Presenters:

 

Dr. Tapen Sinha

Dr. Sinha is the Seguros Comercial America Chair Professor of Risk Management and Insurance at the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM). He also has a concurrent appointment as a Professor at the University of Nottingham. He has a PhD in Economics from the University of Minnesota.

 

Dr. Marco Espinosa

Dr. Espinosa is a Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. He has a PhD in Economics from the University of Minnesota.

 

Dr. Tridib Sharma

Dr. Sharma is an Assistant Professor at the Centro de Investigación Económica, at the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Southern California.

 

Mr. Bernard Dussault, FCIA, FSA

Mr. Dussault is currently a consulting actuary. He was the Chief Actuary of the Canadian Government between 1992 and 1998. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries as well as a fellow of the Society of Actuaries.

 

Dr. Fernando Solis-Soberon

Dr. Solis-Soberon is a consultant with Grupo Bal. He is also a Professor at the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico. He was the President of CONSAR, the national regulatory body of compulsory pension system in Mexico. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Virginia.

 

Dr. Stephen Kay

Dr. Kay is Senior Economic Analyst with the Latin American Research Group at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles.

 

Dr. Carlos Serrano

Dr. Serrano is an Economist with the World Bank. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley.

 

Dr. Robert Brown, FCIA, FSA

Dr. Brown is the President of the Society of Actuaries. He is a Professor at the University of Waterloo. He is also the Director, Institute of Insurance and Pension Research, University of Waterloo. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries as well as a fellow of the Society of Actuaries. He holds a PhD from the Simon Fraser University.

 

Mr. Rafael Gamboa, MI

Mr. Rafael Gamboa is a Professor at the School of Computing at the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico. He holds a Masters Degree from Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Telecomunicación de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

 

Dr. Juan Jose Fernandez

Dr. Fernandez is a Professor in the Department of Statistics at the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico. He holds a doctorate in Statistics and Operations Research from the University of Essex.

 

Mr. Jaime Villaseñor, MSc

Mr. Villaseñor is the Director General of Risk Management at the CONSAR. He holds a Masters of Science degree from the University of Illinois.