Michel M. Dacorogna
Biography
Michel M. Dacorogna, is head of DEAR-Consulting, a company advising financial institutions on actuarial and economic matters. He is the former scientific advisor to the chairman of SCOR. He conducts research in the field of insurance mathematics, capital management and risks. He presents models and capital management techniques to management and customers. He is Member of the board of the Research Center on Insurance Risk at the Nanyang Technical University of Singapore, he collaborates with the center on their various initiatives. Until July 2013, Michel was deputy group CRO of SCOR in charge of Solvency II and the internal model. He was at the origin of SCOR’s internal model, which he developed with his team for more than 10 years.
Author and co-author of more than 85 publications in refereed scientific journals; he is often invited to present his results in international conferences and specialized seminars. His work is referenced in many publications. One of the papers he co-authored was the most quoted paper over 5 years in the Journal of Banking and Finance. His book: “An Introduction to High Frequency Finance” remains a reference in the field. He also lectures at the ETH and University of Zurich, at the University Ca’Foscari in Venice (Italy) and at the University of Turin (Italy) in their master of finance and insurance programs.
He received his Habilitation, Ph. D. and M. Sc. in Theoretical Physics from the University of Geneva in Switzerland and did a post-doc at the University of California in Berkeley.