Dr. Bernard Wong

Biography

Professor Bernard Wong is the Head of the School of Risk and Actuarial Studies at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He has successfully grown one of the largest and most successful risk actuarial departments globally, contributing significantly to the fields of education and research in risk, insurance, and actuarial practices. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia and a Fulbright Scholar, having obtained his PhD from the Australian National University. His current research interests span several interconnected areas including AI and machine learning enhanced actuarial methods, risk modeling, and capital modeling particularly concerning climate change and associated extremes. Bernard co-leads the Innovations Risk, Insurance, Superannuation (IRIS) Knowledge Hub and serves as a chief investigator at the UNSW Institute of Climate Risk and Response. He has received funding from the Australian Research Council for various projects and has been recognized with numerous awards including the Melville Practitioner Prize and the Hachemeister Prize. Bernard has also taught courses aligned with the professional actuarial syllabus, focusing on innovations in actuarial data science and quantitative models for enterprise risk management. Additionally, he is a board member of the ASTIN committee for non-life insurance and has served on the Data Analytics Practice Committee of the Australian Actuaries Institute.

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