Full Professor in Actuarial Science (since 2014)
Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC), University of Lausanne (UNIL), Switzerland
Other Current Positions
- Swiss Finance Institute Professor at University of Lausanne, SFI@UNIL, Switzerland
- Member of the Board of Directors, Retraites Populaires, Lausanne, Switzerland
Institutional Responsibilities
- Director of the PhD program in Actuarial Science, HEC-UNIL, Switzerland
- Academic Director of various Executive Management Training Programs, HEC-UNIL, Switzerland
- Member of the Academic Planning Committee, HEC-UNIL, Switzerland
Other Engagement Activities
- Co-organizer of Practitioner Conferences Cycle de Conférences en Assurances with Swiss Insurance Association, Switzerland
- Member of the Think Tank de la Prévoyance Professionelle Suisse, Switzerland
- Jury Member of the Ethics & Trust in Finance Prize, Observatoire de la Finance, Geneva, Switzerland
Main Research Fields
- Insurance Economics and Actuarial Science (Life, Health and Pension Insurance)
- Risk Management, (Solvency) Regulation and Reporting
- Management of Insurance Companies (Pricing, Products, Distribution, Claims)
Past Positions
| 2018 – 2019 | Member of the Occupational Pension Supervisory Commission Swiss Confederation, Berne, Switzerland |
| 2016 – 2017 | Invited Professor, Executive MBA University of Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2010 – 2014 | Assistant Professor of Risk Management and Insurance University of St. Gallen, Switzerland Executive Director at the Responsible Corporate Competitiveness profile unit University of St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| 2013 – 2014 | Member of the Executive Board of the Institute of Insurance Economics University of St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| 2010 – 2013 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Project Leader Institute of Insurance Economics, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| 2006 – 2009 | Senior Consultant The Boston Consulting Group, Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2002 and 2003 | Visiting Research Scholar Department of Mathematics, University of Houston, USA |
| 2002 – 2006 | Research and Teaching Assistant at the Chair of Numerical Analysis and Simulation Section of Mathematics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland |
Education and Degrees
| 2014 | Privatdozent Venia Legendi in Business Administration with special emphasis on Risk Management School of Management, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| 2010 – 2013 | Postdoctoral Thesis (“Habilitation”) in Risk Management and Insurance Title: “Essays on Insurance Management and Financial Stability” |
| 2006 | Ph.D. in Mathematics (Dr. ès sc.) School of Basic Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 2002 – 2006 | Doctoral Thesis in Applied Mathematics Title: “Finite element methods with patches and applications” |
| 2002 | Master of Science in Physics (ing. phys. dipl. EPF) Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 1997 – 2002 | Studies in Physics, Master Thesis in Numerical Analysis and Theoretical Physics Title: “Etude par analyse numérique des équations de continuité et d’Euler associés à différents modèles uni-dimensionnels de liquides conservatifs” |
| 2001 | EPFL – CREATE Entrepreneurship Certificate Branco Weiss Chair of Entrepreneurship & Innovation Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland |