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Mr. Carlos Arocha, FSA

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> > > Carlos Arocha has over 30 years’ experience in the life and general insurance and reinsurance industries. Carlos focuses on advisory services regarding IFRS 17 implementations, Solvency II and other regulatory risk capital paradigms, Appointed Actuary consulting mandates, development and validation of internal risk models, reinsurance optimization programs and miscellaneous quantitative risk management projects. Since 2011, Carlos has been Managing Partner for >Arocha & Associates>, a consulting firm based in Zurich. He is passionate about enhancing the potential of actuarial staffs through knowledge transfer and the delivery of tools, modeling platforms and data management systems. Carlos has worked in companies such as Swiss Re, Mercantile & General Re, Watson-Wyatt (now Towers Watson) and Hewitt Associates (now Aon Hewitt), in Mexico, the United States, Canada, and Switzerland. He is the current Ambassador of the Society of Actuaries in Switzerland. Carlos, an enthusiastic SOA volunteer, was recognized as Outstanding Volunteer in 2018. He is a mentor of the Integrated Projects Course, Master of Actuarial Science at Columbia University, New York. Carlos earned a BSc in Actuarial Science from Anahuac University, Mexico City, and is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, a Member of the Swiss Association of Actuaries, and holds a Certificate in Climate Risk (SOA). Carlos was born in Mexico City and has lived and worked in Houston and Zurich. He is a dual Mexican/Swiss citizen. >>>>>