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Eugenio Dissegna<\/strong> -.<\/p>\n

Katja Hanewald<\/strong> -.<\/p>\n

Quynh Nguyen <\/strong>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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Christian Y. Robert<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>is a Professor of Statistics and Actuarial Sciences at Universit\u00e9 Claude Bernard Lyon 1, within the Institut de Science Financi\u00e8re et d\u2019Assurances. 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 M\u00e9tiers and at ENSAE, where he served as Associate Professor in Actuarial Science and Director of Graduate Studies at the Centre d\u2019\u00c9tudes 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<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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Eugenio Dissegna -. Katja Hanewald -. 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 … <\/p>\n

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