Speakers and moderators
Kazakhstan
Abylkassymova Madina
Chairperson of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market
Kazakhstan
Abylkassymova Madina
Chairperson of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market
Madina Abylkassymova has begun her career at the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Strategic Planning as a chief specialist in 1999.
From 2003 to 2004, she worked as the Head of the strategic planning department of the Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Between 2004 and 2006 held the position of Director of the Department for Analysis of Public Policy of the Center for Marketing and Analytical Research.
From 2006 to 2008 worked as Deputy Head of the Social and Economic Department of the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
From 2008 to 2011 held the position of Deputy Head of the Center for Strategic Research and Analysis of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Between 2011 and 2018 held the posts of Vice-Minister of Economic Development and trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Vice-Minister of Economy and Budget Planning of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Vice-Minister of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
In 2018 was appointed asa Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan From March to December 2019 served as Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Kazakhstan.
By decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 217 dated December 18, 2019 Madina Abylkassymova was appointed the Chairperson of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for regulation and development of the financial market.
She was awarded the anniversary medals «10 years of Astana» (2008), «20 years of Kazakhstan’s independence» (2011), medals «Eren ebegi Ushin» (2012), «For contribution to the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union» II degree (2015).
Kazakhstan
Khajiyeva Mariya
Vice-Chairman of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market
Kazakhstan
Khajiyeva Mariya
Vice-Chairman of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market
She began her career in 1995 as a leading consultant at the Office for constitutional and socio-cultural legislation of the Main Department of Legislation of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
She began her activities on the securities market in 2000 as the chief specialist of the Division of Legal Support for Securities Market Regulation and Pension Savings Funds of the Legal Department of the National Bank of Kazakhstan.
In 2006 – 2008 worked as Deputy Director of the Department for Supervision of Securities Market and Accumulative Pension Funds of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Regulation and Supervision of the Financial Market and Financial Organizations. In May 2008, she was appointed as a Director of the Department, where she worked until 2011.
In 2011 Ms. Khajiyeva assumed a position of the Vice-Chairman of the Committee for Control and Supervision of the Financial Market and Financial Organizations of the National Bank of Kazakhstan. Since 2014, she held the position of the Director of the Department for Supervision of Securities Market Entities of the National Bank of Kazakhstan. In 2016 she headed the Department of the Securities Market. In 2017, she left for the position of Vice-Chairman of the Management Board of the Unified Securities Registrar, which she headed in a year.
Over the years, she was a member of the Board of Directors of Kazkommerts Securities, the Central Securities Depository, the Unified Registrar of Securities, the Insurance Payments Guarantee Fund, and the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange.
In May 2019, Mariya Khajiyeva was appointed as First Vice-Chairman of the Council of the Association of Financiers of Kazakhstan.
By order of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 26, 2019, Mariya Khajieva was appointed as a Vice-Chairman of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market.
Kazakhstan
Bakhmutova Yelena
Chairman of the Council of the Association of Financiers of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Bakhmutova Yelena
Chairman of the Council of the Association of Financiers of Kazakhstan
Окончила Алма-Атинский институт народного хозяйства (НарХоз), по специальности «экономист» в 1983 году. Работала на разных должностях в государственных и коммерческих структурах, в том числе в Министерстве финансов РК. В 2001 году назначена вице-министром труда и социальной защиты РК. В 2002 году возглавила департамент финансового надзора Национального банка РК. В 2004 году вступила в должность заместителя председателя Агентства по регулированию финансового рынка и финансовых организаций, позже возглавила его. В 2012 году перешла на работу в АО «Самрук-Казына», занимала должности заместителя председателя правления и управляющего директора по финансам и операциям. С 2016 года возглавляла АО «Фонд социального медицинского страхования» в должности председателя правления. Работала членом Совета директоров ЗАО «ГНПФ», председателем Совета директоров АО «Казпочта». За заслуги в государственной и общественной деятельности награждена орденами и медалями, в том числе орденами «Парасат» и «Құрмет», медалями «10 лет Астане», «20 лет Астане» и «10 лет конституции Республики Казахстан», а также благодарностью Президента РК.
Kazakhstan
Linarа Anuarbekova
Chairperson of the Management Board, JSC “State Credit Bureau”
Kazakhstan
Linarа Anuarbekova
Chairperson of the Management Board, JSC “State Credit Bureau”
Linarа Anuarbekova holds an MBA degree and an international CCPG certification. She is a graduate of East Kazakhstan State University, the Almaty Institute of Economics and Statistics, and the International Academy of Business.
