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Leadership & Governance

Brian Fannin (Chair)

Term Expiry: 2029
Country:
United States

Qualification: Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society, Certified Specialist in Predictive Analytics

Experience: Research actuary for the Casualty Actuarial Society

Main areas of expertise: Commercial liability pricing and reserving, capital modeling, predictive modeling

Norbert Haible (Vice-Chair)

Term Expiry: 2027
Country:
Luxemburg

Qualification:  Dipl. Techn. Math., Aktuar DAV

Experience: Reinsurance Underwriter, Head of Technical Management & Claims at KBC Group Re

Main areas of expertise: Reinsurance structuring, pricing and reserving, Risk modelling, Solvency II, Data Management

Axel Wolfstein (Treasurer)

Term Expiry: 2028
Country:
Germany

Qualification: Dipl. Math., Aktuar DAV
Experience: Director of Pricing bei Verti Versicherung AG
Main areas of expertise: pricing, reserving, claims statistics

 

Peng Shi (Secretary)

Term Expiry: 2030
Country:
United States

Qualification: PhD, Associate of Casualty Actuarial Society (ACAS), Fellow of Society of Actuaries (FSA)

Experience:– Teaching, research, consulting in actuarial science, insurance, and risk analytics, Charles and Laura Albright Professor in Business and Finance at Wisconsin School of Business

Main areas of expertise: on-life Insurance, Predictive modeling, Risk Analysis, Statistical machine learning

José María (Chema) Agurcia (Member)

Term Expiry: 2030
Country:
Panama

Qualification: Member Asociación Centroamericana de Actuarios (ACEA), and Master of Actuarial Science and MS Mathematical Risk Management from Georgia State University.
Experience: Regional actuarial director MAPFRE América Central
Main areas of expertise: Risk management, reserving

Dominic Cortis (Member)

Term Expiry: 2030
Country: Malta

Qualification: PhD, Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA)

Experience: Actuary, consultant and non-executive director with 20 years across industry and academia

Main areas of expertise: Actuarial education, P&C insurance, governance

 

 

Miyuki Ebisaki (Member)

Term Expiry: 2028
Country:
Japan

Qualification: MBA, Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Japan, and Fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Insurance (UK)

Experience: Senior Research Officer – Sompo Research Institute Inc.

Main areas of expertise: product development, risk management, M&A

 

Joana Gregório Raposo (Member)

Term Expiry: 2030
Country: Portugal

Qualification: Master in Actuarial Science, ISEG; qualified actuary (IAP, ILAC, IFoA)

Experience: Actuary Commissioner at Commissariat aux Assurances (CAA) Luxembourg; formerly Senior Non-Life Actuary at FRI:DAY Insurance and Senior Actuarial Consultant at AON Global Risk Consulting
Main areas of expertise: Non-life insurance, Solvency II, IFRS 17, reinsurance

Warda Hadaoui (Member)

Term Expiry: 2027
Country:
Norway

Qualification: Fellow of the Norwegian Actuarial Association. International qualification according to the AAE’s MRA(Mutual recognition agreement) agreement.

Experience: Non-life reserving, actuarial risk modelling and pricing. Board member of the Norwegian ASTIN working group

Main areas of expertise: Non life insurance, reserving and pricing

Harri Kuosmanen (Member)

Term Expiry: 2029
Country:
Finland

Qualification: FIA C.Act, FASF, FLMI

Experience: 15 years experience

Main areas of expertise: Broad actuarial background in life and non-life insurance across the Nordics, Baltics, Poland, and the UK; leadership roles in insurers and consulting; active involvement in professional associations and IAA

 

 

Cristina Mano (Member)

Term Expiry: 2027
Country:
Brazil

Qualification: DSc in Production Engineering and MSc in Statistics, Member of Brazilian Institute of Actuaries,
Affiliate of Casualty Actuarial Society, Fellow of Conference of Consulting Actuaries

Experience: Consulting, Willis Towers Watson and Cantanhede Mano Atuária, Associate Professor of State University of Rio de Janeiro

Main areas of expertise: Reserving, pricing, predictive modeling, M&A

Yulia Nechay (Member)

Term Expiry: 2030
Country: Israel

Qualification: MA in Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Haifa, Fellow, Israel Association of Actuaries

Experience: Co-founder of PredicTri; formerly Senior Actuary at Harel
Insurance & Finance Group

Main areas of expertise: Non-life reserving, machine learning, Bayesian methods

 

 

Dr. Bernard Wong (Member)

Term Expiry: 2027
Country: Australia

Qualification: PhD in mathematical sciences from the Australian National University; Fellow, Institute of Actuaries of Australia

Experience: Head of the School of Risk and Actuarial Studies at the University of New South Wales

Main areas of expertise: actuarial risk modelling, optimal decision making.

Ralph Blanchard (IAA Delegate)

 

Country: United States

Qualification: FCAS, MAAA
Experience:  TBC

Main areas of expertise: TBC
 
 
 
 

Tarmo Koll (IAA Delegate)

Country: Estonia

Qualification: MSc, Full Member of Estonian Actuarial Society
Experience: 25 years in non-life insurance including managerial positions at ERGO and LHV
Main areas of expertise: Non-life insurance, product development, risk management
 

Dr. Hans Bühlmann (Honorary Chair)

Country: Switzerland

Qualification: PhD in Mathematics; Fellow of the Swiss Actuarial Association

Experience: Professor Emeritus, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)

Main areas of expertise: risk theory, credibility theory, insurance mathematics

 

 

Dr. Jean Lemaire (Honorary Chair)

Country: United States

Qualification: PhD in Mathematics; Associate of the Society of Actuaries

Experience: Director of the actuarial science program of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Main areas of expertise: mathematical statistics and probability, bonus-malus systems in automobile insurance

Member Relationship Vacant
Working Parties Alma Qamo, José Maria Agurcia
Scientific Committee Bernard Wong, Peng Shi
Bursaries and Grants Bernard Wong, Norbert Haible, Peng Shi
Governance and Compliance Tarmo Koll, Ralph Blanchard
Marketing José Maria Agurcia, Norbert Haible, Cristina Mano
Webinars Joana Gregório Raposo & Peng Shi
Colloquia and Regional Events José Maria Agurcia, Norbert Haible, Cristina Mano
Website Warda Hadaoui
Social Media Warda Hadaoui
Masterclasses Yuriy Krvavych
Academy Miyuki Ebisaki, Jed Frees
Chapters José Maria Agurcia
Publications Brian Fannin, John Wright

 

  • Virtual Board Meeting – June 2026 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting – May 2026 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting – April 2026 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting – March 2026 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting  – February 2026 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting  – January 2026 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting  – December 2025 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting  – October 2025 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting  – April 2025 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting  – March 2025 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting  – February 2025 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting  – January 2025 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting  – December 2023 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting – November 2023 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting – October 2023 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting – September 2023 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting – August 2023 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting – July 2023 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting – May 2023 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting – April  2023 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting – March 2023 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting – February 2023 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting – January 2023 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting – December 2022 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting – November 2022 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting – October 2022 (Minutes)
  • ASTIN Board Strategy Meeting – 16 August – 2022 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting – July -2022 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting – April – 2022 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting  February – 2022 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting – January  – 2022 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting- October – 2021 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting -September – 2021 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting – August – 2021 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting – 15 June 2021 (Minuets)
  • Virtual Board Meeting – April – 2021 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting – March- 2021 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting – February – 2021 (Minutes)
  • Virtual Board Meeting – 8-10 May 2020 (Minutes) (Slides)