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| Alejandro Asenjo General Manager Grupo Asegurador La Segunda (Argentina) Alejandro Asenjo is currently the General Manager of Grupo Asegurador La Segunda, an integrated insurance group with a strong presence throughout Argentina, as well as Uruguay and Paraguay, which has been operating for 82 years in property insurance, workers' compensation, life insurance and pensions. His previous roles within the company include Deputy General Manager, Manager of Planning and Management, and Chief Financial Officer. Alejandro is an accountant, and graduated from the Faculty of Economics and Management at the National University of Rosario (UNR), where he also earned a Bachelor of Administration. He has over 30 years of professional experience and a background in consulting, strategy, management and control, in all aspects related to business management. He has been a speaker at various national and international forums on the issue of insurance business and member of the Board of the Aseguradores del Interior de la República Argentina (ADIRA). | |
| Carlos Benítez President Aseguradora Tajy (Paraguay) Carlos Benítez has 15 years’ experience as a cooperative leader having served as the Executive President of Aseguradora Tajy since 2001. He is a former banking employee, with more than 20 years’ experience at the Banco Nacional de Fomento (BNF) in Paraguay. Mr Benítez is a Member of the Supervisory Board and the Board of Directors of Cooperativa Medalla Milagrosa Ltda. He is also a Member of the Board of Caja Mutual de Cooperativistas del Paraguay (and a member of the Investment Committee), and is a current member of the Executive Committee of the Asociación Paraguaya de Compañías de Seguros (Paraguayan Association of Insurance Companies). He has a B.A. in Business Administration from the Universidad Nacional de Asunción (UNA) and a Diploma in Insurance and Reinsurance from the Universidad Tecnológica Intercontinental (UTIC). He participates in various courses, seminars, workshops and training events in Paraguay and internationally, as a participant, exhibitor and speaker. | |
| William Bojórquez Córdova General Manager ServiPerú Central Cooperativa De Servicios (Peru) William Bojórquez Córdova is a professional with more than forty years' of experience at the service of the Peruvian cooperative movement. He is an Economist by profession, with a Master's degrees in Administration and Technical Insurance. He was previously the General Manager of Cooperativa de Seguros del Perú (SEGUROSCOOP) and currently serves as General Manager of the Central Cooperativa De Servicios ServiPerú and the subsidiary company Cooperadores Corredores de Seguros SAC. He is also a Member of the Board of Directors of the Peruvian Association of Insurance Brokerage Companies (Asociación Peruana de Empresas de Corredores de Seguros - APECOSE). | |
| Andrea Camargo Insurance Regulation and Supervision Expert Inspowering Consultants (UK) Andrea is a Colombian qualified lawyer specialized in Insurance Law and International Economic Law in Colombia (Universidad Javeriana) and France (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), with an emphasis on development and human rights. Andrea has more than 14 years’ experience in insurance and 8 years’ experience in the microinsurance sector. Andrea distinguished herself as one of the global leaders in advisory and diagnostics of microinsurance around the world through consultancy work and academic research. Andrea is skilled at providing high-quality diagnostics in microinsurance and advising supervisory authorities, regulators and policymakers in relation to promoting “best practices” to facilitate the development and the implementation of microinsurance products whilst ensuring that microinsurance consumers are effectively protected. After 5 years of experience in a Colombian law firm specialised in Insurance Law, Andrea continued her professional career as an associate in the international arbitration team in one of the five most important law firms in the world – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. In recent years, Andrea has undertaken several consultancies on microinsurance for the Access to Insurance Initiative, and international development agencies, such as IADB/FOMIN, USAID, and the GIZ. Andrea is currently finalising her PhD on consumer protection in microinsurance at the Paris Dauphine University. In 2012, she presented the findings of her PhD at the first Research Conference on Microinsurance in the Netherlands and also at the first meeting of the Financial Inclusion Sub-Committee of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS). The ILO Microinsurance Innovation Facility published her paper in 2012. The paper summarizes the findings of her research (Research Paper N.27). Andrea currently forms part of the Drafting Group on Market Conduct and Consumer Protection of the IAIS. | |
| Oscar Coello Chairman of the Board of Directors Equidad Compañía de Seguros (Honduras) Oscar Coello was born in the city of Choluteca, Honduras, on March 29, 1954. He obtained his first title as Chartered Accountant and Public Accountant from the “Superación” Institute of Choluteca. He has actively participated in training and degree programs relating to senior management, which allowed him to strengthen his professional capacities. Mr. Coello has held important executive positions within the Honduran cooperative sector. He has served as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors and member of the Supervisory Board of the Federation of Credit Unions of Honduras (FACACH). Currently he is acting as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Equidad Compañía de Seguros, S.A., and since 1989 holds the position of General Manager of “La Guadalupe” Cooperative. | |