With over 20 years of experience in the financial sector, she has held senior leadership positions at JSC “Kazkommertsbank,” JSC “Moskommertsbank,” and JSC “Kazpost.”
Since 2021, she has been leading JSC “State Credit Bureau,” whose core activities include:
- Performing key functions in the insurance sector, such as maintaining a centralized electronic database of insurance contracts, automating premium calculations, and generating insurance reports and analytics. The organization actively promotes the digitalization and transparency of the insurance market.
- Creating and managing credit histories, providing credit reports, and offering credit scoring services.
She is a member of the Kazakhstan Association of Independent Directors and the Community of Kazakhstan’s IT Managers.
USA
Rodolfo Wehrhahn
W&W Consulting USA
USA
Rodolfo Wehrhahn
W&W Consulting USA
My personal expertise comprises insurance, reinsurance and pensions. I have worked, advice and published extensively in the areas of pension, risk-based supervision, reinsurance, insurance and pension sector development, disaster risk financing, inclusive insurance, agriculture insurance and risk management, solvency analysis, stress testing, insurance companies and pension fund valuations and acquisition, restructuring and cost reduction. I have also worked in consumer protection in insurance and pensions. Since January 2014 I co-founded Wehrhahn&Wehrhahn Consulting LLC, a firm based in Florida USA consulting in the financial sector: insurance, reinsurance, pensions, banking and securities. The firm has global reach in advising on reinsurance programs, disaster risk insurance and disaster risk financing, risk-based supervision, stress testing, ORSA, sales, marketing, valuation of insurance companies and pension funds, access to financial services micro-insurance, micro-pensions and IT. The consultant work covered the areas of evaluation of companies for mergers and acquisitions, resolution programs, reinsurance programs designs, disaster risk financing and disaster risk (re)insurance, compliance with the IAIS principles, risk-based supervision, macroprudential supervision, financial stability assessments including stress testing, resolution and recovery frameworks, and the development of early warning systems for insurance and pensions, catastrophic recovery assessments, market development, access to financial services and consumer protection in insurance and pensions in the Americas, Asia, the Pacific Region, Africa, and Europe. Since 2014 I have worked on financial stability assessments, technical assistance and training as a consultant to the IMF, the World Bank, GIZ, A2ii, ADB, Toronto Center, EIOPA and several national supervisors including SUPEN and SUGESE. I have carried out over 50 FSAPs and Technical Assistance for the IMF and World Bank in insurance and pension in several countries like Indonesia, the Philippines, The Netherlands, The U.K., Ireland, Italy, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Egypt, Nigeria, Tunisia, Russia, , Kazakhstan, Costa Rica, Chile, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Guatemala, Jamaica, Tanzania, Kenya, Bosnia Herzegovina, Turks and Caicos, Thailand, Cambodia, Brunei. I have revised on behalf of the World Bank the IAIS guided self-assessments for Thailand, Morocco, Libya, Palestine and Tunisia. I have also provided several TA for the IMF, ADB and the GIZ on disaster risk financing and disaster risk (re)insurance, risk-based supervision, risk-based capital, IAIS self-assessments, reinsurance supervision and reinsurance programs’ design, pension and insurance development and stress testing in Asia, Africa, America and Europe. I have consulted in the development of the Microinsurance strategy, and insurance sector development for several countries. I have been invited to present in several global conferences, including the annual meetings of EIOPA, CARTAC, IAIS , and provided training on insurance regulation and supervision for governments including The Philippines, Thailand, Brunei as well as in webinars for developing partners including the Toronto Center and the ADB Institute. From October 2010 to December 2013, I was responsible for the International Monetary Fund advice on insurance and pension matters provided to governments. Previously I was employed as a senior insurance specialist at the World Bank for two years. Before joining the Bank, I worked in the private sector for over 18 years in the reinsurance industry including the acquisition and evaluation of insurance companies after a 6 years’ period of lecturing and academic research in the areas of risk theory, stochastic and mathematical physics at the University of Hamburg. I hold a PhD and a Master in Mathematics and a Master in Physics from the University of Hamburg, Germany. During my career, I represent the IMF and World Bank at the IAIS in several Committees including the Technical, the Stability, the Reinsurance and the Market Conduct committees and in the private sector, I was President to FIDES, the Federation of Insurance Associations of Latin-America, Spain, Portugal, and the USA representing the American Council of Life Insurers. I participated in the valuation of insurance companies and pension funds. I was appointed Board Director for two AEGON companies (Brazil and Mexico), CEO of the Latin American reinsurance operations of Transamerica/AEGON and CEO for the Life Reinsurance operations in South America for Munich Re. I worked for Swiss Re in the Life and Health area before my appointment as Principal of the Swiss Insurance Training Center in Zurich, Switzerland.
