Research and Consulting Areas

  • Insurance regulation
  • International financial regulation
  • Finance and insurance of extreme risks such as pandemic, cyber and climate
  • Financial guarantees in life insurance
  • Liquidity risks in insurance
  • Capital allocation and reinsurance
  • Innovation and fintech in insurance

Teaching Activities

  • Financial Institutions, Master of Banking and Finance (MBF), University of St. Gallen
  • Regulation of Financial Systems, Master of Banking and Finance (MBF), University of St. Gallen
  • Money, Banking and Financial Markets: Monetary Policy and International Finance, Bachelor Program, University of St. Gallen
  • Research Seminar Financial Institutions, Master of Banking and Finance (MBF), University of St. Gallen
  • Microeconomics for Finance, PhD Program in Finance, University of St. Gallen

Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • 1999-2004: PhD in Economics, with highest honors, Toulouse School of Economics, University of Toulouse, France
  • 1998-1999: MS in Economic Theory and Econometrics, with highest honors, Toulouse School of Economics, University of Toulouse, France
  • 1996-1998: MA in Economics, New Economic School, Moscow, Russia
  • 1993-1997: BS in Mathematical Economics, Lonomosov Moscow State University, Russia

Employment

  • 2021-current: Associate Professor of Insurance Economics, School of Finance and Institute of Insurance Economics, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
  • 2019-current: Senior Research Fellow, Wharton Alternative Investments Initiative, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA
  • 2019-2020: Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Insurance Economics, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
  • 2015-2018: Economic Adviser, International Association of Insurance Supervisors, Bank for International Settlements, Basel, Switzerland
  • 2012-2015: Economist, Financial Systems and Regulation Section, Monetary and Economic Department, Bank for International Settlements, Basel, Switzerland
  • 2007-2012: Assistant Professor, Department of Insurance and Risk Management, the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
  • 2004-2007: Assistant Professor, Department of Risk Management and Insurance, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA