AI and Data for Insurance Executives

Alexander Braun is Associate Professor of Insurance and Capital Markets at the University of St.Gallen (HSG) and Director at the Institute of Insurance Economics (I.VW-HSG). Before joining HSG, he worked in the capital markets division of Lehman Brothers in London. Dr. Braun studied at leading universities in Germany, Australia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. He holds the degree “Diplom-Kaufmann” from the University of Mannheim (Germany) and a Ph.D. in Finance from HSG. In 2016, he additionally obtained the venia legendi in Business Administration. The research and teaching activities of Dr. Braun have been awarded, amongst others, by the American Risk and Insurance Association, the Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association, and the Casualty Actuarial Society. Overall, he looks back on more than 10 years of combined scholarly and practical experience in risk management, insurance, and the financial markets.

Johan Hassel is part of the Swiss Re Executive Education Team. In his role as Senior Executive Programmes Manager he is responsible for the portfolio of Client Training Programmes and Executive Programmes. This responsibility includes managing existing programmes and developing new programmes.

Prior to joining Swiss Re, he spent 17 years at the largest Swedish insurer, Länsförsäkringar, holding various senior positions including Head of Business Development and Sustainability at one of the local companies within the federation. He has also served as representative for the Länsförsäkringar Federation in Eurapco, a European alliance of mutuals, focused on innovation, cross-border learning and knowledge exchange.