Malaysia
Afiza Abdullah
Executive Vice President
Perbadanan Insurans Deposit Malaysia
Malaysia
Afiza Abdullah
Executive Vice President
Perbadanan Insurans Deposit Malaysia
Afiza Abdullah is the Executive Vice President responsible for the overall management of PIDM’s member institutions’ resolution plans as well as the functions related to various aspects of PIDM’s intervention and resolution, crisis management, macro surveillance and policy. She also oversees the assessment, planning, liquidation, and undertaking of timely and effective reimbursement of protected benefits and insured deposits of PIDM’s member institutions. Afiza joined PIDM in 2011 as Deputy General Manager, Policy and International Division and was subsequently appointed as General Manager, Policy and International Division in 2016. With her vast experience in policy making on matters relating to deposit insurance, insurance guarantee schemes and resolution, Afiza is active in various discussions at the international fora and a well sought after speaker, in addition to her current responsibilities at PIDM. She is currently the Vice Chairperson of the Asia Pacific Regional Committee (APRC) of the International Association of Deposit Insurers (IADI) and had just completed her Chairmanship of the IADI Resolution Working Group that established the Resolution Technical Committee at IADI. She has also previously served as the Chair of the International Forum of Insurance Guarantee Schemes (IFIGS) in 2022 and the Vice Chair of IFIGS in 2023. Prior to joining PIDM, Afiza had over 9 years of extensive regulatory experience with Bank Negara Malaysia, and had been involved in, among others, prudential policy formulation for insurance and banking sectors, and the modernisation of the Central Bank Act 2009 as well as the regulatory laws. She was a core team member in the development of the Bank Negara Malaysia Financial Blueprint. She began her career in an audit firm in London, United Kingdom and joined a local investment bank upon her return to Malaysia, before joining Bank Negara Malaysia.
Ireland
Hugo Slevin
Resolution and Crisis Management Division
Central Bank of Ireland
Ireland
Hugo Slevin
Resolution and Crisis Management Division
Central Bank of Ireland
Hugo Slevin currently works as the Head of Function, Policy & Implementation in the Resolution and Crisis Management Division at the Central Bank of Ireland. As part of his remit Hugo has direct oversight of the Irish Insurance Guarantee Scheme, being involved in overseeing payment to policyholders and the setting & repayment of the annual levy from the insurance industry. Hugo is also heavily involved in the preparation work for establishing the National Resolution Authority within the Central Bank of Ireland, as required under the European Union Insurance and Recovery Directive. This is due to come into force in January 2027.
Outside of insurance, Hugo has extensive experience in banking resolution managing teams involved in the preparation of resolution plans and the enactment of resolution/liquidation strategies. Hugo also leads the team that is directly involved in the management of the Deposit Guarantee Scheme in Ireland. Prior to joining the Central Bank of Ireland, Hugo worked in transaction advisory services and financial services consultancy at a number of global accounting practises, to include EY, Crowe Ireland and Deloitte.
Hugo is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland, holding a Degree in Accounting from TUS. He also holds a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from Trinity College Dublin.
Denmark
Jarl Kure
Special Adviser
Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet Danmark)
Denmark
Jarl Kure
Special Adviser
Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet Danmark)
Jarl Kure recently joined Danish Financial Supervisory Authority as Special Advisor to senior management on European and international affairs.
Before that Jarl was Head of Oversight in Frankfurt based EIOPA, responsible for EIOPA’s work with supervisory colleges, equivalence assessments towards non-EU countries, assessing quality of EU supervisors, and coordinating various cooperation platforms. The latter with supervisory cooperation platforms also for failing insurers with cross border activities. In EIOPA Jarl also previously worked on implementation of Solvency II and on coordination and design of Solvency II stress tests.
Jarl has also joined the ECB banking supervisory arm on working with financial conglomerates.
Prior to this Jarl has several years of experience in working in bank and insurance supervision in Danish Financial Supervisory Authority. Jarl also has been advisor in IMF doing technical assistance in Trinidad & Tobago.
Jarl has a background with a Master in Economics from University of Copenhagen.
