Mr. Jim Attwood, FIA, has 25 years of risk management and actuarial expertise, in both the reinsurance and insurance industry. In his current position as the Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer of Singapore-based Asia Capital Reinsurance Group, Mr. Attwood holds responsibility for risk management, claims and retrocession. In addition, he provides guidance and leadership for the active development of structured solutions for strategic clients and partners. Jim is a member of the Executive Committee, and is also on the Board of Asia Capital Reinsurance Group. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (UK) and a Fellow of the Singapore Actuarial Society.

Mr. Baker is a Managing Director in the Hong Kong office and Chief Executive Officer and Director of PIMCO Asia Ltd. He oversees servicing of PIMCO's institutional clients as well as business development in the region. Mr. Baker is also co-head of PIMCO's official institution business, overseeing investment services to central banks, sovereign wealth funds and supranational organizations. Prior to joining PIMCO in 1997, he was a Vice President at Bank of Montreal, managing North American institutional client relationships. He has 22 years of investment experience and holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He holds an undergraduate degree from George Washington University.

Mr. Graham Bancroft, FSA, FCIA, has 28 years of experience in both the reinsurance and insurance industry. His focus has been international, involved in the North American, European, Australian and most recently Asian markets.  He is based in Singapore and is a Senior Consultant of Munich Re, Life Asia. Graham holds responsibility for Capital  Motivated reinsurance, as well as Strategic Planning for the Life Asia markets, and past experiences include managing reinsurance operations in Australia and North America. He also is a member of the Singapore Actuarial Society.

Mr. Doug Caldwell, CERA, FSA, will be Chief Insurance Risk Officer, ING Asia Pacific, as of 1 December 2009. Mr. Caldwell has been with ING for 10 years most recently as Head of Asset Liability and Capital Management for ING US Financial Services. Prior to that role, he was Head of Corporate Insurance Risk Department with ING Group in Amsterdam focusing heavily on economic capital development and modeling, market consistent valuation and overall actuarial and risk topics and prior to that at ING Re in the US. Doug led the ING project to build a complete Economic Capital system based on replicating portfolios of all insurance assets and liabilities. Prior to joining ING, Mr. Caldwell worked as a US actuary focusing on financial reporting and modeling for ARM Financial Group and Ernst & Young. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, a Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst, and holds a degree in Mathematics from Auburn University.

Mr. Paul Carrett, FIAA, is an Executive Director with Goldman Sachs with responsibilities across the Asian region, specifically with respect to insurance companies. An actuary by profession, Mr. Carrett commenced his working life in the more traditional actuarial fields of insurance, pensions and asset consulting, across both the private and public sectors. For the past 8 years, however, he has worked in banking and finance,?across project and infrastructure finance, derivatives, structured finance and credit risk.
Paul is heavily committed to the development of the actuarial profession. In particular, he has published four actuarial papers, on topics as diverse as the stochastic modelling of credit risk, company valuation, executive options and asset-liability management. Further, he?also co-authored the current Investment and Finance course of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia.

Mr. Bernard Fung is a Director of Policy, China and Investment Products of the SFC. He joined the Commission in November 2008. Previously he had worked in the financial industry for over 20 years for a number of financial institutions, covering different areas including product structuring, capital market origination and distribution, corporate finance, sales and marketing.
He has an MBA degree from Michigan State University and a BBA from University of Hawaii, both in the USA.

A graduate in economics and accounting, and then operational research, Mr. John Hibbert has more than 25 yearsˇ experience in the life insurance, asset management and securities industries.? Until recently, Mr. Hibbert?led the development of Barrie & Hibbertˇs ˉEconomic Scenario Generatorˇ (capital market modelling) business. He is now involved in a wide range of research and consulting activities and often contributes to journals and other industry publications. ?In August 2008, John was appointed an Honorary Professor in the School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences at Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh.

Mr. Carl McGann, CA, MAICD, is Chief Operating Officer, Investments, of Fidelity International Asia Pacific ex-Japan. Mr. McGann is responsible for management of the investment business in the Asia Pacific region (ex Japan). He oversees a team of specialists located in six locations across Asia Pacific, providing trading implementation and execution support to portfolio managers in their investment decisions and strategies. Carl joined Fidelity in May 2005 and has accumulated over 10 years of experience working in the investment industry. Prior to joining Fidelity, Mr. McGann spent five years at Zurich Financial Services, overseeing the companyˇs platforms, products and advisor services business unit, as well as developing strategies to drive the distribution business. He holds a Bachelor degree of Commerce in Accounting and Finance from the University of New South Wales, Sydney. He is also an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Financial Planning Association.

 

Mr. Michael McLaughlin, FIA, FSA, MAAA, has been active in several emerging areas, including Enterprise Risk Management. Mr. McLaughlin helped organize the Joint Risk Management Section of the Society of Actuaries and the Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst credential. He also served on actuarial committees on Fair Value reporting, dealing with IFRS, FAS 157/159, and Principles-Based (Statutory) Accounting. Michael is familiar with economic capital as a framework and its use in risk adjusted performance measurement.

He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and the Institute of Actuaries, and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries. He is author of papers published by the Society of Actuaries, and has been a frequent speaker at professional and industry meetings.

Mrs. Edith Pfister, AssCPA, PGDp Acc, is the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Risk Officer of RGA Reinsurance Company Australia Ltd, since 2005. Mrs. Pfister is a seasoned CFO with more than 20 years of diverse financial and operational leadership experience in multi-cultural business environments, focusing on financial excellence, strategy, change management and enterprise risk management. Prior to joining RGA, she worked in Europe, the USA and Australia and held, among other multinational organizations, executive and senior leadership roles with Zurich Financial Services Australia and Swiss Re. Edith serves on the board of the Swiss-Australian Chamber of Commerce since 2005 and was elected as President and Chairman in 2007. Mrs. Pfister is also an active member of several professional organizations, including CPA, Australian Institute of Company Directors, Financial Services Accountants Association, Australian Institute of Management and she is a committee member of IFSA and an Alumni member of IMD Lausanne. She holds an Accounting degree from the Swiss Business School, followed by University degrees from the USA and Australia and is currently completing her Masters of Accounting.

 

Mr. Michael Ross, ASA, FIA, MAAA, is Watson Wyattˇs Head of Life Insurance Consulting, China Region, based in Shanghai since March 2006. Mr. Ross has been involved in a number of valuations in China, including acting as the Consulting Actuary to Ping An for its listing of shares on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and Shanghai as well as assisting Carlyle with its investment in China Pacific Insurance Company. Prior to joining Watson Wyatt, he was General Manager-Actuarial and the appointed actuary for AXA China Region Limited in Hong Kong and prior to moving to Hong Kong, Michael worked in a variety of roles in New Zealand. He is qualified as a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries and the China Association of Actuaries. He has been President of the Actuarial Society of Hong Kong in 1998 and 2002. He was also a member of the Insurance Advisory Committee until September 2004 and was a member of the Embedded Value reporting task force in China.