Previsico strengthens flood forecasting with new CTO hire

December 30, 2025

Previsico has appointed Mark Pinkerton as chief technical officer as it continues to scale its live flood forecasting and real-time flood risk intelligence platform globally.

In his new role, Pinkerton will lead Previsico’s global technology strategy, overseeing product development and engineering operations. He will be responsible for supporting the company’s expansion into new markets while ensuring its forecasting capabilities continue to evolve in line with customer and regulatory expectations.

Pinkerton joins Previsico from Risilience, a sustainability intelligence platform incubated at the University of Cambridge’s Centre for Risk Studies, where he served as senior vice president of software engineering. During his time there, he managed software development teams and oversaw the technical development of the Risilience analytics platform.

Jonathan Jackson, CEO of Previsico, said, “Mark’s extensive experience leading complex software and analytics platforms, combined with his deep expertise in risk modelling, makes him the perfect fit to drive our technology vision forward. We are delighted to welcome him to the team.”

Across his career, Pinkerton has held a number of senior technical leadership roles spanning insurance analytics and catastrophe modelling. These include senior director of analytics at Guidewire Software, where he worked on cloud-based insurance analytics solutions, and chief technology officer at Oasis Loss Modelling Framework Ltd, where he led the technical design and implementation of its modelling platform. He also spent more than a decade at Risk Management Solutions, now Moody’s RMS, contributing to catastrophe modelling, portfolio management and underwriting applications.

Mark Pinkerton, chief technical officer at Previsico, said, “With my experience leading advanced software engineering and analytics teams in the risk and sustainability sectors, I am excited to bring my expertise to Previsico.

“This is a pivotal moment in the company’s journey, and I look forward to leveraging my background to enhance our flood forecasting technology and expand our support, helping businesses across the UK and US become more flood resilient.”