Belgium
Karel Van Hulle
Chairman of the Conflicts of Interest Oversight Committee of the European Money Markets Institute, Professor of the Goethe University and KU Leaven;
European Money Markets Institute
Belgium
Karel Van Hulle
Chairman of the Conflicts of Interest Oversight Committee of the European Money Markets Institute, Professor of the Goethe University and KU Leaven;
European Money Markets Institute
Curriculum Vitae Prof. Karel Van Hulle
Karel Van Hulle lectures as emeritus professor at the Economics and Business Faculty of the KU Leuven. He is emeritus professor of the Goethe University in Frankfurt and Fellow at the International Centre of Insurance Regulation.
He is Chairman of the Conflicts of Interest Oversight Committee of the European Money Markets Institute and is a member of the Board of the Bermuda Monetary Authority. He served as a member of the Public Interest Oversight Board from March 2016 until April 2021.
He started his professional career with the Belgian Banking Commission (1976-1984) where he was responsible for the Secretariat of the newly created Belgian accounting standards commission.
He joined the European Commission in 1984. After taking up responsibility for accounting standards, financial reporting, auditing and company law, including corporate governance, he became head of insurance and pensions in 2004, a position that he held until his retirement in March 2013. As head of insurance and pensions he was in particular responsible for the development of Solvency II and represented the EC within EIOPA and within the technical committee of the IAIS.
Van Hulle is a lawyer by training. He studied law at the KU Leuven and at the Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee. (USA)
Professor Van Hulle was nominated Distinguished International Lecturer in Accounting by the American Accounting Association in 1990, Distinguished Fellow of the IAIS in 2013 and Honorary Fellow of the UK Institute and Faculty of Actuaries in 2014.
In 2019, he summarised his experience with the development of Solvency II in a book “Solvency Requirements for EU Insurers. Solvency II is good for you”, Intersentia, Cambridge, Antwerp, Chicago, ISBN 978-1-78068-177-1, 727 p.
Other recent publications:
- Solvency II: Reasonable Expectations, in P. Marano and M. Siri (Eds), Insurance Regulation in the European Union, Solvency II and Beyond, Palgrave Macmillan (2017), 313-338
- “Insurance supervision and consumer protection”, in Versicherungsrundschau, 2020, nr. 1-2, 43-48
- “The 2020 Solvency II Review: Do we Need a Solvency III?”, in Zeitschrift für Versicherungsrecht, 2021, nr. 6, 1-7
Canada
Lambert Ex-ignotis
Vice President, Resolution analysis
Assuris (Canada)
Canada
Lambert Ex-ignotis
Vice President, Resolution analysis
Assuris (Canada)
Lambert Ex-ignotis is the Vice President, Resolution Analysis at Assuris. He is responsible for analyzing industry-wide and company-specific scenarios that could cause a member company to fail, and coordinating with regulatory authorities during the intervention process. He is also responsible for developing relationships with member companies to prepare resolution planning and understand potential funding obligations, with an emphasis on large or complex member companies. Mr. Ex-ignotis is actively involved with monitoring international and domestic developments, identifying opportunities to advance Assuris views on life insurance resolution framework issues.
Mr. Ex-ignotis joined Assuris in 2023, bringing with him extensive experience in corporate development and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) across various industries, including life and health insurance. He has worked on both the advisory side, including roles in M&A investment banking, deal advisory and management consulting, and on the corporate side as Director of Corporate Development at a Canadian life and health insurer.
He holds a dual engineering degree from the Université de Technologie de Compiègne in France and Cranfield University in the UK, as well as a Master of Finance from ESCP Business School in Paris, France.
Australia
Petar Rajic
Resolution Advisor
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA)
Australia
Petar Rajic
Resolution Advisor
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA)
Petar Rajic is an Advisor in the Resolution branch of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), Australia’s regulator of banks, insurers and superannuation (pension) funds. APRA’s primary functions are prudential supervision of regulated entities, policy, and resolution.
Petar’s current focuses include resolution planning for insurers and banks, identifying critical functions in insurance, and enhancing APRA’s depositor and policyholder protection schemes.
Prior to joining APRA in 2020, Petar held roles in the private sector and at Japanese government agencies in Sydney.
Petar holds Bachelors degrees in Asian Studies (Japanese) and Economics from the Australian National University, and a Master of International Business and Law from the University of Sydney. Petar has also studied abroad at Japan’s Yokohama National University and Hitotsubashi University, and is a fluent Japanese speaker.
