Roger has close to 20 years of catastrophe modeling experience. He is responsible for developing AIR’s public risk strategy and leading risk reduction and resilience initiatives across the globe. Roger Grenier is Senior Vice President of AIR’s Global Resilience Practice. Praveen has also completed the Executive Program in General Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management.ĭr. in Civil Engineering at Texas Tech University, with a specialization in the application of expert systems and artificial neural networks in Wind Engineering. in Civil Engineering at Osmania University in India, and an M.S. Prior to joining AIR, Praveen was a Research Associate and Manager at the Wind Engineering Research Center (WERC) at Texas Tech University. He has authored many articles on the subject of catastrophe risk modeling and management and is a regular speaker at industry events worldwide.
He is responsible for the strategic management of AIR India operations, including services in the areas of software development, model implementation, GIS, model and product testing, and analytics and data services, as well as client services and business development initiatives in India and the Middle East. He has 20 years of experience in probabilistic risk modeling of natural and man-made catastrophes and has been instrumental in the development of various catastrophe models worldwide. Praveen Sandri is the Executive Vice President and Managing Director of AIR Worldwide India. He has achieved the designation of Certified Extreme Event Modeler by completing the requirements of the AIR Institute Certified Extreme Event Modeler Program.ĭr. in Information Systems from Boston University’s Graduate School of Management. in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia and an MBA and an M.S. Early in his career, he coordinated all facets of catastrophe modeling for one of the largest property and casualty insurers in the industry. Rob has been involved in a wide range of consulting engagements at AIR, including loss analyses, portfolio optimizations, economic impact analyses, and the management of over 125 catastrophe bonds. He is responsible for the Americas and Bermuda business development team, the global marketing team, and for providing support and client service to AIR clients in the insurance, reinsurance, securitization, and intermediary markets in the Americas and Bermuda. Rob Newbold is Executive Vice President of Business Development, Marketing, and Client Services. He is also a member of the International Society of Catastrophe Managers, the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. Jayanta is a member of the governing board for the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) initiative. in Civil Engineering from the State University of New York, Buffalo, with a specialization in dynamic soil-structure interaction and computational mechanics. in Civil Engineering from Jadavpur University in India. His expertise includes a wide range of natural and man-made phenomenon across the risk spectrum that encompasses underwriting and tail risk. Jayanta has more than 20 years of experience in probabilistic risk analysis for natural catastrophes worldwide and is well recognized in the insurance industry for his expertise in the financial risk posed by natural perils. Jayanta also provides strategic input into AIR's future direction in conventional and emerging areas of growth, which includes leading the development of a set of solutions for analytics in casualty and cyber risks. Under his leadership, the group has developed a global suite of models for assessing and managing extreme risk from both natural and man-made perils, continually pushing the boundaries of the state-of-the-science. Jayanta Guin is Executive Vice President and AIR’s Chief Research Officer, responsible for the strategic direction and management of the Research and Modeling group.