| Gloria Coras Flores President of the Board of Directors ServiPerú Central Cooperativa De Servicios (Peru) Gloria Coras Flores has 30 years of experience in the administration of savings and credit cooperatives and is a Director in most representative cooperative institutions of the country. Currently, she is the General Manager of the Cooperativa de Ahorro y Credito Promocion Tahuantinsuyo 1946 and President of the Board of Directors of Central Cooperativa De Servicios ServiPerú Ltda. She is a Certified Public Accountant, with a Master's degree and Doctorate degree in Administration from the National University of San Marcos and Federico Villareal National University, and a Bachelor in Law and Political Science. | |
| Georgina Díaz Sánchez Chair, ICMIF/Americas and General Manager Sociedad de Seguros de Vida del Magisterio Nacional (Costa Rica) Georgina Díaz Sánchez graduated with a degree in Business Administration from the University of Costa Rica. She is a Certified Public Accountant and worked for over 12 years as Audit Manager at Deloitte & Touche. She has more than 20 years’ experience in the insurance industry, starting as an assistant in the audit department of Sociedad de Seguros de Vida del Magisterio Nacional (SSVMN). She then held the position of Lead Auditor for 4 years, and since 2001, she has served as General Manager, the highest position in the company. Georgina Díaz is a member of the Board of Directors of ICMIF/Americas, and has held the position of Chair since August 2015; the Latin American Reinsurance Group (LARG); Seguros del Magisterio S.A; and the Corporación de SERVICIOS Múltiples del Magisterio Nacional (the National Union of Teachers). In her spare time, Georgina volunteers for non-governmental organizations that help elderly people with disabilities and nature conservation projects. | |
| Lorie Graham Senior Manager, Enterprise Risk Management and Insurance Services American Agricultural Insurance Company (USA) Lorie is the corporate enterprise risk manager and champions the American Agricultural Insurance Company’s ERM program. She has been in the insurance industry almost 30 years in various underwriting, risk management and research positions. In a rapidly evolving discipline, she is passionate for learning new enterprise risk management techniques and providing tools for risk owners. In her role she researches and monitors emerging trends that may impact our industry. Lorie authored a white paper on the use of UAVs in precision agriculture and how insurance companies could respond with solutions including risk management and insurance products. She has presented various emerging issues topics to CPCU chapters, agricultural operators and the Reinsurance Association of America. Lorie is an active member of the RIMS, “the risk management society” ERM Committee. She has earned several industry designations including: Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter, Associate in Reinsurance, Associate in Loss Control Management, Associate in Risk Management, Associate in Regulatory Compliance, Associate in Accounting and Finance and Associate in Farm Insurance Services. | |
| Paul Hanna Executive Vice President, Member Relations, Governance and Corporate Services The Co-operators (Canada) Paul Hanna is Executive Vice President, Member Relations, Governance and Corporate Services for The Co-operators Group of Companies. In his role, Paul works with the organization’s member organizations to ensure strong business and governance relationships are maintained and strengthened. Paul is also responsible for organizational governance with the Co-operators Group Limited Board of Directors and its many committees in addition to having operational oversight for several other corporate functions including government relations, human resources, legal, sustainability and citizenship. Prior to his current role, Paul spent many years as Vice President Strategic Planning with The Co-operators. Paul has 25 years of co-operative experience working in various operational and governance capacities. He currently sits on the board of ICMIF/Americas, is a member of ICMIF’s Intelligence Committee and serves as a director on the local hospital in Guelph. Paul holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Western Ontario, a Masters in Adult Education from Central Michigan University and the Chartered Insurance Professional (C.I.P) designation. | |
| John Harvie Chairperson of the Board The Co-operators (Canada) John Harvie joined The Co-operators board in April 2011; he became chairperson of the board in 2014 and is a member of the Risk and Compensation Committee. Previously, John served as an alternate delegate to The Co-operators representing Co-op Atlantic from 2006 - 2009 and a delegate from January to April 2011. John was born on a farm in Nova Scotia and finished his formal education with a BSc degree in Agriculture from Macdonald College of McGill University. John retired from Co-op Atlantic in late spring 2011 where he held a position of CEO. In August 2012, John was appointed to the NS Co-operative Council board of directors representing The Co-operators. In June 2014 he received the Global Co-operators Award from the Co-operative Development Foundation (CDF) of Canada. | |