Taiwan
Hermes Sheng-zhang Yang
Deputy Manager, Taiwan Insurance Guaranty Fund
Taiwan
Hermes Sheng-zhang Yang
Deputy Manager, Taiwan Insurance Guaranty Fund
Hermes Sheng-zhang Yang is a deputy manager of Business Department in Taiwan Insurance Guaranty Fund (TIGF). He participated in receivership tasks for insolvent insurance companies and early warning system working group. He is also a member of investment team assisting establishing ETF investing strategies for TIGF. Hermes oversees macroeconomic risks and conducts researches on systemic risks and the effects on insurance companies. In IFIGS conferences, Hermes shared insurance guarantee scheme experiences of Taiwan as a speaker. Before joining TIGF, Hermes was an economist in equity and fixed income departments of securities companies and conducted researches on global and local politics, economies and financial industries. He was also the author of book Survival Rules in Financial Jungles (in Traditional Chinese) and lecturer in some CFA, CFP, and FRM programs. His articles were published in newspapers in Taiwan. Hermes graduated from National Taiwan University with an MA in Economics and a BBA in Finance. His academic papers were published in Public Choice (in English) and Taiwan Economic Review (in Traditional Chinese).
Italia
Sergio Desantis
Chief Financial Officer, Director for the Insurance Financial Corporate Reporting Department and for the Actuarial and Statistical Department;
National Association of the Italian Insurance Companies (ANIA)
Italia
Sergio Desantis
Chief Financial Officer, Director for the Insurance Financial Corporate Reporting Department and for the Actuarial and Statistical Department;
National Association of the Italian Insurance Companies (ANIA)
He graduated with honors in 1992 in Statistical and Actuarial Sciences from the University of Rome "La Sapienza." He has been a registered member of the Italian National Council of Actuaries (“Ordine degli Attuari”) since 1993 and became a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries in the United Kingdom in 1997.
Since June 2001, he has been working at ANIA, where he currently serves as Chief Financial Officer responsible for the Planning and Control Department, the Insurance Financial Corporate Reporting Department, and the Actuarial and Statistical Department.
His main responsibilities include:
• Monitoring the international and national development of IFRS 17 and IFRS 9 standards and related consultations, impacting individual and consolidated financial statements;
• Preparing the financial statements and the annual budget for ANIA and its associated companies;
• Performing management control activities and monthly expense monitoring;
• Developing statistical and actuarial studies in both Non-Life and Life insurance sectors to provide insurance companies with updated technical and commercial benchmarks;
• Collaborating with other ANIA departments on European and international projects (e.g., Solvency II, IFRS);
• Acting as managing director, editor, and publisher of the Association’s Yearbook;
• Contributing to the drafting of numerous short-term publications issued by the Association (ANIA Trends, Italian Insurance, institutional brochure).
Immediately after graduating, he worked as a consultant (from 1993 to 1999) as a Non-Life actuary at Tillinghast-Towers Perrin (now Willis Towers Watson), in both the London and Milan offices. During these years, he developed extensive experience in the Non-Life insurance sector, particularly in the Italian Motor market, having assisted several companies—representing over 40% of the market in terms of premiums—in setting Motor TPL and Other Motor Risks tariffs. He also participated in numerous international projects in countries such as France, Brazil, the United States, Ireland, and Germany, where he spent varying periods ranging from two weeks to six months.
In 1999, he joined Swiss Reinsurance Company in Zurich as a Member of Management. As part of a team of actuaries, he was responsible for the control and analysis of claims reserves across the company’s global operations, both at the local and group level, in compliance with US GAAP accounting standards. He was specifically assigned to oversee and monitor claims reserves in the United Kingdom, Italy, the United States, Canada, and South Africa.
Over the past 20 years, he has been repeatedly engaged as a temporary consultant by the World Bank to support several countries in the implementation or improvement of their mandatory Motor Third Party Liability (MTPL) insurance systems. These assignments included technical assistance projects in Serbia, Albania, Kosovo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Cambodia, Jordan, and Kenya.
He has taught at “Luiss – Guido Carli” University in Rome and at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” in the course of Insurance Economics and Finance. He has also been a speaker at numerous courses and seminars on insurance, risk management, statistics, and probability, and served as a lecturer at Cineas (Politecnico di Milano) in the Master's program in Insurance Engineering.
Canada
Stephanie Greer
Executive Vice President
Assuris (Canada)
Canada
Stephanie Greer
Executive Vice President
Assuris (Canada)
Stephanie Greer FSA, FCIA, is the Executive Vice President at Assuris, the not for profit organization that protects Canadian policyholders if their life insurance company fails. Stephanie is passionate about consumer protection and ensuring that Assuris is ready for the resolution of any member company. She is responsible for ensuring Assuris is ready for the resolution of any member company, leading a team of experts dedicated to identifying solvency risk, preparing for resolution and raising consumer awareness of Canadian policyholder protection.
