modified":"2025-10-09T15:54:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T15:54:06","slug":"vaisala-hires-descartes-schonach-as-eu-commercial-lead-for-weather-risk-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fictionuncovered.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/09\/vaisala-hires-descartes-schonach-as-eu-commercial-lead-for-weather-risk-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaisala hires Descartes\u2019 Sch\u00f6nach as EU Commercial Lead for Weather Risk Management"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Vaisala, a global company that specialises in measurement instruments and intelligence for climate action, has appointed Lukas Sch\u00f6nach from Descartes Underwriting as European Commercial Lead for Weather Risk Management.
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\n\"\"Sch\u00f6nach joins the firm following a six-year tenure at parametric specialist Descartes, where he most recently served as Commercial Strategy Manager.<\/p>\n

He first joined Descartes in October 2019 as a Senior Business Developer, a role he held for three years before being promoted to Global Origination Practice Lead in September 2022.<\/a><\/p>\n

Sch\u00f6nach also has a background in climate risk insurance.<\/p>\n

Prior to joining Descartes, Sch\u00f6nach worked in climate risk insurance, contributing to G7 initiatives during his tenure at Germany\u2019s GIZ.<\/p>\n

Earlier in his career, he also held roles in consulting and financial markets.<\/p>\n

In a LinkedIn post, Sch\u00f6nach said: \u201cHappy to share that I am starting a new position as European Commercial Lead for Weather Risk Management at Vaisala \/ Vaisala Xweather. Looking forward to be working with the team around David Whitehead and to collaborate with brokers, insurers, MGAs, traders, and anyone looking to set up or advance weather risk transfers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sch\u00f6nach\u2019s appointment follows the recent hiring of Eric Wertz, formerly Senior Sales Engineer at Maxar Technologies.<\/p>\n

Both appointments come as Vaisala continues to expand its sales team for parametric and weather risk transfer solutions, as part of the Vaisala Xweather strategy to strengthen market engagement.<\/p>\n

Just over a year ago,<\/a> Vaisala ventured into the insurance segment through its acquisition of Speedwell Climate, a provider of weather, catastrophe, and climate data, indices, and settlement services.<\/p>\n

Speedwell\u2019s suite of data tools and services had already been adopted across the insurance and reinsurance markets, which therefore made the firm a strategic addition to Vaisala\u2019s growing climate intelligence offering.<\/p>\n

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