Dr. Franky Stevens, CFA

Experience

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  Ghent University

  Aug 2001 - Mar 2006

  FWO - PhD student

  I did academic research at the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the University of Ghent. My research topic was "First Principles study of Electron Paramagnetic Resonance properties of paramagnetic chalcogen defects in alkali halide lattices".https://molmod.ugent.be/members/dr-franky-stevens

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  University of Notre Dame

  Mar 2005 - Apr 2005

  Guest researcher

  During my two-month stay at the University of Notre Dame, a top 20 university in the US, I conducted research on the bonding of high spin molecules and the Rh-ligand bond, resulting in two research papers.

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  Aon Hewitt

  Apr 2006 - Apr 2014

  Senior Actuary
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  Mercer

  May 2014 - now

  Retirement Actuarial Consulting Director - Senior Principal

  Head of actuarial team- Day-to-day follow up of actuarial team (15 people) & General management.- Provide effective leadership, coaching & support to Belgian team, acting as source of best practice, marketing expertise and strategic guidance.- Responsible and accountable for the P&L for the Belgian Business.- Develop the Belgian strategy.Senior Consulting Actuary - Employee Benefits- Manage, coordinate, implement and execute actuarial projects.- Accounting valuations for employee benefits under Belgian GAAP, IAS-IFRS and US GAAP.- Special projects: Plan changes, DB/DC analysis and M&A projects.- Actuarial Function Holder for (pan EU) pension funds.- Manage Pension Funds: establish benefit statements, verify compliance with the Belgian legislation, perform actuarial valuations. Risk Manager- Follow up and implement IORP II regulation.- Risk Manager for pension funds.Investment Consultant- Perform Asset liability Management (ALM) and continuity analysis studies for pension funds.- Monitoring of asset managers.- Asset manager selection. Show less

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  EAJ Association

  Jun 2018 - now

  Chair Of The Board Of Directors

  As chair of the board I am responsible to ensure that the board is effective in its task of setting and implementing the direction and strategy of the Association.The European Actuarial Journal (EAJ) publishes research articles as well as papers engaging the mutual transfer between research and practical applications in actuarial science, i.e. the study, modeling and managing of insurance and related financial risks for which stochastic models and statistical methods are available. Topics include classical actuarial mathematics such as life and non-life insurance, pension funds, reinsurance, and also more recent areas of interest such as risk management, asset liability management, solvency, catastrophe modeling, systematic changes in risk parameters, longevity, etc.https://www.springer.com/journal/13385http://www.eaj-association.org/ Show less