Since joining Assuris in 2011, Stephanie has been actively involved with the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) and l’Autorité des marches financiers (AMF) in ensuring a strong regulatory framework with a focus on early risk identification and readiness for life insurance insolvency issues. She also led Assuris’ internal and external response to the financial reporting changes under IFRS 17.
Prior to joining Assuris, Stephanie spent 15 years in the life insurance industry. She began her career in consulting with Tillinghast-Towers Perrin (now Willis Towers Watson). Stephanie was involved in the demutualization of two of the four major mutual life insurance companies in Canada and several international assignments in the United States and Europe. She later joined Great-West Life Assurance Company (now Canada Life), where she was exposed to the risk and capital management functions of a large multinational life insurance company.
Stephanie graduated from Western University in London, Canada, with a Bachelor of Science. She is a fellow of the Society of Actuaries and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries.
France
Herve Odjo
ODJO Actuaire Conseil
France
Herve Odjo
ODJO Actuaire Conseil
Fully Qualified Senior Actuary member of Institut des Actuaires (France), Hervé speaks French and English.
He founded and runs two consulting firms : Odjo Actuaire Conseil based in Paris and dedicated to all region except Africa and Aroa Partners based in Abidjan (Ivory Coast) for the African market.
Hervé has held the positions of Director, Senior Consultant and Senior Manager in several international actuarial consulting firms: Milliman (Director of the Reinsurance Division), Towers Watson and Ernst & Young. He has also held the position of Actuarial Manager for a non-life mutual insurance company and worked for more than 5 years in the Group Actuarial Department of Groupama.
Hervé teaches reinsurance in the Master 2 Actuarial Science and Mathematical Engineering for Insurance and Finance at the University of Rouen (France) and in the Master Actuarial Science of ENSEA in Abidjan (Ivory Coast).
He was the appointed actuary for several Luxembourg captives. He is also a consultant for international institutions (World Bank, Asian Development Bank).
His +25 years of insurance experience includes, among others, the following topics
- Solvency standards (Solvency II)
- Reinsurance (optimization, captives, etc.)
- Reserving, pricing and risk management in insurance and reinsurance
- Accounting standards (IFRS 4 and 17)
- Mergers and acquisition
- Social commitments
- Data Science
Georgia
Edward Vakhtangishvili
Head of Supervision Department
Insurance State Supervision Service of Georgia
Georgia
Edward Vakhtangishvili
Head of Supervision Department
Insurance State Supervision Service of Georgia
Edward Vakhtangishvili
Head of Supervision Department
Insurance State Supervision Service of Georgia
In 2000, obtained MBA degree from Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University with initial specialization in International Business and Foreign Trade.
Later the same year joined insurance industry. Started from risk management, underwriting and reinsurance. Arranged first Suretyships Reinsurance treaty in Georgia, placed largest Energy and Specialty risks related to construction and operation of BTC and SCP oil and gas pipelines and several other remarkable objects. After 6 years of extensive work, expanded knowledge and experience in supervision, oversight of clams handling processes as well as call center and after sales services coordination. From 2011 to 2018, more actively involved in Financial Planning and Management in Insurance.
Since 2018 works in a position of the Head of Supervision Department at Insurance State Supervision Service of Georgia. Is responsible for off-site and on-site supervision, as well as prevention of money laundering and terrorism financing of Insurance Undertakings, Brokers and the founders of Private Pension Schemes. Is actively involved in the preparation for full transition to RBS system in Georgia, including legislation drafting and implementation processes.
Elena Solopova
CEO
Madanes CIS
Elena Solopova
CEO
Madanes CIS
Elena Solopova
CEO of the international health insurance provider Madanes – in Russia and the CIS
Education: Graduated from the Russian State Humanitarian University in 2009.
Graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2010.
Internships: Braindis Colleage Institute, The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, GenRe Management & Leadership Program.
Career:
Joined the company in 2010 as Deputy Managing Partner, and then became CEO and Junior Partner of Managedcare Russia.
From 2014 to the present, the CEO of the international health insurance provider Madanes in the Russian Federation and the CIS.
Founder and first CEO of the first private pathological laboratory in the CIS - Laboratoires De Genie.
