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Ep12. Tanguy Touffut, CEO & Co-founder of Descartes Underwriting. A Business Based on Values.

Season 1, Ep. 12

Tanguy Touffut, CEO & Co-founder of Descartes Underwriting. A Business Based on Values. In this episode, William Laitinen is joined by Tanguy Touffut of Descartes Underwriting to share how Descartes is building a business based on values, and why climate change is so important to them. Subscribe to our YouTube channel and follow us on LinkedIn to keep up to date with all the Fintech and Insurtech news.



William Laitinen


Tanguy Touffut


Tanguy Touffut's recommended reads

  • Discourse on the Method by Rene Descartes
  • The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen
  • Risk & Reward by Stephen Catlin


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