Christoph Krischanitz
AVÖ, DAV
Practice Leader Austria
AT
Christoph Krischanitz joined Milliman in May 2020 as practice leader of the Austrian office located in Vienna.
His main experience includes:
- IFRS
- Solvency II
- Actuarial modelling non-life
- Balancing of occupational pensions
- Risk Management
Experience
Prior to joining Milliman, Christoph worked 18 years as managing director at arithmetica Consulting GmbH, an actuarial consulting firm in Vienna.
His key business areas at that time were the following:
- Preparation of expert opinions for pension provisions
- Actuarial consulting of insurance companies
- Consulting data analytics and risk management
- Software development
Previously, Christoph worked several years at UNIQA Versicherungen AG in Vienna, lastly as head of the group actuarial department.
Relevant project expertise:
- Loss reserves/Best Estimate Assessments non-life (Solvency II, Embedded Value, internal reserve control)
- Development of (partial) internal models in non-life
- Actuarial Function Holder for two non-life companies in Austria
- Non-life pricing (automotive, legal expense, domestic, etc.)
- Reinsurance optimization
- Forecast models
Voluntary expert functions:
- 2005-2019: Member of the Austrian Financial Reporting and Auditing Committee (AFRAC)
- 2002-2019: Chairman of the mathematical-statistical committee of the Austrian Insurance Association (VVO)
Voluntary professional functions:
- 2008-2014: President of the Aktuarvereinigung Österreichs (AVÖ)
- 2011-2017: Chairman “Investment and Financial Risk Committee” of the Actuarial Association of Europe (AAE)
Teaching assignments at universities and other educational institutions:
- Technical University of Vienna
- University of Vienna
- European Actuarial Academy
- WU Executive Academy
Professional Designations
- Qualified actuary of the the Actuarial Association of Austria (AVÖ) and the German Association of Actuaries (DAV)
Education
- Studies of mathematics and physics at the University of Vienna; degree: Diploma
Publications