Under Elena's leadership, concepts for a number of multidisciplinary and specialized medical departments and centers in the Russian Federation and the CIS countries (Hadassah Medical Skolkovo, Zavidovo Rehabilitation Center, etc.) were developed and implemented.
Experience in the field of medical insurance and medical services for more than 15 years.
Kazakhstan
Kulseitov Aidyn
Chairman of the Board of the Non-public JSC "Health Insurance Fund".
Kazakhstan
Kulseitov Aidyn
Chairman of the Board of the Non-public JSC "Health Insurance Fund".
Chairman of the Management Board, NJSC “Social Health Insurance Fund”
Education, Specialization, and Licenses:
• 1997 - East Kazakhstan State Technical University
• 2004 - Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Professional Experience:
• 1996-1997 - Advertising Agent, Manager, LLP "Zhanna"
• 1997-1999 - Chief Manager, Deputy Director, LLP "Olzha"
• 1999-2000 - General Director, LLP "Latifa"
• 2000-2003 - Chief Specialist, Head of the Department of Industry, Ecology and Communications, Ust-Kamenogorsk City Administration
• 2004-2008-
1) Head of Division
2) Head of Department
3) Director of the Department of Industrial Policy
4) Director of the Department of Strategic Planning and Consolidated Analysis
Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• 2008 - Director of the Department of Strategic Planning and Intersectoral Coordination, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• 2008-2009 - Deputy Head of the Department for Socio-Economic Monitoring, Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• 2009-2012 - Chairman of the Board, JSC “National Innovation Fund”
• 2012-2014 - Chairman of the Board, JSC “National Agency for Technological Development (NATR)”
• 2014-2017 - Chairman of the Board, JSC “Kazakhstan Institute for Industrial Development”
• 2017-2019 - Head of the Center for Strategic Development and Analysis, Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• 2019-2023 - Head of the Strategic Planning Department, Presidential Administration
• 2023 - Head of the Department for Socio-Economic Monitoring, Presidential Administration
• 2023-2025 - Head of the Department for Socio-Economic Policy, Presidential Administration
• Since April 2025 - Chairman of the Management Board, NJSC “Social Health Insurance Fund”
Kazakhstan
Gaukhar Kassymkanova
Managing Director of MOI Insurance Broker, Ltd
Kazakhstan
Gaukhar Kassymkanova
Managing Director of MOI Insurance Broker, Ltd
Managing Director of “MOI Insurance Broker” LLP
Member of the Board of the Non-Profit Organization "Association of Insurers of Kazakhstan"
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Management
Education:
• Walden University (USA) - PhD in Management, 2024
• University of Liverpool (UK) - MBA in International Business with Distinction, 2013
• Chartered Insurance Institute (UK) - ACII, Dip CII, Cert CII, 2013
• Kazakh State Academy of Management (KazGAU / NARXOZ) - Bachelor’s Degree in International Economic Relations, 1996
Professional Experience:
• 2005 - Present: Managing Director, “MOI Insurance Broker” LLP
• 1999 - 2005:
1) Chair of the Management Board, Premier Insurance
2) Chair of the Management Board, KBS Garant
3) Director of the Underwriting and Reinsurance Department, BTA Insurance
Kazakhstan
Gulzhan Karibayevna
Chairman of the Board
JSC Life Insurance Company "BCC Life"
Kazakhstan
Gulzhan Karibayevna
Chairman of the Board
JSC Life Insurance Company "BCC Life"
Gulzhan has over 22 years of experience in the insurance industry, including 4 years as Chair of the Management Board of an insurance company. She also holds higher education degrees in both medicine and finance. She is the only specialist in the Kazakhstan’s insurance market who has twice participated, as a member of a working group, in the launch of life insurance companies.
Professional Experience:
• 2024 - Present: Chair of the Management Board, JSC LIC “BCC Life”
• 2019 - 2023:
1) Chair of the Management Board, JSC “Centras Kommesk Life”
2) First Deputy Chair of the Management Board, JSC LIC “Kommesk-Ömir” (within Centras Financial Holding)
• 2013 - 2019: Deputy Chair of the Management Board, JSC LIC “Standard Life”
• 2006 - 2013: Member of the Management Board, Director of the Insurance Department, JSC LIC “Kazkommerts-Life”
• 2005 - 2006: Senior Specialist, Corporate Business Department, JSC “Kazkommertsbank”
• 2004 - 2005: Head of the Underwriting Department, JSC “Premier Insurance”
• 2004 - 2004: Underwriter, JSC “Oil Insurance Company”
• 2002 - 2004: Underwriter, OJSC Insurance Company “KBS Garant” (BTA - Zabota)
Marina Shchuklinova
Actuarial consultant
Azuria Partners
Marina Shchuklinova
Actuarial consultant
Azuria Partners
Kazakhstan
Vyacheslav Notanovich
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan, President of the Kazakhstan Association of Reproductive Medicine, Rector of the International Academy of Reproductology, President of the Association of
Kazakhstan
Vyacheslav Notanovich
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan, President of the Kazakhstan Association of Reproductive Medicine, Rector of the International Academy of Reproductology, President of the Association of
Vyacheslav N. Lokshin is a Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan, and a leading expert in reproductive medicine with over 40 years of experience.