| Catherine Hock Vice-President, International Relations ICMIF (Belgium) Catherine Hock joined ICMIF as Vice-President, International Relations in early 2013 after five years with AMICE, the European association as Deputy Director General. She has over ten years of experience in financial services and started lobbying the EU institutions in 2000 while working for the Belgian Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Her involvement in foreign affairs started in 1988 when she joined the United Nations working in New York, Vienna and Angola. She spent two years as a member of the UN Angola peacekeeping mission deployed to oversee the first electoral process in the country’s history. She holds a Masters of Arts degree in Philosophy and Literature and a degree in Romance Philology, journalism and public relations from Liège University, Belgium and lives in Brussels, Belgium, with her husband and their 22-year old twins. She sings in a choir and practices yoga. | |
| Patricia Inga Falcón Microfinance Expert and Investigator Instituto del Perú (Peru) Patricia Inga Falcón is a consultant and researcher on microfinance and access to finance topics for the Instituto del Peru of San Martín de Porres University from Peru. Until some months ago, she was the Regional Project Manager of the joint project from the MIF (IADB), the Access to Insurance Initiative (A2ii) and the supervisory authorities from Colombia, Peru and Jamaica. Formerly, she has worked as legal advisor for many banks and financial institutions in Peru. She has also been a lecturer in different Peruvian universities. Among their main publications are: The Mustard Tree, History of Microfinance in Peru (2009), coauthored with Dr. Richard Webb and Lucy Conger, the research paper Financial inclusion through mobile based financial services (2012) and Implementation of Regulatory and supervisory standards for access to insurance in Latina America and The Caribbean, co-authored with Ms. Panagiotta Kastriti for A2ii (2016). She is Master of Arts in Cooperation and Development by University of Pavia (Italy) and lawyer for the Pontifical Catholic University from Peru. | |
| Andrea Keenan Senior Managing Director - Industry Relations A.M. Best (USA) Andrea Keenan is head of Industry Relations for A.M. Best, based in Oldwick, New Jersey. She is responsible for the developing and maintaining of relationships and communications with key stakeholders of ratings throughout the Americas, including Canada, the USA, Caribbean and Latin America. Prior to assuming this role, Andrea was on assignment in Mexico City as Managing Director of A.M. Best in Latin America, launching A.M. Best’s first Latin American subsidiary. She spent the previous 13 years in various positions at A.M. Best. Before moving to Mexico, Andrea was Vice President – Research and Ratings Criteria and Training, where she was responsible for the creation and distribution of industry research, country risk and economic analysis in support of A.M. Best’s ratings, as well as the development of ratings criteria and analytical training. Andrea has also held the positions of Head of Research and Economic Analysis and Head of Country Risk Analysis at A.M. Best. Prior to joining A.M. Best in July 2000, Andrea was US economic analyst at Toyota Motor North America and an analyst at International Technology and Trade Associates. Currently, Andrea is serving on the Board of Directors of the Microinsurance Network. She holds a master’s degree from American University in International Affairs and a bachelor's degree from York College in International Studies, and is currently pursuing a graduate degree in Economics from Temple University. | |
| Christopher Kopka President, Thrivent Church Solutions Group Thrivent Financial (USA) Christopher Kopka is president of Thrivent Church Solutions Group. In this role, Kopka leads Thrivent Financial’s church-related businesses and functions, which presently reach more than 30,000 churches through products and services provided by Thrivent and partner organizations. He is also the senior vice president for Mergers, Acquisitions and Strategic Partnerships. Kopka joined Thrivent in 2006. He began his career providing training and development for law enforcement, which led him to attend law school at the University of Minnesota. He has served in senior strategy, legal, compliance and business development functions throughout his career. Kopka is also a lifelong poet by passion. He serves on the board of directors of Cooperative Development Services and of the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation of the Americas, as an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota Law School, as an advisor to FiveTwo (a ministry dedicated to starting new churches and missional communities), and as a mentor to church planters. He is a part of the Midtown Church community. Kopka is also an author and frequent presenter on topics related to cooperatives and to the church. | |
| Réjean Lantagne Director, PRODIVCOM Project SOCODEVI (Peru) TBC | |
