Eugenio Dissegna is currently working for Guy Carpenter (Marsh Group) and is a Professor of non-life insurance techniques at the University of Turin, where he earned a master degree in Actuarial Science. He has then built a career in Italy and abroad, holding a range of roles across the reinsurance sector and within a Big 4 consultancy, combining technical expertise with client-facing responsibilities. His experience covers both actuarial assignments and broader commercial and business development roles.
Andrea Macrina is a Professor of Mathematics at the Department of Mathematics, University College London (UCL), and Honorary Professor at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in the African Institute of Financial Markets and Risk Management. In 2012, Prof. Macrina launched the Financial Mathematics MSc Programme at UCL, of which he was programme director for twelve years until September 2024. In 2014, he co-founded the Financial Mathematics Team Challenge (FMTC), an international research student workshop held annually at UCT. He is a recipient of the Fields Research Fellowship and Elliott-Yui Distinguished Visitor of The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, and an Academic Visitor of the Bank of England, Insurance Policy Division. Prof. Macrina holds a PhD in Mathematics from King’s College, University of London, and an MSc in Physics from the University of Bern. His current research includes projects in applied probability, mathematical climate finance, and insurance risk management.
Quynh Nguyen is a Swiss-qualified actuary with experience across consulting, reinsurance, and insurance, having worked with six global organizations including a Big Four firm. Her professional journey has spanned a broad range of actuarial topics, including reserving, capital risk modelling, pricing, product development, and business strategy. She currently works at Zurich Insurance as a Product Proposition Specialist, developing life insurance solutions that combine technical expertise with commercial value across the international market.
Beyond her professional career, Quynh is deeply passionate about education and the development of the actuarial profession. As a lecturer at HEC Lausanne and an active contributor to the actuarial community through articles, consultations, she aims to inspire students and young professionals to discover the actuarial profession while fostering stronger links between academic research and industry practice.
Drawing on her experience across consulting, insurance, reinsurance, and teaching, Quynh advocates for closer collaboration between universities, PhD researchers, students, and insurance practitioners. She believes that combining academic excellence with practical business insight is essential to developing the next generation of actuaries and risk professionals.
Christian Y. Robert is a Professor of Statistics and Actuarial Sciences at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, within the Institut de Science Financière et d’Assurances. He is a qualified actuary, a Fellow of the French Institute of Actuaries, and holds a habilitation to supervise research in applied mathematics. Before joining ISFA, he held academic positions at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers and at ENSAE, where he served as Associate Professor in Actuarial Science and Director of Graduate Studies at the Centre d’Études Actuarielles. He later served as Professor of Statistics and Actuarial Sciences at ISFA, Director of the Laboratory of Actuarial and Financial Sciences, and Professor at ENSAE, affiliated with the Laboratory in Finance and Insurance at CREST. From 2023 to 2026, he was Director of ISFA. His research focuses on extreme value theory, actuarial science, statistical finance, and statistical learning, with applications to rare events, financial risks, and risk-sharing mechanisms in insurance. His work combines probabilistic and statistical theory, actuarial modelling, and contemporary issues in risk management. He teaches actuarial science, risk theory, statistics, and quantitative methods for insurance and finance, and contributes to the dissemination of knowledge through academic publications, books, and teaching materials.
Tiziana Torri, a Senior Actuary at SCOR since 2010, is specialized in biometric risk modelling within a global team dedicated to advancing expertise in longevity, mortality, long-term care, and critical illness risks. Her work includes developing advanced mortality and longevity projection methodologies, integrating socio-economic factors and cause-specific trends. She has also supported the development of analytical tools to enhance mortality trends insights. She has played a key role in calibrating mortality and longevity risks within SCOR’s Life Internal Model, working closely with the internal validation team. Beyond her technical contributions, she is committed to knowledge sharing and mentoring junior actuaries and PhD students. She holds a PhD in Actuarial Science from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, jointly with the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, in Rostock.
Annamaria Olivieri is a Professor of Mathematical Methods for Economics, Actuarial Science and Finance at the Department of Economics and Management of the University of Parma (Italy). She is a qualified Italian actuary. She is an Editor of ASTIN Bulletin, Associate Editor of the European Actuarial Journal, Associate Editor of Insurance: Mathematics and Economics and editorial board member of Risks. Her research interests include life and health insurance actuarial modelling and actuarial risk management, with a particular focus on longevity risk. Her work has been published (among the others) in Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Astin Bulletin, Annals of Actuarial Science, European Actuarial Journal, Risks.
Jonathan Ziveyi is an Associate Professor in the School of Risk and Actuarial Studies and Senior Investigator at the Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR) at UNSW Sydney within the financial innovation project stream. His current research interests are centred around retirement income product innovation, longevity risk management and valuation of guarantees embedded in variable annuities. His research output has been widely published in esteemed quantitative finance and actuarial journals such as Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, ASTIN Bulletin, Quantitative Finance among others and has been presented at various international conferences. Jonathan is a recipient of several grants from the Australian Research Council, the Society of Actuaries, the Actuaries Institute and internal grants from UNSW Business School. He has cumulatively attracted over AUD1.8m in grant income since 2010 which has been pivotal in advancing his research on retirement income product innovation and longevity risk management. Jonathan has supervised 13 PhD students to competition whose theses have been premised on the post-retirement phase. He has expertise in structuring group self-annuitization schemes, GMxB valuation and numerical techniques for solving path dependent products. Jonathan is the founding chair of the Actuarial, Finance, Risk and Insurance Congress (AFRIC) which is rotationally hosted across the African continent.