He is Rector of the Institute of Reproductive Medicine, Director of the ECO Center, and Head of the International Center for Clinical Reproductology “PERSONA” in Almaty. Since 2008, he has served as President of the Kazakhstan Association of Reproductive Medicine.
Prof. Lokshin is the author of over 380 scientific publications, including monographs and patents, and has trained numerous specialists in the field. He is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Reproductive Medicine and a member of editorial boards of several medical journals in Kazakhstan and abroad.
He is a member of the National Council for Science and Technology under the President of Kazakhstan and has been awarded numerous national and international honors, including the Order “Barys” I degree and the “Prizvaniye-to the best doctors of Russia” Award (Russia, 2021).
Kazakhstan
Veryovkin Vitaliy
Chairman of the Association of Insurers of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Veryovkin Vitaliy
Chairman of the Association of Insurers of Kazakhstan
Education:
Graduated from the "Adilet" Higher School of Law in 1997.
From 2005 to 2006, completed three training courses:
• 2005: Workshop on “Business Engineering Methodologies.”
• 2005: Course by the Higher School of Business Engineering, “Betec” company, Moscow - “Process Approach and Company Structuring.”
• 2005: Course by the Higher School of Business Engineering, “Betec” company, Moscow - “Strategy Development and Key Performance Indicators for Business Process Improvement.”
• 2008: Internship at the Office of the Financial Ombudsman, United Kingdom.
Work Experience:
• 2020 - Present: Chairman, Association of Insurers of Kazakhstan (NPO).
• 2019: Managing Director, JSC "Nomad Insurance."
• 2016 - 2019: Chairman, Association of Insurers of Kazakhstan (NPO).
• 2007 - 2015: Insurance Ombudsman of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• 2004 - 2007: Managing Director of the Motor Insurance Department, JSC "BTA Insurance"; Member of the Board.
• 2004: Director of the Legal Department, “Resmi Group” LLP Management Company.
• 2002 - 2004: Deputy Director of the Legal Department, Financial Business Division, “Resmi Group” LLP; later - Director of the Legal Department of the Financial Business Division (which included JSC “BTA Insurance,” JSC Pension Fund “Kurmet,” JSC Insurance Company “KBS Garant,” JSC “Premier Insurance,” and JSC Life Insurance Company “Dynasty”).
• 2000 - 2002: Head of Claims and Litigation Department, JSC “BTA Insurance,” JSC “KBS Garant.”
• 1999 - 2000: Head of Legal Department, OJSC “CASO” (Central Asian Insurance Company).
Andrey Makletsov
Deputy Head of the Claims Settlement Methodology Department at the RAMI
Andrey Makletsov
Deputy Head of the Claims Settlement Methodology Department at the RAMI
Andrey Makletsov is the Deputy Head of the Claims Settlement Methodology Department at the RAMI.
He is responsible for the development of electronic services for documenting road traffic accidents (including the "Electronic Europrotocol") and for issues related to determining the cost of vehicle repair within the framework of compulsory motor third-party liability insurance.
Andrey has been working at RAMI since 2011. Prior to that, he held positions in major insurance companies, where he was involved in insurance methodology and policy development.
Azerbaijan
Leyla Guliyeva
Senior Analyst at the Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Leyla Guliyeva
Senior Analyst at the Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Leyla Guliyeva is a finance and insurance professional from Azerbaijan with over a decade of experience in risk management, supervision, and actuarial analysis. She holds a Master’s degree in Economics and Administration of Production and Service Spheres from the Azerbaijan State University of Economics and a Bachelor’s degree in Management from the National Academy of Aviation. She also holds an Actuary License issued by the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Leyla currently serves as a Senior Analyst at the Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan, where she has led two key regulatory projects - Risk-Based Capital (RBC) and Risk-Based Supervision (RBS)-contributing to the development of a more resilient and risk-sensitive insurance sector.