| Igor Marañon Pimentel Business Consultant and Professor of MBA and Engineering programs in various Peruvian universities (Peru) Igor Marañon Pimentel is a professional with an engineering degree and MBA from ESAN Universty, with a specialization in management and strategic direction, administration, finance, logistics and management of investment projects. For more than 20 years he has served as an operations manager and administrative-financial manager of various industrial and commercial enterprises and international development agencies; and as general manager of companies and organizations specializing in credit management services and provident funds. He currently serves as an advisor to senior management at SERVIPERU and is a professor of various MBA and engineering programs at recognized Peruvian universities. | |
| Mauricio Moscoso Bartra General Director of Productive Development Ministry of Production (Peru) Mauricio Moscoso has served as the General Director of Productive Development at the Peruvian Ministry of Production since January 2016. The Ministry of Production works with general government policy and national and sectoral policy plans to supervise the industrial, fishery and micro and small business subsector (including cooperatives and mutuals) in Peru. Mr Moscoco is an economic development specialist with more than ten years of experience in consulting, designing and implementing private sector development projects in Latin American, Asia, and Eurasia. He has a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of the Pacific (Lima, Peru) and a Master of Science (MSc) in Economics from London School of Economics and Political Science (UK). | |
| Ed Potter Executive Director ICMIF/Americas (USA) Ed Potter serves as executive director of the Americas regional association of the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF), based in the Washington, DC area. ICMIF represents insurance companies that use mutuality or a people-centered business strategy which integrates the principles of member ownership, democratic self-governance and cooperative and mutual values (such as self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity and solidarity). A certified association executive (CAE), Ed has over 27 years of experience in international trade, professional and philanthropic associations and foundations and 14 years in the cooperative and mutual insurance sector. Ed has a background in social anthropology and socioeconomic development, managing projects and programs throughout Latin America, the Caribbean and North America, including the development of affordable and accessible “inclusive” insurance for low income, underserved populations. A graduate of the University of Michigan with a degree was in International Studies, Ed is fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese and is currently studying French. Ed resides in Arlington, Virginia in the Washington, DC area, with his wife Ann Clancy and daughter Gillian. | |
| Luis Rodriguez Mena Chairman Sociedad de Seguros de Vida del Magisterio Nacional (Costa Rica) Professor Rodríguez Mena worked for fifteen years as an educator in different institutions in the southern zone of Costa Rica. He participated on the board of Junta de Pensiones y Jubilaciones del Magisterio Nacional (National Board of Pensions and Retirement for Teachers) and is a founding member of the Consejo Nacional de Pensiones del Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social (National Council of Pensions for the Labor Ministry and Social Security). Currently he is Chairman and member of the Board of Sociedad de Seguros de Vida del Magisterio Nacional (SSVMN) and Chairman of the Board of the Corporación de Servicios Múltiples del Magisterio Nacional (Corporation of Multiple Services of the National Teachers) He was Deputy, Member of the Costa Rican Legislative Assembly from 2002-2006, where he served as: Second Secretary of the Directory of the Legislative Assembly, President of the Full Third Commission and Deputy President of the Commission of Human Rights and Prison Policy of the Latin American Parliament. | |
| Daysi Rosales General Manager Seguros Futuro (El Salvador) Daysi has 25 years of experience and contribution to the cooperative sector in El Salvador, through the different positions in the FEDECACES Corporation – the Federation of Credit Unions of El Salvador, which is comprised of a group of credit unions. She has a Degree in Public Accounting from the University of El Salvador. From 1990 to 1996 she was a Technical Advisor, contributing to the development of the first FEDECACES technical support department. In 1997, she became Head of Administration and Human Resources, and External Audit, responsible for FEDECACES human talent and administrative policies, and the External Audit Department for credit unions. In 2001 she was appointed Manager of Seguros Futuro, the first insurance cooperative in El Salvador, and then was Manager of FEDECACES from 2003 to 2006. Since 2007, she has served as General Manager of Seguros Futuro. She is also a speaker at various national and international events related to topics on cooperatives, financial matters, insurance and microinsurance, quality systems, reinsurance and others. | |
