Henry Wong

Henry Wong

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Assistant Director, Individual Retirement ERM at Corebridge Financial

  • Education

    • University of California, Berkeley

      2011 - 2013
      Master of Science (MS) Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
    • University of California, Berkeley

      2013 - 2014
      Master of Arts (MA) Statistics
    • University of California, Los Angeles

      2002 - 2004
      BS Major - Mathematics/Economics, Minor - Statistics
  • Experience

    • Legacy Marketing Group

      Dec 2005 - Jul 2011
      Assistant Actuary

      Researched and developed new investment strategies that helped driving multimillion dollars of new business within a month for surviving industry-wise downturns. Had been given increasing levels of responsibility in modeling and implementing new products with industry pioneers in equity-indexed annuities. Built prototype models that helped solving complex issues raised in filing, pricing, and marketing.

    • University of California, Berkeley

      Aug 2011 - May 2014

      Helped with teaching and ongoing design of the curriculum in a manner supporting a research-led and scholarly approach to student learning.Graduate Student InstructorDepartment of Statistics: STAT 133 Concepts in Computing with Data, STAT 134 Concepts of Probability, STAT 135 Concepts of StatisticsHaas School of Business: UGBA 104 Analytic Decision Modeling Using Spreadsheets, UGBA 133 InvestmentsReaderHaas School of Business: UGBA 136F Behavioral Finance, UGBA 137 Special Topics in Finance (Financial Derivatives), EWMBA 295A Entrepreneurship, EWMBA 295D New Venture Finance Show less Independently planned, designed, and conducted experiments on solving complex problems in Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, and Economics by utilizing broad quantitative and computer programming skills.Master's Thesis, Department of StatisticsTopic: Statistical Validity of the Fama French Carhart Four ModelAdvisors/Committee Members: Professor Lisa Goldberg, Professor Michael Klass, and Professor Robert AndersonMaster’s Capstone Project, Department of StatisticsTopic: Statistical Analysis on Investment Performance of the S&P 500 Equity-Indexed Annuity (EIA)’s Index StrategiesInstructor: Professor Victoria StoddenIndividual Study/Research:Topics: Financial Modeling and Risk Management. Advisors: Professor Lisa Goldberg and Professor Robert AndersonTopic: Mathematics in Quantitative Finance. Advisor: Professor Michael Klass Show less

      • Graduate Student Instructor & Reader

        Jul 2012 - May 2014
      • Graduate Student

        Aug 2011 - May 2014
    • AIG

      Nov 2014 - Sept 2022

      Provide risk oversight coverage of multiple aspects associated with Index and Fixed Annuity products offered through AIG’s Individual Retirement platform. Risk oversight coverage includes but is not limited to hedging, product development, pricing, GAAP / Statutory valuation, capital management, Asset Liability Management (ALM), and stress testing. Helped measure and communicate performance of IR products with over $130B AUM. Quickly identified and resolved problems in financial reports. Helped refine and streamline the existing process on financial performance attribution. Helped with control and oversight of market risks in all aspects of AIG’s financial services, insurance, and investment activities with over $60B AUM. Helped developing, maintaining, and validating prototype models for automating risk quantification and PnL attribution that support the daily hedging decisions. Collaborated with portfolio managers and risk officers on tackling highly time-sensitive risk issues.

      • Assistant Director, Individual Retirement ERM

        Jun 2019 - Sept 2022
      • Senior Technical Risk Expert, Performance Management

        Jan 2019 - Jun 2019
      • Senior Technical Risk Expert, Market Risk Management

        Aug 2016 - Jan 2019
      • Senior Risk Analyst, Market Risk Management

        Nov 2014 - Aug 2016
    • Corebridge Financial

      Sept 2022 - now
      Assistant Director, Individual Retirement ERM
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Member of the American Academy of Actuaries (MAAA)

      American Academy of Actuaries
    • Associate of the Society of Actuaries (ASA)

      Society of Actuaries
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Henry Wong
      College Honors UCLA
    • Awarded to Henry Wong
      Dean’s Honors List UCLA
    • Awarded to Henry Wong
      Departmental Honors Mathematics & Economics, UCLA
    • Awarded to Henry Wong
      Departmental Summer Fellowship Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley
    • Awarded to Henry Wong
      Phi Beta Kappa UCLA
    • Awarded to Henry Wong
      Summa Cum Laude UCLA