Numerary Member
Social Sciences: PhD in Economic and Business Sciences
Date of admission: July 17, 2013
Admission speech: «The Quantification of Risk: Advantages and Limitations of Insurance»
Response speech: H.E. Dr. M. Teresa Anguera i Argilaga, PhD in Philosophy and Humanities
Outstanding career: One of Europe’s leading experts in actuarial modelling and risk management. Her research in big data and risk prediction has been recognised with prestigious international scientific awards.
Dr. MONTSERRAT GUILLÉN ESTANY
UNIVERSITY DEGREES
- Bachelor in Mathematical Sciences (specialising in Mathematical Statistics) from the University of Barcelona (1987).
- PhD in Economics and Business from the University of Barcelona (1992).
- Master’s in Data Analysis from the University of Essex.
- Studies in Economics at the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom).
TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
- Full Professor of Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business at the University of Barcelona since 2001.
- Honorary Visiting Professor at the University of London, and Visiting Professor at the Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of California, Berkeley.
- Director of the Research Group on Risk in Finance and Insurance (UBriskcenter).
- Honorary Member of the College of Actuaries of Catalonia.
- President of the European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists, founded by the Geneva Association (2011).
- Listed among the 25 most-cited researchers in economics and finance in Spain, and the first woman in the ranking.
- Co-supervisor of doctoral theses and examiner at universities in France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.
- Researcher in projects funded by the MAPFRE Foundation, the BBVA Foundation, the Financial Studies Foundation, the AXA Research Fund and the RecerCaixa programme.
- Promoter of the UB-Zurich Chair of Insurance and the Fundación Mutualidad de la Abogacía Chair of Economics of Ageing.
- Invited plenary speaker at international actuarial conferences.
- Member of the American Risk and Insurance Association, the International Actuarial Association, the American Statistical Association, the Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research, the Catalan Statistical Society and the Catalan Mathematical Society.
- Numerary Member of the Royal European Academy of Doctors (RAED) and the Royal Academy of Economic and Financial Sciences, integrated into the Institute of Spain.
PUBLICATIONS
- Author of more than 200 scientific articles in indexed journals, including Risk Analysis.
- She is the most cited researcher in the world in actuarial science and ranks among the ten most cited authors in insurance.
- Editor-in-chief of the North American Actuarial Journal (since 2023), Senior Editor of ASTIN Bulletin – The Journal of the International Actuarial Association, and Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Risk and Insurance, the Geneva Risk and Insurance Review and SORT, among others.
- Co-author of the book “Quantitative Models for Operational Risk” (Chapman and Hall, 2012) and of the “Handbook of Insurance” (Springer).
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
- Julio Castelo International Insurance Award granted by the Casualty Actuarial Society (USA).
- ICREA Academia Distinction from the Government of Catalonia (2012 and 2019).