| Mariela Silva General Manager Equidad Compañía de Seguros (Honduras) Mariela Silva was born in the city of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on July 22, 1972; she is married and a mother of two. She has a Degree in Business Engineering from the Metropolitan University of Honduras and holds an MBA and PhD in Business Administration, both from the Atlantic International University. Dr. Silva has held important executive positions throughout her professional career within the Honduran financial sector; she is currently serving as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Banco de Los Trabajadores S.A. and since 2010 is General Manager of Equidad Compañía de Seguros, S.A., institutions of renowned prestige and proven track record. Within the international cooperative sector, Dr. Silva has stood out as member of the Board of Directors of the Latin America Reinsurance Group (LARG) serving currently as its Secretary General. Moreover, at an international level, Dr. Silva was appointed Senator of the Junior Chamber International (JCI) Honduras, an organization in which she has held management positions, such as Chairman and Vice-chairman of the Board of Directors, National Treasurer, and Legal Counsel. | |
| Benjamin Sywulka International Expert in Business Innovation IXL Center (Guatemala) Benjamin Sywulka is a professor of Innovation and Management Consulting in several universities, and an innovation management consultant at IXL Center, one the leading firms in business innovation worldwide, directed by the founders of the innovation practices of Arthur D. Little and Monitor Group, Hitendra Patel and Ronald Jonash. He is also the New Business and Innovation Manager at the Multi Inversiones Corporation (CMI), one of the largest companies in Central America. There he is heading up the innovation efforts across the company´s business units, helping build a pipeline of disruptive innovations for future growth. He is also heading up the strategy for new businesses that fall outside the core of the existing business units. Prior to joining CMI, he was Director of Innovation for Guatemala´s Private Competitiveness Council (CPC), where he was leading the national innovation strategy for Guatemala, working closely with the organized private sector, academia and public sector. Prior to that he spent six years in International Development work, heading up a non-profit in Guatemala focused on rural technology development (Planeta en Línea) and doing international development consulting work (Alexius International) focused on rural technology programs and government modernization projects primarily funded by USAID. Ben has also spent time working in Sillicon Valley technology firms such as Google, Altavista, Boeing, and eHealthInsurance.com. He is a graduate of Stanford University with a B.S. in Symbolic Systems, and he has an MBA and Masters in Finance from Hult International Business School. | |
| Miguel Torres Morales Member of Congress and Chair of the Congressional Commission on the Constitution and Regulation Congress of the Republic of Peru Miguel Angel Torres Morales was elected as a Congressman of the Republic of Peru in July 2016 and was appointed as the Chair of the Congressional Commission on the Constitution and Regulation in August 2016. Prior to his election, he was a partner at the law firm Torres y Torres Lara from January 2003 to June 2016, where he specialised in Tax, Commercial and Administrative Law. He graduated as an attorney from the Faculty of Law at the Universidad de Lima, with courses from Harvard University Extension School. He has also been a professor on courses of Tax Law and Commercial Law at the Faculty of Law at the Universidad de Lima and the Faculty of Law at Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón. | |
| Sarah Van Slyke Director of Strategic Development Thrivent Financial (USA) Sarah Van Slyke is Director of Strategic Development at Thrivent Financial. In her role she looks at emerging trends and their potential impact on Thrivent, including demographic and technology changes. She is excited about the many changes in several industries and connecting their relevance and opportunities to Thrivent’s mission. She joined Thrivent in 2010 to help launch the Thrivent Choice generosity program. Prior to Thrivent, Sarah held marketing and development roles at UnitedHealth Group and Cargill, where she launched an agriculture brand and managed national marketing & PR communications. She has consistently been a change maker at several large, highly regulated organizations, using the opportunity to learn and implement multiple innovation disciplines. Sarah is an MBA graduate of University of St Thomas and attained an undergraduate degree at University of Northwestern St Paul, where she is now an adjunct faculty member. She lives in Minnesota and takes every opportunity to explore the world through travel. | |
| Carlos Villa Executive President La Equidad Seguros (Colombia) Carlos Villa is the Executive President of La Equidad Seguros. He is a business executive with specialization in marketing with diplomas in: insurance, bancassurance, leadership and marketing. He has taken part in internships in insurance, reinsurance and marketing in London and Madrid. He has over 28 years' of experience in the insurance sector, of which 13 were in the cooperative sector, six years of senior management at the level of Vice President with direct reports to CEO and Board of Directors and 12 years in charge of management and supervision. He is a member of Board of Adminstration of the Colombian Association of Cooperatives (Asociación Colombiana de Cooperativas, Ascoop); a member of the Board of Directors of the Confederation of Cooperatives of Colombia (Confederación de Cooperativas de Colombia, Confecoop); member of the Board of Directors of Club Deportivo La Equidad; member of the Board of Directors of Cooperación Verde S.A. He is the Chairman of the Board of the la Equidad Seguros Fundequidad foundation, and since August 13, 2013, Executive President of La Equidad Seguros | |
